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Chief of eBay's Indian Site Arrested, Released

An anonymous reader writes "As reported, Avinash Bajaj, the CEO of Baazee.com, the Indian subsidiary of eBay, was arrested by the Indian police for distributing pornography. What really seems to have happened is that two high school students from Delhi Public School filmed themselves having oral sex, and this video was distributed through Delhi by email. Some time later, Ravi Raj Singh, a college student from IIT Delhi, offered his VCD of the 157-second clip for sale on Baazee. Avinash Bajaj has now been released on bail, but his U.S. passport is still impounded. AP report here." In reaction to the scandal, SoumyaRay writes, "the Indian government is planning a law based on the DMCA that would establish the responsibility of the corporation when dealing with copyrighted materials. The law 'would deal with four categories of functions by a service provider: transitory communications, system caching, storage of information on systems or networks and information location tools.' Does this differ in any major way with the DMCA? What is being overlooked and what is the potential for abuse? What would you propose?"

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  1. consequences... by sonictheboom · · Score: 1, Troll

    traditionally, on geting caught, you would have to get married.. I wonder what happens in this case?

  2. Re:The girl cant complain by tarunthegreat2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're so full of shit it's hilarious.
    1) She did not consent to being video-taped.

    2) The girl is 16, and the boy 17. That makes them Minors. In your advanced country, apparently selling porn of minors is ok. Sorry, I'll stick to my backwards country. At least learn to disguise your flamebait so it looks like a reasonable post, fuckface.

  3. Pornography unhealthy? by retards · · Score: 0, Troll

    How about a (serious and objective) study proving a link between watching porno and some unhealthy effect on the watcher? Yeah, yeah, yeah, the porno industry is shitty and full of drugs, yadda, yadda, but hey, mining for coal is a lot more dangerous.

    Do these puritans think 6+ billion people grew from spores? People have been fucking since the dawn of man. And yes, in the butt too! OMG!! *clutches <INSERT NAME OF PREFERRED HOLY BOOK OF FAIRY-TALES HERE>*