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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] 227 points 6 months ago (49 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 94 points 6 months 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] 81 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Might I direct you to the huge flaming catastrophe of bullshit known as "the police don't give a fuck lol". All they need to do is make it difficult, costly and time consuming to win and fuck you once you get hit with charges. And would you look at that, the US legal system specializes in all 3 of those! How convenient.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Police can arrest you, but they don't run the courts.

Ie you get brought in on bogus charges and if the only evidence is a number that isn't admissable as evidence you would likely see a mistrial.

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