It's a bit more nuanced than that. Their servers are based in the EU and therefore a rather easy target for copyright lawsuits, and they have neither unlimited funds nor the manpower to fight them off (even if the allegations are completely unfounded, you need a lawyer to refute them, and lawyers charge actual money).
Sometimes it's easier to focus on your strengths than fighting the good fight on all fronts and go down swinging.
I feel like I missed something, what happened?
The admins of lemmy.world have blocked 3 or 4 of the main piracy communities out of fear of getting caught in a legal crossfire, since by nature of the federated network, contents from those communities would be copied over to their servers, making them potentially liable for hosting content in violation of European laws.
It's a bit more nuanced than that. Their servers are based in the EU and therefore a rather easy target for copyright lawsuits, and they have neither unlimited funds nor the manpower to fight them off (even if the allegations are completely unfounded, you need a lawyer to refute them, and lawyers charge actual money).
Sometimes it's easier to focus on your strengths than fighting the good fight on all fronts and go down swinging.
I feel like I missed something, what happened?
The admins of lemmy.world have blocked 3 or 4 of the main piracy communities out of fear of getting caught in a legal crossfire, since by nature of the federated network, contents from those communities would be copied over to their servers, making them potentially liable for hosting content in violation of European laws.
Here's a bit of a summary and discussion: https://sh.itjust.works/post/2882678
Not to mention inflammatory comments from mods/admins to users who aren't happy.
Smells like reddit 🤢
What makes the EU an easy target for copyright lawsuits?
Hosters are fully registered and are reactive to claims, not like some overseas server farms operating under Seychelles law etc.