I think this is still going to be a net benefit to us, though. Meta may not have contributed much bandwidth, which is leeching in the short term, but in the long term they’re now forced to contribute something much more important; lawyer power. Meta is going to have to fight to defend piracy.
Big tech taking without giving back to the community once again.
I think this is still going to be a net benefit to us, though. Meta may not have contributed much bandwidth, which is leeching in the short term, but in the long term they’re now forced to contribute something much more important; lawyer power. Meta is going to have to fight to defend piracy.
You are very naive
Don’t count on it.
You think Meta will just roll over and hand out whatever penalties the publishers demand of them?
Meta isn’t going to be defending us. It’s going to be defending itself. Because it is now one of us.
Secret out-of-court settlement is an option.
Also known as “bribing your way out of the law”
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