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Film Companies Seek ‘Torrenting History’ Related to Redditor (torrentfreak.com)
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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

*Especially with politicians.
Every payment (and donation) made from 1980 to present in regards to any political party or directly related to one.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

These are public records. It's the indirect payments, such as to a PAC or free good publicity, that aren't tracked.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The US is not the only country in the world?

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

RCN is in the US. The lawsuit was filed in the US. The filmmakers behind the lawsuit appear to be based in the US. Reddit is based in the US.

Like it or not, this is a US story. There may be other, similar stories about other countries, but this one is US.

Also, if your country has less protection from political corruption than the US, you probably have bigger problems than piracy.