Fonz@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoFilm companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down14
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkFilm companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011arstechnica.comFonz@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year ago2011 is well outside the Statute of Limitations for infringement… That’s three years with some wiggle room for ongoing infringement. This is likely an intimidation/shakedown thing.
minus-squareMuddybulldog@mylemmy.winlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSounds more like they’re going after Grande. Belief being the testimony would allow them to build a case that Grande incited or somehow induced privacy which would strip them from a number of legal protections that may apply to service providers.
minus-squarea8s7@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCould be that they’re looking to block similar usernames in their streaming services?
2011 is well outside the Statute of Limitations for infringement…
That’s three years with some wiggle room for ongoing infringement.
This is likely an intimidation/shakedown thing.
Sounds more like they’re going after Grande. Belief being the testimony would allow them to build a case that Grande incited or somehow induced privacy which would strip them from a number of legal protections that may apply to service providers.
Could be that they’re looking to block similar usernames in their streaming services?