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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
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Comment by caitlinreid at 16/07/2015 at 23:19 UTC*
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Let's say it like this, when reddit banned subreddits, users and content during "TheFappening" they risked opening themselves to an unsurmountable amount of liability.
Yes, we are pretty damn sure the images were stolen. We are almost 100% positive that nobody had the right to share them.
But nobody knows that for sure. Without a legal notice to the fact you just can't touch it!
You can say "no celebrity porn at all!" and be fine. You can't say "we're banning you for posting copyrighted material you don't have the rights to post" without opening the doors to trouble.
Edit: Seems like they knew this as well.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-fappening-has-been-banned-from-reddit-2014-9
Comment by CallousInternetMan at 16/07/2015 at 23:33 UTC
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That's still unenforceable. How do you police for written copyright infringements on the internet?
Also, linking isn't problematic? You are aware the US does consider linking the same as association, right? Otherwise, I could post magnet links all day long and there wouldn't be a damn thing anyone could do about it.