Telegram, an essential communication tool for millions, finds itself under scrutiny once again. Copyright holders have long expressed concerns about the lack of enforcement on the platform, and recent actions suggest Telegram is responding. Subscribers to Z-Library's popular channel recently noticed that several of the shadow library's messages have been removed "due to copyright infringement."

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

When will people start using Signal or Matrix for this? Signal supports public, encrypted chat rooms and so does Matrix.

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

you're on a piracy community but you're licensing your comments?

if you don't respect other's licences, why should they respect yours?

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What's wrong with trying to prevent companies scrape your data? How is that antithetical to piracy?

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

On the face of it, I appreciate that it looks funny, but the power dynamics are quite different. If I'm caught pirating, my ass could land in jail. If a company is caught pirating, it's written off a business expense.

Would you find it as ridiculous if a slave whipped their owner? If the poor stole from the rich? If the weak took power from the powerful?

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why anyone's still using Telegram is beyond me...

[–] nivellian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Mostly cause the satisfying functionality/usability and least laziness to move on to another platform. Also I am subscribed to many news, software and dev channels on Telegram so I just sticked with it. Also I use AdGuard on my phone and I never saw ads in my Telegram; was shocked seeing ads pop up in my friends Telegram though. But off topic here, I think Z Library's channel being on Telegram was not a good idea, Matrix would have been a way more robust option. But there is worse: pirate servers run on Discord, like seriously... why...