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		Puer on July 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Reddit sleuths who brought down a meme empire Are there any possible legal repercussions? I mean, yeah, if they made upwards of 12 million dollars from their site then banning it from reddit isn't exactly going to hurt them...

numbsafari on July 1, 2013 | [–]

I guess Reddit could complain to the DA and press charges under CFAA, but the irony would probably cause the internet to implode.

enraged_camel on July 1, 2013 | [–]

Reddit users were a humongous part of their visitor-base, though. I don't know of many people outside of Reddit who have heard about them.

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