US court rules Reddit doesn’t need to identify users who pirate movies::In future, we could see more cases where Hollywood goes after individual internet service providers and websites to detect online pirates
All the more reason to use a vpn even for casual browsing I guess. Never know when someone wants to overstep and turn the most trivial thing against you. Even if this is the case now that its been denied, what’s to stop this happening elsewhere or at another time? The fact it’s been tried once means it will be tried again. No thanks to that.
I have to think that even if something went to court there is 0 connection to me saying “I pirated xyz” and being able to connect that to real life.
Nothing that is said on Reddit or Lemmy is sworn on a bible true true true.
It may not be “sworn on a bible true true true” but it could be used to help build up evidence along with other sources or identify people to target for further investigation.
Absolutely shouldn’t be enough on it’s own to be able to get warrants or forces companies like Reddit to give out private information… but there’s be a line somewhere between “someone said they downloaded a movie” and “someone has admitted to committing or planning a horrible violent crime” where law enforcement would be justified in getting warrants. It should follow strict oversight and justification like warrants for “real life” things (I say “should” as in the moral should… no idea how good US laws are around this stuff or how well they are followed”)
Edit: they would also need to justify that the comments seem to be actually true or are likely to be true… chasing down every idiot who says something stupid on the internet would bankrupt any police force and not help anyone.
Also… use a VPN! governments & police are overreaching and individual privacy is important to protect.
