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

submitted 9 months ago by Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Firms wanted seven years' worth of IP address logs

I doubt - or hope they don't - Reddit stores them for that long?

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's data that could have value, so I doubt they don't store it. I think the movie studios didn't offer enough. Or Reddit thought it was too damaging for this particular sale.

[–] Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Reddit wasn't offered enough.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

I always assumed this would happen, so had a second account. Which had a special email address both of which I only used via Tor and private brower mode.