While we can be pretty confident that Reddit has its own motivations (i.e. self-interest) for fighting these lawsuits, this is still a good news story for pirates.

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[–] [email protected] 227 points 1 year ago (49 children)

Food for thought: Lemmy instance admins probably can’t afford $800 an hour corporate attorneys to fight off subpoenas.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Food for though: In the US judges have ruled on multiple occasions that an IP address doesn't actually prove what individual engaged in the act.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And yet they still want them, so there must be more to the story. I also don't understand why since I have dynamic IP address in EU, unless they can match the ownership to a person at any given time in the past its not useful info.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they can. your telco provider knows exactly which ip was assigned to whom at any given time

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