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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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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.

That seems to echo exactly what is stated in the article.

"They were promised that the footage would go straight to DVD for wealthy buyers in other countries, in particular Australia and New Zealand, where the defendants come from."

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#22
(no disrespect intended to the victims in this story when I say this)

This is a cautionary tale in the world we live in today: Once something is recorded, it could be anywhere. Even without willful intent on the part of the owner, phones get lost or stolen, old hardware gets sold on ebay, cloud accounts get compromised, etc.

Have fun, but be careful.

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

#23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Old survey, but the average used to be 3x a week: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/6709646/All-men-watch-... Looking at other surveys I'd say single men probably are 70% at least 3x a week, while being married or female are both going to reduce that amount. Although there are also questions about what qualifies as porn, like romance novels. If you have a loose definition of porn then I'd guess everybody in their 20's-30's is going to have seen some porn in the past year, although perhaps involuntarily.

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

#24
This is disgusting.

I am sure you can find enough people in the world who would voluntarily do this without coercion. Getting people drunk in another city/state (?) and coercing them to do something else is rape territory, and I hope everyone involved faces criminal justice for that

It's strange that the site is still up? I'm not visiting but, but how can there be civil and criminal charges and the site is still up...

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

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(no disrespect intended to the victims in this story when I say this) This is a cautionary tale in the world we live in today: Once something is recorded, it could be anywhere. Even without willful intent on the part of the owner, phones get lost or stolen, old hardware gets sold on ebay, cloud accounts get compromised, etc. Have fun, but be careful.

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

#26

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.

"private" of course doesn't mean will remain private, however.

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

#28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That seems to echo exactly what is stated in the article. "They were promised that the footage would go straight to DVD for wealthy buyers in other countries, in particular Australia and New Zealand, where the defendants come from."

They were ok with making porn, just not if someone seen it they knew... Got it.

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.

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

#30
Each woman was seeking 2 million from what I've found online. The judgement ended up being a payout of 12.7m sum and that's for splitting between 22 victims with their representation. I wonder how much each person walked away with after their attorneys were paid. I've not witnessed justice in my life but I like to think they will be happy with the judgement even though it's a lot lower than they sought.
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