Discord has countered online reports about Take-Two’s hunt for the identity of the GTA 6 leaker, saying it has yet to be formally served a subpoena, and when it does receive it, it will take a long, hard look at it before responding.
On Friday, Andrew L. Carter Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, granted Take-Two's request to subpoena Discord to divulge identifying information about users the Rockstar owner believes are tied to the leaks.
Take-Two’s subpoena of Microsoft was also granted. But while Microsoft has issued a statement to say it’s happy to work with Take-Two and Rockstar to help unearth the GTA 6 leaker, Discord issued a different line overnight.
“I can share an update on this,” Discord marketing director Ryan K. Rigney said in a tweet. “Discord has not yet been served with a subpoena from Take-Two. When we do, we'll evaluate the validity and scope before responding.”
Reclaim The Net, a group that advocates for free speech and privacy, criticised the Discord subpoena in a tweet.
In an article, Reclaim The Net continued: "One of the Discord servers in question has over 107,000 members, and while it is not clear if Take-Two is going after each and every one of them, the request does say 'all identifying information associated with all user accounts' that were or are members of three named servers since June 1 – and that participated in a conversation in those servers.
"In this case, Take-Two Interactive's one filings make it clear that they're not limited to whoever is uploading the leaks, they're targeting entire communities and channels that are merely existing in the same Discord server as those alleged leakers.
"To file a claim is cheap and quick, and the compliance cost falls on the platforms. There was a time when companies would at least try to maintain the guise that their targets were limited to infringement but, these days, they're getting more brazen and now hitting anyone who happens to have been standing nearby."
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