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Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by shish_mish@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 44 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or, perhaps it would be more cost effective to spend your money developing a way to access content that isn’t user-hostile. Then, suddenly, piracy wouldn’t be on the rise.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But how does that pay the shareholders?

[–] Haha@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It doesn’t. Fuck em.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Meh, more like eat em.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

We can do both.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know that you mean that sarcastically, and I agree. In the end, they could be happy with some passive income on old IPs but decide to be greedy instead.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah it's sarcasm ^^