• Ulrich@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    You as a user help propagate that content while you have it open.

    I’m sure that’s a legal grey area that hasn’t been explored largely but I would think you would have to actually host the content or have it on your device locally.

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      12 hours ago

      In a sense, you are hosting the content. You’re retaining a copy (so long as the window is open) and constantly attempting to spread it. It’s literally built on bittorrent protocols if I remember correctly, and it’s already very well established that you can be held responsible for seeding copyright infringing material, so I see no reason at all they’d give you a pass for CP instead. You may not intend to, but remember, my example was someone who looks of age but is not.

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        8 hours ago

        It’s literally built on bittorrent protocols

        literally webtorrents*

        it’s already very well established that you can be held responsible for seeding copyright infringing material

        Right, because you’re hosting it and distributing it. PeerTube is just like a window to non-local content (except for the local content, obvi).