For too long imo, piracy had become a “grab it all” environment. The old “Caring is Sharing” mantra seems to have disappeared. So maybe, this Lemmy could revert back 20-30 years to become a real sharing community. IDK.
Fully agree, even though Lemmy is decentralised, each instance is still hosted by a hosting provider and is subject to DMCA and other enforcement actions like any other website. That’s why we don’t allow specific file requests and direct downloads etc. If we went that route, it wouldn’t be long before we were shut down, then have to start from scratch every few months, which wouldn’t be sustainable.
In this instance, no direct download links are allowed, but can’t speak for other instance - that’s up to them. You can always PM links to people, or link to another landing page elesewhere like 1337x.to just to offer us some protection from DMCAs. We are pro-piracy after all, but this space is for chatting about it rather than file sharing.
