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Unclean hands doctrine. You can't sue someone when the complaint at issue is you doing something wrong. You'd have to find someone that didn't infringe on anyth
by ikeboy 6y ago
Unclean hands doctrine. You can't sue someone when the complaint at issue is you doing something wrong. You'd have to find someone that didn't infringe on anything, and even then you'd have to fight an uphill battle. In the absence of a contract saying the data can never be shared, it's unclear what the cause of action would even be.
- 29083011397778 6y agoIt would be up to the courts if you've done anything wrong though - downloading a torrent file isn't illegal, per TFA. Who's to say you followed through with a torrent client to use it?
- ikeboy 6y agoIf you haven't, what's the harm? Where are the damages?
- kevingadd 6y agoThe harm is your IP address and other information being provided to a company that's trying to extort you...
- ikeboy 6y agoAs above, what's the cause of action?
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> The harm is your IP address and other information being provided to a company that's trying to extort you... If you get sued, you've suffered damages and you have a cause of action. You'd need to show that YTS wrongly provided your information, but in the hypothetical where you in fact did nothing wrong, that seems theoretically doable.
- ikeboy 6y agoYou might have a malicious prosecution case against the party that sued you. I still don't see a cause of action or damages against a third party that provided information that they likely would have been forced to provide in discovery anyway.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y agoIllegal processing of personal data in violation of GDPR?
- sam0x17 6y agoI think a European user could easily do this via GDPR