Comment by P1h3r1e3d13 on 16/07/2015 at 23:27 UTC

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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.

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:

“99% of the stuff on /r/pics” is prohibited.

If no:

Linking to kiddie porn is not prohibited.
Linking to personal info is not prohibited.
A meme with the text “I'm going to kill this group of people.” is not prohibited.
Links to porn pictures don't have to be NSFW.

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.”

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Comment by Plasma_eel at 17/07/2015 at 00:51 UTC

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That's moot. Reddit *is* mostly links, of course things linked are content.