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+---
+title: "Lemmyvision Song Contest"
+slug: "lemmyvision-2024"
+date: 2024-04-13T11:58:28-05:00
+author: "Ategon"
+categories:
+  - Lemmyvision
+tags:
+  - Event
+---
+
+Hey everyone! I wanted to do a post here talking about an event going on in the fediverse called Lemmyvision. This is a competition where various communities each choose a song and then those are voted on by users to rank which ones people enjoy the most.
+
+Its being ran as a fun way to see various kinds of music from around the world, sharing more between our online communities across Lemmy, and as a way to songs from lesser known artists. We are participating with game soundtracks as an opportunity to showcase new advancements in the game development space, especially for indie games that might otherwise not get much exposure.
+
+There was a national final to determine the song our instance would submit in the [programming.dev event community](https://programming.dev/c/events). After voting the song [Your Inception](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjeTwn9uA3Y) from the game Casette Beasts was chosen.
+
+## Submitted Songs and Voting
+
+Ive compiled all of the songs into playlists on three different platforms for watching
+
+- [Youtube Link](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJypTpbGxbErGJzqHlCdbb3rMFTcuFfOq)
+- [Spotify Link](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KRY3wAdYX8wejIaYnO30p)
+- [Invidious Link](https://invidious.fdn.fr/playlist?list=PLJypTpbGxbErGJzqHlCdbb3rMFTcuFfOq)
+
+Feel free to listen to them and vote using the voting link https://tally.so/r/nWNgKQ. When selecting what instance you are representing theres an option to select programming.dev for people voting from the instance.
+
+Voting is done by ranking the songs from your favorite to your least favorite. Users from our instance can't rank the song we submitted to keep things fair.
+
+If you want to chat with other people about the competition theres a community for it [here](https://programming.dev/c/lemmyvision@jlai.lu)
+
+## Future Events
+
+This post will be going into the meta community for people who might not know the event community exists (and i'll likely be doing another post when the event [Canvas](https://programming.dev/c/canvas@toast.ooo) is happening).
+
+Any other future posts will be posted in the programming.dev event community. All major event posts will be made on our blog with the category set to the event name and the tag "Event".

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+---
+title: 'Piracy-Related Content on PD'
+date: 2024-03-23T12:26:19Z
+author: "bugsmith"
+categories:
+  - Programming.Dev
+tags:
+  - Community
+---
+
+Hello P.D users.
+
+I'm sure the recent news of lemmy.world's removal of piracy communities has not escaped the attention of many of you. For those who have not heard, [here is their announcement on the matter](https://programming.dev/post/11685728).
+
+Now, being as transparent as possible, this is not a subject that the admin team of P.D have discussed in great detail up until this point. We have yet to create an explicit rule stating that piracy related content is forbidden on this instance, and doing so is not something any of us wish to do.
+
+With that being said, this topic requires more deliberation and consideration. There is more complexity to this issue than taking a stance for, against, or tolerant of piracy. There are legal considerations. And the truth is that we are not 100% sure on what the legal implications are for allowing piracy related content to exist on this instance, either directly on our communities or indirectly via federation.
+
+One thing that must be considered when looking into the legalities is jurisdiction. I believe being part of a larger federation complicates this more than a centralised service, but P.D must at a minimum be considerate of the laws of the country its server(s) is hosted in, and the laws of the country the person responsible for the instance resides in.
+
+For those who don't know, this instance is administrated by a reasonably large team of volunteers, but is hosted and ultimately provided by only one: snowe. There is no legal entity behind P.D other than his person, and this means that any ramifications of this subject ultimately fall on his shoulders.
+
+After an initial discussion between us, it is clear that some professional legal advice is required. Snowe is intending to seek formal legal advice. Up until that point, we cannot say what the official P.D stance will be on this topic long term.
+
+What I can say, is that nobody in this administrative team desires to impose any restrictions on users of this instance that overreach and limit discussion unnecessarily. So long as content here is not dangerous, hurtful or offensive, we have no wish to filter it out on an instance level. Communities can impose their own rules, for the most part.
+
+You can expect a further update on this topic in the future, once we have a better understanding ourselves, and we will keep this topic as transparent as we possibly can. Until then, in relation to this matter, we do not currently intend to defederate from any instances or ban any communities that discuss piracy. Linking to websites that provide pirated content will also not be explicitly banned, but linking to or directly hosting pirated content on P.D is prohibited. Should any of these rules change, we will communicate it as quickly as possible and far ahead of any drastic action that would need to take place as a result.
+
+I believe the majority of our users here will understand the pressure that any Lemmy instance faces by hosting content that can make them susceptible to legal action. To those of you who are understanding, we thank you for that, and are grateful for your patience with us while we get a better understanding ourselves.
+
+Feel free to discuss this matter here.
+
+Thanks,  
+The P.D. Admin Team.
+
+---
+
+[Discussion thread here](https://programming.dev/post/11810083)