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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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[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s why it does matter.

Even if they get the IP addrsss from an instance, they can’t use it for anything.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It doesn’t just stop there.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It kinda does if a judge has decided that an IP address does not identify who the offender was and thus is not enough evidence to bring a case against someone.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I feel like I don’t need to explain to folks around here that companies will lawyer up and basically use the legal system to harass and intimidate regardless if they have standing or not if they think you are small enough to be bullied into stopping a behavior. Which I assure you your average instance admin is.