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Comment FBI trying to bypass the constitution. (Score 2) 101

The FBI (and other agencies) think that by "outsourcing" what would otherwise be a "warrantless" search if they (the FBI / LEO) performed said data collection, it some how absolves themselves of any 4th amendment violations.

It doesn't matter who collects the data, if you are searching through said data, it is a defacto search and gains 4th amendment protections. A third party cannot wave someone else's 4th amendment rights.

Comment Re:Electric Company (Score 1) 30

They were getting bad PR because of how they went about litigating against "individuals".

The record labels would first sue the ISP and then demand discovery to obtain the ISP's customer base.

They would then drop the first case and, with the newly "discovered" information, file a second case against against the john/jane doe entity without even verifying if the defendant of the case actually was the entity that breached their copyright, merely them owning the IP associated with the activity being enough..

They would then demand excessive amounts of compensation grossly disproportionate with the "harm" they claim was incurred.

This became an incredibly shady business model that persisted for a decade. And in most jurisdictions is considered a frivolous law suit or abuse of the courts.

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