Technically it was never illegal in the US to download copywritten content. It was illegal to distribute them. That was literally Meta’s defence in court: they didn’t seed any downloads.
That’s exactly what Meta did, they torrented the full libgen database of books.
If they can do it, anybody should be able to do it.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
utopiah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
they didn’t seed any downloads
So Meta, 100% leeching.
golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I like how their whole excuse to that was “WE DIDN’T SEED ANY OF IT BACK THOUGH” which arguably makes it even worse lol.
Aux@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
It doesn’t. You can download anything you want, distribution is what is illegal and criminal.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Downloading is still infringement. Distribution is worse, but I don’t think it’s a criminal matter, still just civil.
Aux@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Maybe in some weird countries.
Plasticity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Zuck would be a hit and runner…