r/lego • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '18

Mod Announcement Beware Copyright - Please don't post any copyright infringing content!!!

We got this note from Reddit Legal team, so please take note and adhere to reddit's rules!

Dear Moderators,

TL;DR: This is an official warning from Reddit that we are receiving too many copyright infringement notices about material posted to your community. We will be required to ban this community if you can't adequately address the problem.

First, some background.

  1. Redditors aren't allowed to submit material that infringes someone else's copyrights.
  2. We (the Reddit admins) are required by law to process notices from people who say that material on Reddit violates their copyrights. The process is described in the DMCA section of the Reddit User Agreement.
  3. The law also requires us to issue bans in cases of repeat infringement. Sometimes a repeat infringement problem is limited to just one user and we ban just that person. Other times the problem pervades a whole community and we ban the community.

This is our formal warning about repeat infringement in this community. Over the past three months we've had to remove material from the community in response to copyright notices 52 times. That's an unusually high number taking into account the community's size (359,785 subscribers).

Every community is different, but here are some general suggestions.

  • Consider whether your community's rules encourage or tolerate infringing content, and revise if necessary to be more clear.
  • Actively enforce your community's rules. If you need help, recruit more moderators to help.
  • Remove any existing infringing content from your community so Reddit doesn't get new notices about past content.

If you can't adequately address the problem, we'll have to ban the community.

Questions about this warning should be directed to legal@reddit.com with the subject line “DMCA Repeat Infringer Inquiry - r/lego”.

Sincerely, Reddit Legal

We want to see this community thrive, so let's not get shut down ;)

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u/YouandWhoseArmy Aug 23 '18

I came to reddit because of stuff like this. It seemed refreshing to see real posts as opposed to the blogs turning into basically ads, that aren’t called ads.

As it goes down the corporate path to content curated by lobbyists and politicians, it will largely eat itself.

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u/LegoLover58 Pirates Fan Aug 24 '18

This is why I stopped following FBTB.

I hate when websites try to be all cheeky and pretend their sponsored or promoted posts aren't blatant ads.