Posted by giuliomagnifico 11/2/2025
Two years ago, I was sued for $10,000 in copyright infringement for embedding a YouTube video on my website. They filed a lawsuit by describing the word “embed” as if it were “upload.” But they are two different things. I won the case. But I realized that others didn't.
I learned that the company filed lawsuits against dozens of websites, especially Blogspot sites. I even heard a rumor.
They share content on social media and community sites in a way that entices people, focusing on areas that remain in a gray zone and where few people know it's illegal.
For example, “Embed movies from YouTube and share them on your website. You'll make a lot of money. If I knew how to program, I would do it.” This is just one example. There are many different examples. By the way, my site wasn't a movie site.
They apparently file lawsuits like clockwork against anyone who triggers their radar with the right keywords via Google Alerts.
Cybercrimes are just another reflection of this. If I could, I'd share more, but I don't want to go to jail. Freedom of expression isn't exactly welcomed everywhere on the internet.
Since the other side may be doing this commercially, they may be thinking in terms of mass production. In other words, they file lawsuits and earn as much as they can. If they can't win, they keep filing lawsuits against others. They don't bother.
They might not be making it a matter of pride; they might just be thinking about making money.
yeah, right
If only someone, anyone, could have foreseen this /s. I read so many HN comments about the "slippery slope fallacy," back when the powers that be were censoring the people that they didn't like. I bet they'll be right back where they were next time the government is going after the "misinformation" they don't like.
Source?
Rolling Stone’s investigation: ‘A failure that was avoidable’: https://www.cjr.org/investigation/rolling_stone_investigatio...
Last July 8, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, a writer for Rolling Stone, telephoned Emily Renda, a rape survivor working on sexual assault issues as a staff member at the University of Virginia. Erdely said she was searching for a single, emblematic college rape case that would show “what it’s like to be on campus now … where not only is rape so prevalent but also that there’s this pervasive culture of sexual harassment/rape culture,” according to Erdely’s notes of the conversation"
I mean this with all sincerity: So what? What bearing does that have on the journalist and what they are writing?
I am also curious about that claim the other guy asked you about, “Guiding” sources and such.