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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
-Things that are actually illegal, such as copyrighted material.
So 99% of the stuff on /r/pics, where people are posting copyrighted material without permission of the owners?
Comment by GreatCanadianWookiee at 16/07/2015 at 21:24 UTC
281 upvotes, 10 direct replies
But reddit isn't hosting that, so it shouldn't count. Honestly I don't know why he included copyrighted material.
Comment by P1h3r1e3d13 at 16/07/2015 at 23:27 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The question is whether a link to copyrighted material is “illegal content.” So, things that are linked to, are they “content?” (As opposed to discussion?)
If yes:
If no:
It seems pretty clear that link targets are considered content (even though they're not hosted by reddit), because most of these rules would be useless.
If that's true, then by this post:
These types of **content** are prohibited [1]:
...
Anything illegal (i.e. things that are actually illegal, such as **copyrighted material**. Discussing illegal activities, such as drug use, is not illegal)
... linking to prohibited stuff is prohibited. Therefore ...
Linking to illegal stuff is prohibited. Therefore ...
Linking to copyrighted material is prohibited.
(Whether or not it's legal.)
However, they may or may not enforce it strongly. I doubt they will ban “99% of the stuff on /r/pics.”
Comment by whiskeytango55 at 16/07/2015 at 22:38 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
All music, all comics. Memes of all kinds. Ban ban ban ban
Comment by [deleted] at 16/07/2015 at 22:26 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I like finding copyrighted material on reddit. Please keep this feature.
Comment by CAPSLOCK_USERNAME at 17/07/2015 at 01:06 UTC
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They don't have to care about copyright until a DMCA request comes in. If the original photographer DMCAs a post in /r/pics they'll probably remove it.
Comment by [deleted] at 16/07/2015 at 22:31 UTC
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Won't happen.
That would kill imgur revenue.
Reddit will do anything to protect imgur.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/07/2015 at 00:35 UTC
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Don't be silly. They're only going to selectively enforce the rules. That way when they ban something they don't like, they have a rule to point back to. Like how vote brigading is against the rules unless you're /r/shitredditsays or /r/shitamericanssay.
Comment by Zoenboen at 17/07/2015 at 11:33 UTC
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To be fair, you can't hold them to their word. They said they thought through some of this stuff when they were building the front page of the internet.
When that title came years later, after Digg died and other sites sent their users looking for new homes.
Comment by karma_the_llama at 17/07/2015 at 13:02 UTC
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I'm pretty sure the target is, for instance, /r/modpiracy. I'm not entirely sure on the legality of mirroring publicly available images, but it doesn't seem like it would (or at least should) be illegal.
Comment by stignordas at 17/07/2015 at 02:15 UTC
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Reddit is protected by the DMCA. It must respond to requests and remove things like links to illegal materials. But as long as they comply there is no liability. I think.
Comment by MacBelieve at 16/07/2015 at 21:28 UTC
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And the ban hammer is nowhere to be found