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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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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 year ago

What do they even have to gain from this? Going after small fry individuals worked out so well for their image in the early 2000s.

[-] DarthCluck@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think they care about their image. How many people decided to not see Avengers: End Game because the studios are greedy

[-] camethroughtor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I think the Western IP holders saw what Sony was doing, and had dollar signs in their eyes

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