Greetings World News! A couple of us mods from /c/politics have volunteered for tribute and will be helping out on mod duties from here on out! Nice to meet you!
I’ll keep this short because you didn’t come here to hear me talk (“You’re right!”)
Job 1 is making the sidebar a little cleaner and easier to follow. I don’t want anyone to have any illusion as to why content got removed. It should always be clear and concise and not up for debate.
When it comes to copyrighted material, my opinion is super simple:
- Don’t repost the whole article. Boil it down to the 1 or 2 paragraphs that make the point. That falls under fair use.
https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/
-
If you can’t find the 1 or 2 paragraphs that makes the point, MAYBE that’s not the best article to use. 😉 “Brevity is the soul of wit” and all that.
-
None of which matters if you use articles that aren’t paygated. If the whole thing is readily available, there’s no reason to copy/paste anything. See if you can find an alternate source.
-
If you aren’t sure if something falls under fair use or not, assume it doesn’t. Err on the side of personal liability. “Could someone catch grief over this?” If yes, don’t paste it.
That’s it! Happy World Newsing! Verbing weirds language!
Edit OK, I lied. When posting from the web UI, it will helpfully offer to create an archive link of your choice. Archive links ARE allowed. I have cleared this personally with multiple admins now. If it proves to be a copyright issue, we can simply remove the link.
For some reason, my preferred apps, Boost and Voyager, don’t have that option. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why the fuck are you “respecting” something as reprehensible as copyright?
Sounds like this place is well on its way to be another reddit.
Super simple… the people running lemmy.world are volunteers and don’t have the money to withstand a copyright action should one arise. That’s really it. Nobody wants the liability.
Ever had to randomly spend your ‘free’ time on a legal issue about bullshit that you don’t want to spend your time and energy on and have to go up against people who do that bullshit for a living? I have, it blows. This is a risk mitigation measure nobody really enjoys, except the people who pay lawyers to enforce copyright laws.
It’s also a large vulnerability in volunteer-run systems operating in public spaces, unfortunately. I wish I knew of a fix for that.