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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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[–] gamer@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Wait, is it even possible to pay for movies outside of a movie theater?? I have taught everyone I know how to use bittorrent because I assumed that was a basic computer literacy thing. My grandma regularly pirates TV shows so they have something to watch at her adult daycare. That old bitch even offers DVD copies for a buck fifty.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Hope you also taught them to use a VPN.

[–] jemorgan@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Okay, I see this so much, but I have been ~~pirating virtually all of my media~~ downloading Linux ISOs (in the US) without a VPN for… 20 years?

I’ve gotten about a dozen letters from my ISP and I just chuck ‘‘em in a bin.

[–] BeakEm420@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, I used to do this (throw away the letters). Then one day my ISP shut off my internet for 24 hours (Verizon FIOS), so I got a VPN.

[–] jemorgan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, if they’re going to twist my arm, that’s one thing haha. Surprised that your ISP actually took action.

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