Film Companies Seek 'Torrenting History' Related to Redditor * TorrentFreak
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A recent subpoena request shows that film companies are trying to obtain information on a Redditor's piracy habits.
  • Eggyhead@kbin.social
    23·
    10 months ago

    I thought Reddit was down to just sell data to whoever was willing to pay for it. Where do 5th amendment protections fall under that circumstance?

    • grte@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      I can’t speak to that, but a lot of the information the article says they are looking for they couldn’t find via reddit. They’d have to compel Mr. S personally to get a lot of this stuff:

      1. All written communications with RCN concerning piracy from Oct. 1, 2017 to the present.
      1. Payment records to RCN from Oct. 1, 2017 to present.
      1. All personal computing records pertaining to usage of BitTorrent from Oct. 1, 2017 to the present.
      1. All social media account usernames used including for Reddit, Twitter and Facebook January 1, 2016 to present.
      1. All Reddit posts and messages from Jan. 1, 2016 to the present
      1. Records of all movie piracy websites (including but not limited to YTS, 1337x, RARBG, Torrent Galaxy, The PirateBay) that were used at your Internet service.