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A Reddit User Admitted To Pirating a Movie 12 Years Ago. Movie Studios Want To Unmask Him. (reclaimthenet.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In what appears to be an escalating incursion into a user’s digital privacy, a collective of film companies continue to implore the court to compel Reddit to surrender its users’ personal details. This move is part of an ongoing piracy liability case against Internet Service Providers. Reddit, however, steadfastly resists, staunchly defending its users’ rights to anonymous speech.

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[–] [email protected] 151 points 2 years ago (10 children)

They think that bullying one user is going to setup an example of what happens when you fuck with them.

Fuck 'em.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 years ago (9 children)

IIRC they aren't prosecuting these users, instead they want to make them be witnesses in a case against an ISP they want to say wasn't doing enough to stop piracy. The Reddit posts were about whether the ISP takes action against pirates or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

That sounds even worse. You killed two flies in a shot. Did he cooperated in the case?

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