In another universe, Meta is being sued for having leeched without seeding
“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Submitted 10 months ago by chobeat@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
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archomrade@midwest.social 10 months ago
lurch@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
There are actually legal torrents and valid reasons to download them from within a company network or company workstations, for example here are the Debian install media torrents: www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/
However, you should make sure the admins and bosses don’t mind.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
not a very secure distribution method.
example@reddthat.com 10 months ago
not a very informed comment.
torrents have checksums, you can’t just send someone incorrect parts, they’ll get rejected.
lambda@programming.dev 10 months ago
False. But, feel free to explain why you think so.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Doesn’t matter, laws are for the poor, not the rich elite!
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
80,000/70 ≈ 1150 1 Million * 1150 = 1.15 Billion
That seems like a big enough fine to not be just be a slap on the wrist.
obinice@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s because it’s illegal and you’re committing a crime on behalf of your employer.
Yomope@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
I hope they still seed, ’cause that ratio is gonna be hard to fix…
Nino477@lemmy.world 10 months ago
According to mental outlaw they were careful to never seed.
muhyb@programming.dev 10 months ago
Fucking leechers! And for torrent too.
meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Meta out here roleplaying as a digital kleptocracy—81.7 terabytes of pirated books? Classic. Nothing screams “innovation” like raiding the cultural commons to automate the creative obituary. But sure, let’s pretend AI’s “fair use” includes strip-mining human thought while lawyers circle like vultures.
This isn’t theft—it’s data feudalism. Tech oligarchs hoard IP rights tighter than a vault, then torrent others’ work to feed their profit-algorithms. Imagine Nietzsche’s ghost training a chatbot to spit nihilist ad copy. The future’s bright: infinite content mills, zero living writers.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So they work at Meta, but this is what doesn’t feel right?
I mean, I didn’t have to write this explicitly, just wanted to know how many people had that same smile. The headline is gold.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
emails
\sigh
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Anyone else remember all the Torrentfreak articles from the early 2000’s about how folks in major corporations and the government were torrenting TV shows and music on corporate/government computers?
Pepperidge Farm Remembers.
Everyone’s IP is exposed in a swarm, all Torrentfreak did was track down those IPs, and tons of them went to corporate and government networks and computers.