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Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While we can be pretty confident that Reddit has its own motivations (i.e. self-interest) for fighting these lawsuits, this is still a good news story for pirates.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Doesn’t matter, these are unpaid volunteers standing up instances. Most, if not all, have no desire to fight that battle on their own dime.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s why it does matter.

Even if they get the IP addrsss from an instance, they can’t use it for anything.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It doesn’t just stop there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It kinda does if a judge has decided that an IP address does not identify who the offender was and thus is not enough evidence to bring a case against someone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I feel like I don’t need to explain to folks around here that companies will lawyer up and basically use the legal system to harass and intimidate regardless if they have standing or not if they think you are small enough to be bullied into stopping a behavior. Which I assure you your average instance admin is.