A German court has released the names and addresses of about 20,000 people whose IP addresses were detected on porn website Redtube in a copyright infringement case, NBC News reports.
First and foremost: how did U+C acquire the names and addresses of those who had viewed the streams? Streaming viewers don?t leave IP addresses exposed like P2P sharers do. Redtube denied turning over any user data. The theory arose that U+C had misled the courts by presenting Youtube as a ?swap meet,? i.e., a file sharing site. Obviously, Redtube is not in the business of file sharing and under German law, those viewing streams ? even if the streams themselves are infringing ? cannot be held liable for infringement. The other theory mooted was that U+C was utilizing some sort of malware to trap IP addresses, but no evidence has surfaced that this is the case. (Although, it should be pointed out that Google indicates Redtube ?might be hacked.?)
The other thing of interest in this case is that Red Tube itself issued a press release to tell users it had their back........
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