Lemmy.world has somehow decided to become to extreme defenders of “copyright” and decided they will now delete posts that contain archive links in an absurd move that not even corporate websites like Reddit do. Archive links provide a service to provide access to an article long after it is deleted or changed.

They made this post and locked it immediately so no one can comment on how ridiculous it is and they’re deleting threads about the decision…

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6711646

The LW admins have requested that communities remove any posts that include the entire article or archive links to articles.

A short summary is allowed, but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. This includes links to sites that rehost copyrighted articles for paywall sites.

If your post is removed for a rule 1 violation you can edit the post and let the moderators know the copyrighted material has been removed.

Thanks All!

  • Jamie@jamie.moe
    6313·
    1 year ago

    If I had to guess, they’re probably not doing it just because they want to. It’s entirely possible they got a threat letter from one or more publications about the topic and are doing it to avoid litigation. Or they’re afraid that they could face litigation if they don’t take action.

    We shouldn’t assume ill intent unless there’s something to substantiate it.

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
      603·
      1 year ago

      If that’s the case, then they should be open and honest about it. We’re back where we were before with the one-sided, spurious, and uncommunicated defederation decisions.

    • NXL@lemmy.mlOP
      435·
      1 year ago

      They should’ve explained that in the post if that was the case. Not make a pinned post that’s locked with zero information. Also it would be a frivolous threat considering no website has ever had to remove internet archive links. If they want to threaten someone they have to threaten the Internet Archive not a tiny website like lemmy.world that is protected by section 230 and doesnt host any copyrighted material.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      211·
      1 year ago

      It’s entirely possible they got a threat letter from one or more publications about the topic and are doing it to avoid litigation.

      I kinda get posting the entire article in the post body but not linking to archives. Publications should then litigate against those archives if they think that archiving is illegal. It’s not like archiving services operate “in the shadows” or anything like that.

    • hiddengoat@kbin.social
      226·
      1 year ago

      Given their history of freaking out, breaking things, then weeks later totally reversing their decision… it’s clear that lemmy.world is not run by grown-ass adults. They drama freakout over way too much stuff.

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
      85·
      1 year ago

      Surely if that were the case they would let their user know right? If you aren’t open about the reasons, you are shit and should be defederated by everyone immediately.