Reddit,
reportedly, did not comply with three subpoena's in a row:
Reddit wasn’t willing to go along with the request, at least not in full. The company objected, arguing that handing over the requested information would violate its users’ right to anonymous speech. Reddit later responded similarly to a second and third subpoena request.
It helps to have lawyers object to subpoenas.
As for Mr S. he can be compelled to respond to the subpoena for:
1. All written communications with RCN concerning piracy from Oct. 1, 2017 to the present.
etc. by truthfully (?) stating that he no longer has these records.
> I'm also pretty sure they want this 'person S' quite badly indeed
To leverage them, quite possibly for immunity should they be able to make anything stick aside from an elaborate online fantasy life cosplaying as a pirate .. or not .. maybe. Absolutely.
I'd still argue that the main target here is bigger fish with deeper pockets - scare an ISP out of being casual wrt pirating, send a message to more ISP's, etc.
As for Mr S. he can be compelled to respond to the subpoena for:
etc. by truthfully (?) stating that he no longer has these records.> I'm also pretty sure they want this 'person S' quite badly indeed
To leverage them, quite possibly for immunity should they be able to make anything stick aside from an elaborate online fantasy life cosplaying as a pirate .. or not .. maybe. Absolutely.
I'd still argue that the main target here is bigger fish with deeper pockets - scare an ISP out of being casual wrt pirating, send a message to more ISP's, etc.