• Newstart@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think the goal is not to actually get the identities since their lawyers probably told them they won’t be able to get them. The goal is to rather scare the next user who would be tempted to share his piracy tools and tips . If you scare enough people from sharing because they realize there is no anonymity , you by default reduce the amount if piracy.

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    1 year ago

    I will never take these companies’ side over a noble sailor of the high seas, but I took a look at the movies produced by Millennium Media, and they need every red cent they can get. They’re certainly not getting them from tickets or rentals. Good lord, I haven’t seen so much ripe stinking dogshit since the summer I spent clean cages at the animal shelter.

    How humiliating to get copyright swatted for downloading something from the studio that brought you such timeless classics as The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure and Day of the Dead: Bloodline.

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    I talked about piracy a whole bunch in the switch piracy subreddit.

    Wonder if I’ll get sued in 10-15 years for it along with the 1000s of others.

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    havent read the article but how exactly are they going to collect that information if even email is not a requirement on reddit

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      1 year ago

      Get your IP from reddit, then get your ISP to reveal your real name and address based on which IP you were assigned on that date and time.