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A Reddit User Admitted To Pirating a Movie 12 Years Ago. Movie Studios Want To Unmask Him. (reclaimthenet.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In what appears to be an escalating incursion into a user’s digital privacy, a collective of film companies continue to implore the court to compel Reddit to surrender its users’ personal details. This move is part of an ongoing piracy liability case against Internet Service Providers. Reddit, however, steadfastly resists, staunchly defending its users’ rights to anonymous speech.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The film companies have singled out a Reddit user, “xBROKEx,” citing a 12-year-old comment admitting to pirating the movie The Expendables.

Reddit counters that this attempted breach of privacy is unwarranted, given that the statute of limitations for copyright infringement is just three years.

How ridiculous. Someone admitted / bragged / bullshitted on the Internet 12 years ago. The statute of limitations expired 9 years ago. But, the film companies are still trying to get the information on a poor xBROKEx.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could the selection be intentional? A silly unenforceable case to open the door for a more comprehensive invasion of privacy on platforms to make discussion and hosting discussion of piracy into a riskier endeavor?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what I'm thinking. This is just a case of them seeing how far they can take it. Once precedent is set they can start to litigate based on a user merely mentioning that they pirated a movie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Could be that they're seeking exhaustion so that can push more of their privacy breaking bullshit in international trade agreements.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly what the trick is. Once the precedent is set, they can exploit the hell out of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What a ridiculous case. You can't prove anything based on a comment made online. Defence will just be "i just said that to sound cool, I've never pirated anything and wouldn't know how" probably doesn't even need a lawyer as there's no evidence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

even knowing it will be thrown out, the companies want to go after them. they want to hurt xBROKEx as much as they can, as an example to others that you'll never get away with it. That they'll hound you decades later.