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Film companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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They might be looking for something specific. Like they are investigating an individual, or network of individuals, and this is just a piece of that investigation. I doubt they are asking for this to randomly look for opportunities to charge people with a crime related to piracy.
If only we had legal avenues to obtain information from private companies.... Oh well.
If you have a valid reason to investigate people, then you can get a fucking warrant. If your investigation isn't into an actual criminal act, then maybe you don't really need that data so bad.
Agreed. Glad Reddit seems to be doing the right thing here by acknowledging this.
The time it would take to ask for these specific users and the research needed wouldnt amount to the number they would bring in if this would just be a shake down, I would guess you are right