[Dalewyn]

>tying the consumed media to a specific ip that can be used to tie to a specific person.

A server in a data center will also have a specific IP tied to a specific person (customer of data center or ISP), assuming the server is supposed to be remotely accessible in a reliable way.

[kuschku]

Some hosters will freely give out the personal data of who owns what, others won't.

This would explain why only some hosters are affected and not others.