A California federal court has denied a request to compel Reddit to unmask several anonymous Redditors. Film companies say the users’ comments could serve as relevant evidence in a piracy liability case against Internet provider RCN. However, the court believes that the Redditors’ First Amendment right to anonymous speech outweighs the interest of rightsholders.

Every day, millions of people from all over the world submit posts, comments, and other content to Reddit.

In many cases, discussion comments are read and soon forgotten but several old threads were brought back to life recently as part of a piracy liability case.

The comments in question were picked up by Kerry Culpepper, a copyright attorney who leads several piracy lawsuits against Internet providers on behalf of independent film companies.

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