Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting - eviltoast

Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting::Court quashes subpoena for names of users who talked torrenting in 2011 thread.

  • chris2112@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Spez may still be a corporate sellout but at least in this instance he did the right thing, probably because he determined ratting out users who pirated wouldn’t make him money

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        1 year ago

        I’m sure that this was his legal team that reacted and fought back. He must have a top legal representation, they don’t sleep.

        But the API stuff, that’s full him, that’s his idea - fuck “I’m pretty sure, I’m a great leader” spez

    • Sarcastik@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      He didn’t do it for you, he didn’t do it for us. He did it for himself.

      If news got out that Reddit violated anonymity, the site would be dead before the end of the week. This was a move to protect his shareholders, nothing more.