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Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting (arstechnica.com)

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 78 points 11 months ago

God I hate rooting for Reddit.

[-] chris2112@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Spez may still be a corporate sellout but at least in this instance he did the right thing, probably because he determined ratting out users who pirated wouldn't make him money

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

I'll acknowledge he did the right thing here, but I won't be happy about it.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm sure that this was his legal team that reacted and fought back. He must have a top legal representation, they don't sleep.

But the API stuff, that's full him, that's his idea - fuck "I'm pretty sure, I'm a great leader" spez

[-] Sarcastik@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

He didn't do it for you, he didn't do it for us. He did it for himself.

If news got out that Reddit violated anonymity, the site would be dead before the end of the week. This was a move to protect his shareholders, nothing more.

[-] Echrichor@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago

Give him time. You think the answer would be the same if they offered to pay for the data?

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

Could you elaborate on your response, as well as what the link in the comment you're replying to is referencing.

I know what ISOs are, I'm just wondering what the original comment is trying to tell us about and what you're replying about. Thanks.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Rooting for as in cheering them on.

[-] Candybar121@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I think Cosmic Cleric meant to respond to HR_Pufnstuf

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

That makes sense. I thought they thought I was talking about rooting like rooting a phone.

[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

In Australia, rooting means fucking.

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