Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting
Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting
Court quashes subpoena for names of users who talked torrenting in 2011 thread.
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)