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I'll copy the whole announcement here for those who don't want to click:

I regret to inform everyone that my copy of QBittorrent escaped its sandbox last night and downloaded a whole bunch of content owned by major corporations, and then my copy of Jellyfin broke containment and added those unfortunately-downloaded media files to its various libraries. I'm conducting an internal investigation to figure out how this happened, which will involve consuming these media files until the answers become apparent. Thank you for your cooperation during this trying time.

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[–] whereitsat@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

end-users are rarely prosecuted or sued over piracy so idk why corporations wouldn't get the same deal.

this is a big nothingburger if you wanna be honest.

piracy is much like drugs, where the occasional dealer gets nabbed if they're too ostentatious but otherwise things just go on and on and on and on.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

end-users are rarely prosecuted or sued over piracy

That wasn't always true. The RIAA sued many people over music downloads (via bittorent since they're technically hosting at the same time as downloading). They only stopped once the major studios figured out it would cost less to force the ISPs to do it for them.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I remember a time when the gaming community's darling, CDPR, sent lawyers to people's homes, demanding they pay because they pirated The Witcher 2.

I don't know how times have changes, but it definitely happened depending on when and where you lived.

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because corporations aren't pirating for personzl consumption, they are pirating to ingest huge amounts of data for commercial use.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I would be okay with it if it was all leading to a post-money society and it allowed art and trchnooogy to be created for whomever to access. But it ain't, someone else is just getting rich off it.

[–] Lemmchen@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

I can't tell whether you're kidding or not.
In Germany you absolutely get subpoenaed for the slightest copyright infringement. There a law firm called "Waldorf Frommer" that does all the dirty work for the so called rights holders.

Because corporations are repackaging the content and selling it, a big distinction you missed Mr. McNothingburger.