King@r.nf to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agoReddit Sees Copyright Takedowns Peak While Subreddit Bans Drop.torrentfreak.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkReddit Sees Copyright Takedowns Peak While Subreddit Bans Drop.torrentfreak.comKing@r.nf to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squaregk99@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoI mean, not really. They had it working out great for years. Then they killed the API.
minus-squareshagie@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoCopyright DMCA filings never went to the mods. Those are legal requests and not handling properly can be a nightmare complete with lawyers. Those requests went via https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new - no volunteer mods or API requests involved.
minus-squareContend6248@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIf it was only the API, they showed them the stinky finger, bold move.
I mean, not really. They had it working out great for years.
Then they killed the API.
Copyright DMCA filings never went to the mods. Those are legal requests and not handling properly can be a nightmare complete with lawyers.
Those requests went via https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new - no volunteer mods or API requests involved.
If it was only the API, they showed them the stinky finger, bold move.