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shish_mish@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say

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shish_mish@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Reddit says First Amendment rights protect it from having to disclose users' info.
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    Or from a country where an IP address does not equal a person in the eyes of the law, and therefore you cannot be charged for copyright infringement based on IP address alone.

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      Technically true, but I don’t need them to know what i’m doing on the internet, especially in the age where content is sometimes throttled, thanks to poor laws

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      Where are these countries

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        Canada, for one.

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