Ernesto Van der Sar explains:
Reddit has gone head-to-head with a group of filmmakers over the past two years, aiming to protect the privacy of its users.
In three separate cases, the filmmakers subpoenaed Reddit for details of users who commented on various piracy related topics.
The movie companies said they are not planning to go after these people in court but want to use their comments as evidence in ongoing piracy liability lawsuits against Frontier Communications and other internet providers.
For example, the rightsholders argued that the Redditors’ comments are key evidence to show that ISPs didn’t implement a suitable repeat infringer policy, and that subsequently acted as a draw to pirating subscribers.
Reddit views the requests as intrusive.
Read more at TorrentFreak.