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by aspaceman 2152 days ago
I believe this decision punishes Twitter - not the users.
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em-bee 2152 days ago
to punish twitter they wouldn't need the identities of the retweeters. the only use for knowing the retweeters is to haul them into court.
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roblabla 2152 days ago
To be fair, they could be asking for the identities in order to summon them as witnesses against twitter. I don't hold much faith that this is the intention though...
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em-bee 2152 days ago
the thought crossed my mind, but wouldn't you do that after you sue in the discovery step?
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