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Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't help instance admins at all, though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It helps admins help you stay anonymous by relieving them from having to cover for you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I am not going to thank the unpaid volunteers who make the fediverse possible by getting them C&D letters/legal threats.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Well I appreciate that. But simply discussing piracy should be okay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Not really, though. If they're ordered to turn over IPs, they'll turn over IPs. Whether those are legit or VPN IPs is another story, but the burden placed on the instance admin doesn't really change much.