Judge DENIES Hollywood Subpoenas for Redditors' Identities (In re Subpoena to Reddit)

To prove their case of lax copyright enforcement on RCN's network, Attorney Kerry Culpepper and his Hollywood plaintiffs subpoenaed the identities of nine Reddit users as potential witnesses. On Reddit's objection, all but one of those subpoenas have now been DENIED on First Amendment grounds. Let's review Judge Laurel Beeler's decision. The underlying case is BODYGUARD PRODUCTIONS, INC v. RCN TELECOM SERVICES, LLC #reddit #Subpoena #hollywood Thanks for all of your support! Please consider supporting on Patreon.com/ljfrench, through YouTube membership, or Floatplane subscription. April supporters: "Counselor" Level: Eevi, Ugly Grill, torpedan, PureMagma, Eric Tams, Gutbrodj, TechTechPotato, King Aires, Kyle Siefring, The Blood Soaked Survivors, and Don't Credit This Account "Advocate" Level: Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Dustin Rodriguez, Josué Vicioso, Brian Flowers, tdis8629, amelius, Meaningless, Aethero Toland, John Swanson, matthew beller, Priscilla Astling, Schi-Schi, EvoGamer, Kreachers, admalledd, khagerou, Dawn Massaro Guy, wrozmo, ChessWithADHD, robfrawley, Medeka, David Zaslavsky, Christian Ullrich, Brian Roush, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, JH, Cindy Campbell, Tron Bårdgård, Mark Randall, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, Mario Bonales, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Nathaniel, Tony Cruickshank, Kasaryth, Oisin Creaner, Stefan Persson, CombatZAK, Alexander Sihn, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, Brody Eastwood, sehro, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, Rico Robbins, Kai Raphahn, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, Kean, Jessica Pearson, LbxAni, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., majikthise, foonix, TheEuphoGuy, Brian, Matthew Bertrand, Jack Draak, Eye_Make_Stuff, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Kat Willhite, itheoryon, DreamerDon, Alan Nise, anton.molyboha, The Disturbed Angel, Travus, Eric Woodley, Raindrop Works, Logan Stromberg, scj643, eyebrows360, Chris Connett, Haplo, Michael Ciesielski, Chris Hilliard, Greg, Q Squared, Jason Glaesemann, Eric Barker, Gef the Mongoose, keeping up with the Devilment on weekends, toadbear, DrJKL, Lawrence Groupe, Michael, DrakeDT, Katrina Middleton, Andrew Venier, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, Zendane, varia, jag1110, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, AnnoyedRook, cwestpha, Peter Huston, James Oxford, rcmaehl, Deleted, Evan Davis, Michael Stokes-Byrne, c, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Tony Webster, ChaoQueen, Ross, Dustin Bosveld, Tymorus, Bryan Lubeck, Rodney Nelson, jak_ub, Thedougler303, WarrantyVoid, PinkFluffyTeddyBear, Rovert09, Ivan Chepurnyi, Rob Voisey, Kris Hetzel, Negligibly Negative, Maarten Wisman, RunsWhenChased, ricin, Christina B, Robert Z, Fubar, sean murphy, OsculatingPlane, Landon Noll, Justin Bassett-Green, Ryan Schott, RipeSloth, CostlyFiddle, Jennifer and David Brock, void, RenyPetty, Blueberry Hill, Andrew, Aaron Harvey, Learethak, Emily, Dave Meyers, jsteelkw, TheAmazingDave, Zoonist, XPEric, balayanr, zensalad, Wolfendragoon, Nova_, MeDeOgre, Kantorock, Ava-, Deleted, jSON, Jabberwoky69, Deleted 00:00 - My Intro 05:04 - Judge's Intro 08:02 - Judge's Analysis 17:07 - Leonard Thoughts