Netflix execs needs a new jet.
Lemmy.world is hosted by real people, not corporations with tons of money to spend. Getting sued could potentially ruin the admin’s life, so it’s perfectly understandable.
If they actually consulted a lawyer, I’d be fine with the decision.
They did not. They make rash, uninformed decisions, based on feelings not reality, as a knee jerk reaction to other unrelated events.
So it’s not very understandable. They could have consulted a lawyer for less than a month of their hosting costs.
There is literally zero possibility of them getting sued over this. It was nothing but a way to cement their hold as the biggest community. Yes, this makes me a hypocrite. I’m just too fucking lazy to switch.
Sorry, why would blocking piracy communities cement our hold on anything?
Just to be clear, I wasn’t involved in the choice to block piracy related communities, but I just don’t see how blocking them helps the hosts in any way except preventing legal disputes.
In the US, you can sue anyone for any reason, even if it’s frivolous.
You force the other side to respond, making them hire a lawyer to defend you, even if the case is dismissed on its merits.
I very much disagree with lemmy.world’s decision to block the community but I completely understand it. I exercised my right to move to a new instance in response.
