On 12/10/2014 12:29 PM, Max Mehl wrote:
Of course, Free Software has many links to free culture. But TPB was a site with lots of illegal content. And of course we could (and should) criticise the current copyright laws but we shouldn't connect it with this event. It would provide our opponents with a target IMO.
Just a tiny but important clarification. TPB didn't host illegal content. Just the magnet files pointing to them. This is an important distinction and the basic reason why shutting down a torrent tracker is nothing less than censorship.
But I agree that it probably won't be the best move for FSFE to issue a PR for this. Strictly speaking this doesn't fall under FSFE's scope.