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X Loses Battle to Protect Genshin Impact Leaker's First Amendment Anonymity (torrentfreak.com)

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In November 2023, the publisher of smash-hit videogame Genshin Impact obtained a DMCA subpoena hoping to identify who was behind the leak of unreleased artwork on Elon Musk's X platform. X Corp. challenged the subpoena, citing the user's anonymous speech rights under the First Amendment. In an order published this week, a district court judge denied X Corps' motion to quash, in theory exposing the alleged leaker's identity to Cognosphere.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

citing the user's anonymous speech rights under the First Amendment.

Is there any validity to this theory?

I never heard anonymity being protected by 1st AM

[–] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago

Accordingly, an author’s decision to remain anonymous, like other decisions concerning omissions or additions to the content of a publication, is an aspect of the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment.

US Supreme Court, McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission (1995)

https://epic.org/issues/democracy-free-speech/anonymity/

[–] lath@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A quick skim says anonymity is protected under it, with exceptions. Mostly for criminal acts. Particularly here, if the leaked artwork falls under "intellectual property" then the exception applies and anonymity isn't protected.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The regime works in mysterious ways

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

It's not mysterious, it's just capital