As far as I understand if any fediverse instance decided to start having magnet links and stuff like that, eventually it would be taken down by DCMA notices and the like. But what could be done so a community like that could thrive?...
As far as I understand if any fediverse instance decided to start having magnet links and stuff like that, eventually it would be taken down by DCMA notices and the like. But what could be done so a community like that could thrive?
No. Magnet links are just that, links.
Some questions:
Would other instances that federate with it get in trouble? They can always feign ignorance.
That depends. Again, magnet links are just links. No one would get in trouble for linking to a magnet link to download #LibreOffice or to download a collection of #eBooks released in the #PublicDomain or #CreativeCommons.
Could an intance which holds magnet links and trackers be backed up every day, so that as soon as one instance is taken down another one takes it's place immediately?
That depends on the people managing the servers. If they want to create backups, then yes, otherwise no.
Could an instance be owned annonymously? Can you register a domain and keep a server running somewhere without repercussions?
Sure. As long as you don't use payment methods that can be traced back to you, and you ensure that your connection is encrypted and you trust your VPN provider. Since you also have to pay for a good VPN provider, that VPN provider should also be accepting a payment method that can not be traced back to you. Not to mention, you should not use your regular computer, regular browser, and definitely avoid mobile phones as you'll always be tracked with it.
Could a lemmy instance live in an onion domain, and still interact with the rest of the fediverse? Would that improve anything regarding the instance being taken down?
Yes. Any #fediverse instance can live in any darknet. Now, if they can connect to those in the Surface Web or Lightnet, all comes down to if the #Darknet they are using offers a bridge back. Or, their server directly connected to the Surface Web instead of passing through a bridge inside their Darknet.
What about running instances in countries that do not enforce piracy laws? Could someone in some random country that does not care maintain an instance, which all of the fediverse can access/comment/contribute?
You can do that. But that instance will more likely get defederated and included in various blocklists or fediblocks.
To sum up. Magnet links are just magnet links. There is nothing illegal about it.
The same with Darknets #TOR and #I2P. There is nothing illegal about it, unless your country passed laws about blocking it.
The real question is, which instances will have issues federating with instances that links to Copyright infringement materials. As linking (not hosting) is vague, the general reaction would more likely be to defederate that instance to be safe.
In the end, that instance's reach will be less and less and less. Probably reach a point wherein it's a lonely island.
Remember when ebooks were going to destroy the publishing industry? 😐
I linked to this old post in today's newsletter because the parallels to current conversations about AI are pretty obvious. (I had to hit the Wayback Machine for two important links that were dead.)
Check the (unfortunately unthreaded) comments for appearances by @pablod, @mikecane, @Eoinpurcell, and a few other notable voices from back in the day!
The French scholar Pierre Abélard is found guilty of heresy #OTD in 1140.
In history and popular culture, he is best known for his passionate and tragic love affair, and intense philosophical exchange, with his brilliant student and eventual wife, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. He was a defender of women and of their education. via @wikipedia
The chronicle of a death (frequently) foretold... at the risk of reviving a heated debate in my timeline some months ago on the relative advantages of #ebooks vs. printed #books, despite claims e-books would lead to the demise of the printed book, it seems for many people (in the UK) the printed book remains the way they like to read... the death of the printed book remains on the horizon (but somehow never reached)
It might be that #ebooks are an act of self-harm, rather than a death blow to the #realbook. Instead of getting out of the house and enjoying the convivial warmth of a good bookshop, or the lovely physicality of a real book, they're hunched over a device, pale faces lit by the pallid light of a screen.
It's just sad, really.
An allied phenomenon is the obsession with reading as many books as possible and documenting the results of your 'challenge' on social media.
A Victorian realist, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism.He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. via @wikipedia
It means you can read them on any device, and they're not locked to a single vendor or company. You actually own them.
If you're having trouble finding online bookshops that sell DRM-free ebooks, I have something that will help...
Here's a list of over 300 online bookshops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics, magazines, and RPGs, in multiple formats for any of your favourite devices.
Dewey was one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the fathers of functional psychology. He was also a major educational reformer for the 20th century, he founded the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
Visit https://www.pgdp.net to learn about how to help create some of Project Gutenberg's forthcoming eBooks. Proofreading a page a day is easy, fun, and a great way to help bring literature to the world. There are many different roles, for the different steps involved in digitizing a printed book to make a Project Gutenberg eBook. Beginners are welcome, and there is an online tutorial to get started. And @DProofreaders are already at Mastodon!
While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a problem that had been open for 350 years. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory and group theory, two major branches of abstract algebra. via @Wikipedia
#AppleBooks hat kürzlich die maximale Covergröße für eBooks erhöht, was den stetig verbesserten und in der Auflösung zunehmenden Reader-Displays geschuldet ist. Ich habe nun auch meine Master-Sets für die eBook-Layouts auf 6000 x 8000 Pixel erhöht. Das sollte mir für die nächste Runde und ein paar Jahre genug Reserve geben ... #autorenleben#selfpublisher#ebooks#nebularserie@tombud
Man sollte immer eine Nacht über einen Titelbild Entwurf schlafen, denn dann wäre mir früher aufgefallen, dass die Titelheldin keine blauen Augen hatte. Da das aber für eine Mariner zwingend notwendig ist, habe ich nochmals ein ernstes Wort mit meiner AI gesprochen, und sie hat mir schließlich meinen Wunsch erfüllt, nach endlosen Läufen (hüstel). Jetzt bin ich aber mit der Magda Arkroid sehr zufrieden und so wird jetzt das Titelbild aussehen. #nebularserie#sciencefiction#spaceopera#ebooks
I like the convenience of the Books app, but Apple does that thing where I have to look at content depending on the current app store region. So, I wonder… What else is there?
What would we need for a tracker/torrent site to exist in fediverse without danger?
As far as I understand if any fediverse instance decided to start having magnet links and stuff like that, eventually it would be taken down by DCMA notices and the like. But what could be done so a community like that could thrive?...
Ressources for PDF ebooks
Heya, does anyone have recommendations for where to find ebooks, preferably in PDF format?...