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 2 months ago by chobeat@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
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archomrade@midwest.social 2 months ago
lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 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 2 months ago
not a very secure distribution method.
example@reddthat.com 2 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 2 months ago
False. But, feel free to explain why you think so.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Doesn’t matter, laws are for the poor, not the rich elite!
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 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 2 months ago
That’s because it’s illegal and you’re committing a crime on behalf of your employer.
Yomope@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I hope they still seed, ’cause that ratio is gonna be hard to fix…
Nino477@lemmy.world 2 months ago
According to mental outlaw they were careful to never seed.
muhyb@programming.dev 2 months ago
Fucking leechers! And for torrent too.
meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 2 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 2 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 2 months ago
emails
\sigh
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 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.