{"id":1109209,"date":"2023-02-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1109209"},"modified":"2023-02-20T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T19:00:00","slug":"filmmakers-request-identities-of-reddit-users-to-aid-piracy-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1109209","title":{"rendered":"Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users To Aid Piracy Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An anonymous reader writes: Filmmakers have obtained a subpoena to reveal the identities of Redditors who commented on piracy-related topics. The comments can provide relevant evidence in support of a repeat infringer lawsuit against ISP RCN, the companies argue. Reddit disagrees and frames the effort as a fishing expedition that is at odds with the right to anonymous speech.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class=\"share_submission\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Filmmakers+Request+Identities+of+Reddit+Users+To+Aid+Piracy+Lawsuit%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3ICHDh1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/twitter_icon_large-782.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F02%2F20%2F1816222%2Ffilmmakers-request-identities-of-reddit-users-to-aid-piracy-lawsuit%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/facebook_icon_large-393.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yro.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/02\/20\/1816222\/filmmakers-request-identities-of-reddit-users-to-aid-piracy-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Slashdot &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/yro.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/02\/20\/1816222\/filmmakers-request-identities-of-reddit-users-to-aid-piracy-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users To Aid Piracy Lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anonymous reader writes: Filmmakers have obtained a subpoena to reveal the identities of Redditors who commented on piracy-related topics. The comments can provide relevant evidence in support of a repeat infringer lawsuit against ISP RCN, the companies argue. Reddit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1109209\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1109210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,110],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-1109209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slashdot","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-slashdot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1109209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1109210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1109209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1109209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1109209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}