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What is "after some work" here alluding to (I know it's verbatim from the article but very cryptic)? Can Google arbitrarily share account details with anyone wh

• waiwai933 4y ago
  The First Amended Complaint linked in the article indicates that Google required a subpoena (paragraphs 112-114) and were unwilling/unable to provide information informally.
  • vageli 4y ago
    Thank you for pointing this out, I didn't realize they linked to the complaint at the very bottom.
  • gpm 4y ago
    It also says > While Bungie’s legal department, management, and executives were attempting to negotiate the byzantine procedural labyrinth Google required before it would address the fraud Minor was committing, let alone identify him to Bungie, Minor was gloating, confessing, and threatening I'm guessing there was something more going on here...
    • waiwai933 4y ago
      This seems more like difficulty getting in touch with a human at YouTube in the first place. Once they got that, the practical issues were resolved with YouTube undoing the takedowns, but the PII of the involved accounts needed to go through the legal process.
      • gumby 4y ago
        > This seems more like difficulty getting in touch with a human at YouTube… If you serve them with a subpoena your lawyer will get a prompt phone call from a real human. That’s the point.