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Porn site to pay $12.7M to women who didn't know videos would be posted

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Re: Porn site to pay $12.7M to women who didn't know videos would be posted

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“I’m always paranoid when I meet new people that they have seen my video or [when I] meet new people [they] are going to say, ‘I know you.’”

That reminded me of a comment I saw in a discussion about being worried that someone would find out your real identity by noticing your profile on a fetish site --- and thus the correct response to that is "I know you watch porn."

Re: Porn site to pay $12.7M to women who didn't know videos would be posted

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was it hidden in the contract? just curious the extent of the lying.

My understanding is the girls are told that the videos will go in some wealthy dude's private collection or something like that. No one reads contracts.

Re: Porn site to pay $12.7M to women who didn't know videos would be posted

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“I’m always paranoid when I meet new people that they have seen my video or [when I] meet new people [they] are going to say, ‘I know you.’” That reminded me of a comment I saw in a discussion about being worried that someone would find out your real identity by noticing your profile on a fetish site --- and thus the correct response to that is "I know you watch porn."

I mean, I anecdotally feel like a majority of people watch porn now-days, so not really a heartbreaking retort.

Re: Porn site to pay $12.7M to women who didn't know videos would be posted

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My wife fell victim to this before we met. I'm curious how we'd go about filing a case against the website. I send a message to the FBI a few years ago and never heard anything.

Your wife should probably do it otherwise the FBI is probably laughing at you.

Re: Porn site to pay $12.7M to women who didn't know videos would be posted

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“I’m always paranoid when I meet new people that they have seen my video or [when I] meet new people [they] are going to say, ‘I know you.’” That reminded me of a comment I saw in a discussion about being worried that someone would find out your real identity by noticing your profile on a fetish site --- and thus the correct response to that is "I know you watch porn."

I mean, I anecdotally feel like a majority of people watch porn now-days, so not really a heartbreaking retort.

I’ve always wondered about that stat. What does “watch porn” mean? 1x a year? 1x a month? 1x a week? I think people assume the rate is higher than it really is.

Re: Porn site to pay $12.7M to women who didn't know videos would be posted

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was it hidden in the contract? just curious the extent of the lying.

the contracts were standard release forms for people that arent part of guilds, the court looked at the coercion

should also know that this headline isnt the main part of the case

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