Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting

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Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting
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They won't be forced turn over names. They can now sell them.

spaz be like: 🤑🤑🤑

Edit: Also it's just a bunch of IP addresses, they'll have to somehow get the ISP to sell that data too.

Hello yes this is Comcast, ahh let’s say about three fifty per IP? We have a deal!

Tree Fiddy what? Hundred? Thousand? Million?

I said, "Dammit monster! Get off my lawn! I ain't giving you no tree-fitty!" It said, "how about just two-fitty?" I said, "Oh, now it's only two-fitty!! What?! Is there a sale on Loch Ness munchies or something?!"

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