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Hang on.. so if you say something bad about a company in a forum that's enough for a judge to give that company your name and address?

So if I were to associate my various accounts on forums with a corporation I own then I should be able to get the names and address of all who ever criticized a comment of mine on reddit, yes?

Probably not but still.. wtf?

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It doesn't really have anything to do with being a company/corporation. He is filing the lawsuit as an individual, not on behalf of Digital Homicide (which may not even be a corporation). He is suing because of things that were said about him.

some comments where actually pretty rough.

but really most things can't be taken seriously, most of them are kids in anger. they say stupid things a lot of the time, if you take that too serious while developing indie games. than you would need a whole fleet of lawyers.

We need to stop dismissing the shitty attitudes of gamers as "kids in anger", because far more frequently it's actually "adults who should know better".

...or even "kids who should know better".

Yes, if you convince a judge that whatever is it you're looking for these people for, has a minimum amount of merit. You don't even need a company. If you're looking to sue someone, you can ask a judge to compel a third party to turn over any information they have that's material to whatever you're suing for. Like names or other identifying information, or other evidence.

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