{"id":9673,"date":"2026-03-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=9673"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:03:10","slug":"pirate-news-meta-file-sharing-is-fair-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/17\/pirate-news-meta-file-sharing-is-fair-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate News &#8211; Meta: File sharing is fair use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joe, Steve and James discuss our upcoming events, California&#8217;s attempt to force OS vendors to add age verification, Meta claims fair use for piracy, the fallout from the US military use of machine learning tools and using your opponent&#8217;s surveillance cameras against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ds74ZM2EBYY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/profile\/create?gid=16&amp;reset=1\">Sign up to our newsletter to get notified of new events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/events\/\">find our upcoming events<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/forms\/support-the-pirate-party\">volunteer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Join us on<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Mastodon<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/masspirates\">Facebook<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/masspirates.bsky.social\">Blue Sky<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masspirates\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Surveillance_Memory_Bank_and_Resources\">Surveillance Memory Bank and Resources<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/2025_Administrative_Coup_Memory_Bank\">Our Administrative Coup Memory Bank<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Things_to_Do_When_Fascists_are_Taking_Over\">Our Things to Do when Fascists are Taking Over<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some links we mentioned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/software\/operating-systems\/california-introduces-age-verification-law\">California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS \u2014 user age verified during OS account setup<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/uploading-pirated-books-via-bittorrent-qualifies-as-fair-use-meta\/\">Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2026\/03\/06\/anthropics-statement-to-the-department-of-war-reads-like-a-hostage-note-written-in-business-casual\/\">Anthropic\u2019s Statement To The \u2018Department Of War\u2019 Reads Like A Hostage Note Written In Business Casual<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2026\/03\/05\/openai-rewrites-contract-anthropic-returns-to-negotiate-the-chaos-continues\/\">OpenAI Rewrites Contract, Anthropic Returns to Negotiate\u2014The Chaos Continues<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/06\/iran-war-data-centers.html\">Data centers become military targets as Iran war rages on<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/03\/middleeast\/us-israel-plot-kill-iran-khamenei-latam-intl\">Hacked traffic cameras and US intelligence: How a plot to kill Iran\u2019s supreme leader came together<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The public domain music we used (all from the Internet Archive):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/251006-nws-edit-for-2-minute-abstraction\/Stokowski+Acoustics+-+Red+Label+Victors+1917-1925\/\">Stokowski Acoustics 1917-1925 &#8211; 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