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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by lostjohnny on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @08:25AM (#17456829)
Or just remove all the links from comments...

We don't really need to link something to express an opinion

BTW HN have to check anyway, if I post a link to an obscure video sharing platform containing copyrighted material, that's an infringement

Even if the domain is whitelisted, say github.com, I could host copyrighted material there

They simply don't do it and rely on users's good faith

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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by esrauch on Thursday July 05, 2018 @03:31PM (#17466097)
The text of a comment itself is user generated content that can contain copyrighted material.
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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by lostjohnny on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @09:11AM (#17497711)
The law regulates linked content

Web sites are already responsible for copyright infringements committed by their users

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