Supposing I’m Fred The Fed and I want to shut down Hexbear.net

What if I try to make a case that admins tolerate sharing copyrighted material in violation of Statute XYZ, so the site is illegal and should be seized.

You might say, “Copyright laws are dumb, man! Who cares!” but that doesn’t matter. Tell that to the law.

Should we get a lawyer’s advice on this? What steps does the site need to take to avoid heat?

  • plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    sharing magnet links is kinda within laws already, as you are not doing anything one way or the other. piracy websites get got over receiving money from advertising as i understand it, sharing links to existing website is not illegal as well.