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Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say::Reddit says First Amendment rights protect it from having to disclose users' info.

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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If you read the article it states at the film studio wants the IP address is to prove that Frontier is not doing anything about people pirating on their ISP. They claim that they aren't going after the individuals themselves. The headline is deceptively vague.

[–] doricub@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

And reddit still shouldn't release the IP address of specific users without a warrant.

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Oh sure, trust that they won't abuse that data. That's unheard of. It's not like there's a ton of ways to abuse that info, I swear!

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago

But they are indirectly going after these individuals. They just want Frontier to handle the punishments rather than doing it themselves.