It does look like the hackers have got information about what you've downloaded as well. This doesn't bode well for anyone who downloaded non-free content from the website because if the hackers can get that information, so can the IP owners via legal means. Anyone who opened an account and downloaded said content should be sweating right now.
Anyone who opened an account and downloaded said content should be sweating right now.
Only if they went on to share it again. Otherwise there is no conceivable scenario that IP holders would go after the receivers, let alone be successful at it.
Even back in the Napster lawsuits, they were only going after people who had shared songs.
It does look like the hackers have got information about what you've downloaded as well. This doesn't bode well for anyone who downloaded non-free content from the website because if the hackers can get that information, so can the IP owners via legal means. Anyone who opened an account and downloaded said content should be sweating right now.
Only if they went on to share it again. Otherwise there is no conceivable scenario that IP holders would go after the receivers, let alone be successful at it.
Even back in the Napster lawsuits, they were only going after people who had shared songs.