Ah the old limewire strat

If they win, doesn't that set a precedent for piracy in general? Ironically they might make piracy harder to prosecute.

oh damn okay ima just stop seeding back then sorry y'all

It's not the same thing at all. People here are sharing things they purchased and love, which actually promotes further sales down the road.

Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and all other companies that are highly invested in generative AIs are appropriating copyrighted content, often destroying originals, modifying it to fit their agendas and selling access to their versions for a monthly subscription, while at the same time damaging other industries and the planet. THAT is much closer to piracy and has no generous intent at all.

You disgust me!

Too bad FB never started a media company. Amazon would never make claims like this about stealing media because they make media and wouldn't want to give people the right to pirate their shit.

Also they are stealing it for monetary gain vs stealing for fun and entertainment. I dont think there were many "pirates for fun"

I can't hear you over the sound of my 0,2 ratio

but everyone seeds when you're downloading as that's the point of bittorrent.

But if they're using it for their ai, won't they be seeding it from them on?
I mean, you might not be able to download an entire book in one go, but you may be able to after 100 questions, or something similar..

Tell that to those who have been nuked for the heinous crime of DOWNLOADING.

Please, provide the link to the article.

I don't think the law makes exceptions for how you feel about the stuff you're downloading

I mean, you can make it so your client doesn't.

You could read a little about copyright law in different countries to find out how commercial and non-commercial use of copyrighted content works in each one. And if you feel like it and find a bit of spare time after that, come back here and read the comments again. That is if by then you feel qualified to understand them.

You got downvoted, but you’re completely correct. Also Meta is basically arguing that leeching is fine.

Facebook isna US company operating from the US. In this case, laws of other countries do not matter.

I'm often annoyed by this too because a screenshot doesn't really prove anything, but the name of the article and the website are included in the screenshot

Just a web search away

I'm beginning to think that these Facebook people are kinda lame

I love how the only part Meta objects to is the part that upholds the system by helping others. 🫤

I'd hope, but basically they are only protecting downloading, for the most part 99% of piracy prosecution has already shifted focus to uploading, and really the focus is far more on the companies hosting etc... because they learned in the napster era that suing grandmothers and children doesn't really win the PR wars.

Wrong.

Facebook is broken to the laws of the countries they operate IN, as well.

Indeed I hate this. I asked so that the OP can do his job and post the article so that we can we can deeply understand the problem.

Where have you been? This is 1.5 year old news my guy.

Need to sue them into the dirt

Its only bad once it takes the form of Communism/socialism.

Lol.

Selling it back to you through their service, while burning the planet?

Is that seriously their defense strategy? Because it's indeed legal to download if you're not seeding but it's not legal to use the downloaded content for commercial purposes, which they clearly did.

just because you got your feelings hurt doesn't mean I'm not right, or you're not an idiot. nothing I said was factually untrue, you knob.

Damn, for a hit n run that's pretty high