Lawyers have historically had little trouble suing John Does and subpoenaing ISPs/websites to get access to IPs and the users underneath them.

All that said, the point apparently wooshed a few miles above your head.

Nope. The point was a snark which does more to embarrass the poster than myself.

I posted a link to someone else's legal disclaimer as an example of how legal advisory services protect themselves. They used it to try and paraphrase my own comment back to me, unsuccessfully.

You could subpoena HN but it would display a startling lack of understanding about ISPs, legal process, HN and the Internet.

One, a subpoena has to be delivered in person...