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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Mary-Ann Russon

Reddit doesn’t need to identify users who pirate movies, US court rules

A US federal court in California has thrown out an attempt by the Hollywood film industry to compel Reddit to reveal the names and IP addresses of users who discuss online piracy on its platform.

A group of 20 major film companies have been using Reddit posts as a way to locate copyright infringers and find parties to sue and accept fault for online piracy.

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