2y ago

Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting

Film companies lost another attempt to force Reddit to identify anonymous users who discussed piracy. A federal court on Saturday quashed a subpoena demanding users' names and other identifying details, agreeing with Reddit's argument that the film companies' demands violate the First Amendment.

All "hurrahs" aside, obligatory "fuck you Spez"

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2011, though... what are the statutes of limitations for piracy?
Also, huzzah
Also, fuck u/spez
- I mean, they discussed pirating...there wasn't any objective evidence they actually did pirate material (but for real they more than likely had). Regardless....statute of limitations apply; this was from 2011. That ship has sailed, Arr!
- Apparently the statute of limitations is 3 years for copyright infringement (source), I'm surprised it wasn't thrown out on that alone (but I'm not a lawyer)

The mental-defectives running these film companies never astound me with the utter stupidity they try to commit to.

It's times like these I'm glad that in my country, while these companies CAN sue individuals for piracy, they can only sue for the amount it'd cost to purchase the product in its physical form from a store, so they just don't bother (this is assuming you don't seed, so ymmv depending on your torrenting etiquette.)
- How does the "don't seed" part of that work in practice?
  I'm a shitty person so I don't leave my stuff seeding, but it usual seeds for a little bit before I move the files somewhere else and close my vpn
  
  There's no way they can realistically police it, but I believe legally, they determine case-by-case if the seeding was for the purposes of distribution or not. Forgetting a download and letting it seed overnight is not likely to cause any issues.

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