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by bronco21016
2051 days ago
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I initially downvoted you but after finally getting the project site to load I changed my mind. The project explicitly mentions many examples of sharing through federation and it seems to me they’re explicitly advocating for illegal sharing of music. Now, I certainly have plenty of issues with copyright and I tend to lean more towards “piracy isn’t a huge deal since we all want convenient (not free) access to media.” However, this project seems to be positioning themselves as a free music sharing service. I can’t imagine this ends well for them. Some may mention other means of sharing music such as Plex or Jellyfin. I think Plex etc are flirting with the edge a bit with their sharing features. However, their sharing features are meant to selectively share with say family members in your household. Funkwhale is positioning the hoster to share with anyone on the internet. Don’t be surprised to get a DMCA notice if you open up a music library to the whole internet. It’s too bad because there definitely is a space for someone to create a really nice self-hosted music library. Plex and Plexamp work ok but still leave a lot to be desired in terms of discovery. |
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They're explicitly against that in their docs:
>If you are uploading content purchased from other platforms or stores, you should upload it in a private library
>As a rule of thumb, only use public and local libraries for content for which you own the copyright or for content you know you can share with a wider audience.
They also noted that they have made changes to funkwhale out of copyright concerns:
>Managing the library at instance was cumbersome and dangerous: sharing an instance library over federation would quickly pose copyright issues, as well as opening public instances. It also made it impossible to only share a subset of the music.
https://docs.funkwhale.audio/users/upload.html
https://docs.funkwhale.audio/admin/0.17.html