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Originally Posted by nekokami
Regarding the "anti-piracy" legislation referenced in the OP, is there currently no legal way to request this information in the UK? If you wanted to sue the person who allegedly posted the content, wouldn't you be able to get a court order for the ISP to reveal the identity of that person currently, by showing probable cause, just as you would to get a warrant to have their property searched?
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In theory, yes. In practice, such legal action is so expensive that it's the realm of large companies and the super-rich. No small author could afford to do such a thing.