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Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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[–] Lifecoach5000 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can you give an ELI5 for this site? Is it just a record of torrents you’ve downloaded/seeded from your current ip address?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure exactly how but they show which torrents were downloaded from that IP address.

It clears after a certain interval though.