Re: Why don't people fight for their pirating rights?

i was just banned from reddit for 3 days for “threatening violence” in this comment

you have to be really stupid (or evil) to interpret this comment as “threatening violence”. but well, nothing new. hate maintainers, hate moderators, hate admins, …

reddit.com/…/why_dont_people_fight_for_their_pira…

Kinda crazy that something that every body does is taken away from them and they shut up and obey like they are the government’s property or something.

because people ARE property of the government

if i would own my children, then i could kill them, just like i can kill my dog. but “my” children are property of the government, and if i “hurt” my children, or if i teach the “wrong” things to my children, then police bust my door, steal my children, throw me in jail, and put my children into a “normal” family

you sound young, maybe 20. im 30, and i have some experience in this field… im officially labelled as “unfit for educating children” because of my radical views

here is the ban message:

Hi milahu2,

Reddit is a vast network of communities that are created, run, and populated by people like you. In order to keep communities welcoming, safe, and great places to be, everyone who uses the platform operates by a shared set of rules.

Banned 3-days for threatening violence

We flagged the following as a potential policy violation:

Content shared from milahu2 on 01/16/2024 UTC

www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/…/ki43hbb

After reviewing, we found that you broke Rule 1 because you threatened violence or physical harm. Reddit is a place for creating community and belonging, not for threatening violence against people or animals. We don’t tolerate any behavior that threatens violence or physical harm against an individual, groups of people, places, or animals. Any communities or people that threaten violence towards an individual, group, animals, or place will be banned.

As a result, we’re issuing a temporary 3-day ban on your milahu2 account, removing the violating content, and asking you not to break this rule again.

Reddit and its communities are only what we make of them together, and we want you to continue enjoying Reddit while helping your fellow redditors and communities stay safe. We suggest reading and getting acquainted with Reddit’s Content Policy. A better understanding of these rules will help you avoid further actions from our admin team. If you do continue to break Reddit’s rules through this or any other Reddit account, you may face additional actions such as a permanent ban from the platform.

If you feel like you didn’t break the rules, you can file an appeal any time within the next six months and we’ll take a second look.

– Reddit Admin Team

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my appeal:

not a single word in my comment is “threatening violence”

do you understand the english language?

otp,

if i would own my children, then i could kill them, just like i can kill my dog.

[…]

im officially labelled as “unfit for educating children” because of my radical views

Yeah, this sounds fine to me. Kudos to your government, I guess.

fl42v,

Well, technically, you can kill both your dog and your children. With some consequences, that is. Humans are generally considered more valuable than dogs, hence the consequences are more severe.

Anyways, that’s f-d up.

Mugmoor,
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Holy shit, you’re absolutely batshit crazy.

Mugmoor,
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Jesus Christ you belong on a list. Fucking insane dude.

OmegaMouse,
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Personally I feel like piracy shouldn’t be criminalised in the way it is, and certainly any attempts to worsen the punishments should be fought against. However your reddit comment is quite bizarre to be honest… I think laws protecting children and animals against harm are a good idea!

rdyoung,

What fight? I’ve returned to the high seas and have zero issues and am definitely not fighting anyone over it. I do pay for a vps designed for torrents so I don’t risk losing my home internet and not have to worry about making sure my vpn has no leaks.

Learn to pick your battles and you will be less stressed about everything.

Hereforpron2,

Lol they said “threatening violence” because it was the easiest thing to ban you with. The real reason you got banned is that you’re a psycho, man. You sound like you are saying you wish you were allowed to hurt or kill your own children, and you’re talking about them as property. That’s crazy person shit.

rdyoung,

This exactly. Dude/dudette has no clue how to talk/write without sounding batshit crazy.

plinky,
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I mean if that’s your comment about property, you have usefruct brainrot which would roman senator blush.

Blaze,
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Probably the same reasons they don’t fight for their privacy, or user rights

milahu,

because our enemies have more of everything: more experience, more money, more slaves, more guns, … so realistically, this is a lost battle, and it takes strong idealism to keep fighting

also, most people have jobs and families, so they have no time for such “nonsense”

milahu,

i also wanted to post this comment to the same thread, but then i was banned


here in germany, people are only slowly figuring out, how to refuse paying the “TV tax” (GEZ-gebühr, rundfunkbeitrag). this tax is used to produce government propaganda in the official TV channels, and the official narrative is: if you have a TV, then you must pay the TV tax. when people refuse to pay, they can go to jail. but now there is the beitragsblocker.de service, where you pay some money to lawyers, who send some fancy letters, and then “poof!” you dont have to pay the TV tax any more

there is always some “avantgarde”, people who are ahead of their time, but usually, this is just a minority, and most people (“the normies”) are just stupid, useful idiots for the government

something similar would be nice for handling the “cease and desist requests” which are the only attack vector of the copyright trolls. plus, they give you only 2 weeks to respond, so most people are surprised and shocked, and have no time for proper research. so an “insurance” would have to be pro-active, and reach people before the trolls do

most people believe that these corporations have a right to demand “damage repair”, but this is wrong, because these trolls cannot prove any damage from filesharing

the trick is: they do have a legal right to demand a “cease and desist promise” where you promise “i will never upload that content again”, so they send you a form that they want you to sign. problem is, if you give your signature on this original form, then you also promise “i will pay 1000 euros for damage repair”. this payment is voluntary, they cannot enforce it in a court of law, but if you are “rich and stupid” and sign the original form, then you must pay, or they can take it by force

the cheap solution is to send a “modified form” (german: modifizierte unterlassungserklärung), where you only promise to never upload that content again, and nothing more. see also abmahnwahn-dreipage.de - i did this in about 20 cases, but since 2 years, i have been completely ignoring these letters. the trolls want money, and if you dont pa, they move on to “easy prey”

btw, also VPN is overrated, a waste of money. in germany, im seeding 300 torrents at 90% of my uplink with 100% uptime, and all i get are some “cease and desist requests” now and then, which i just ignore. i had PIA VPN for 40 eur/year and they were throttling my upload to 20%… no thanks. but enough people are “better safe than sorry” and enough people have too much money, so they buy a VPN to feel safe, but they dont need it in the first place

so much going wrong in this stupid world… : /

Tyr_Raidho_Othala, (edited )
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