BBC sent a cease and desist to Perplexity today asking them to delete all past content and not scrape future. So appears there has been a delay as copyright holders get to grips with it.
This article is about someone running a tracker site, not just downloading.
Regardless of what you think of the ethics of pirating, they are completely different things.
Meta never ran a tracker. It's like the difference between being a drug user vs. a drug dealer. (And I'm not taking a stance on drugs either.)
There's just no comparison with Meta here.
palata · 18d ago
> It's like the difference between being a drug user vs. a drug dealer.
A drug user that distributes drugs is also a drug dealer.
redeeman · 18d ago
and one could argue that what Meta does is way worse, given that they seek to extremely monetize and exploit the intellectual property of others.
khurs · 19d ago
Surely they could have made an example of a more recent pirate rather than go after this one.
It’s madness for any of these pirates to be based in a western country, as no matter how good you think you are at concealing yourself, the amount of money being lost means companies will spend a lot to track you down hiring top level experts. Assisted by the USA and EU state level departments.
Bender · 19d ago
I don't know if this [1] article is only talking about taxes or if the statute of limitations also applies in this case but it may be worth looking into. Anyone here from Greece?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence...
Regardless of what you think of the ethics of pirating, they are completely different things.
Meta never ran a tracker. It's like the difference between being a drug user vs. a drug dealer. (And I'm not taking a stance on drugs either.)
There's just no comparison with Meta here.
A drug user that distributes drugs is also a drug dealer.
It’s madness for any of these pirates to be based in a western country, as no matter how good you think you are at concealing yourself, the amount of money being lost means companies will spend a lot to track you down hiring top level experts. Assisted by the USA and EU state level departments.
[1] - https://www.internationaltaxreview.com/article/2a6a6xqsdyvp8...