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The internet entrepreneur faces several criminal charges in the US, including copyright infringement.
The internet entrepreneur faces several criminal charges in the US, including copyright infringement.
Could you provide more info? Yes he and every hosting provider did that because they were forced to by Hollywood. They and all other hosting providers/isps certainly don’t want to do it because it costs money to track the infringers and then they lose a customer.
He and his lawyer started doing that in the late 90s. When the labels just started knowing what the heck this newfangled internet even is.
Source
Just one of the articles that goes into this assholes history
Translation
They mass-collected the connection data and started mass-sueing/extorting. Nobody else did on such a large scale at the time.
Wow! I had no idea.