$74k Judgment Against Craigslist Prankster

jamie points out an update in the case of Jason Fortuny, the Craigslist prankster who was sued last year for publicly posting responses to a fake personal ad. The Citizen Media Law Project's summary of his case now includes a recently entered default judgment (PDF), fining Fortuny "... in the amount of $35,001.00 in statutory damages for Count I, violation of the Copyright Act; $5,000 in compensatory damages for Count II, Public Disclosure of Private Facts, and Count III, Intrusion Upon Seclusion." He has also been ordered to pay more than $34,000 in attorney and court fees.

Comments

WHat?!?!?

[cayenne8]

"$5,000 in compensatory damages for Count II, Public Disclosure of Private Facts, and Count III, Intrusion Upon Seclusion."

These are actually real laws?!?!?

Re:WHat?!?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

"$5,000 in compensatory damages for Count II, Public Disclosure of Private Facts, and Count III, Intrusion Upon Seclusion."

These are actually real laws?!?!?

Yes. In fact you are not allowed to disclose publicly that your girlfriend has clamps even if half of the town knows this anyways.

There was a highest court decision in 1912 in Felderman vs. Proppenheimer, the so called "smelly labia" case (today it's called the "fishoil" case for PC reasons).

Re:WHat?!?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

TO THE ATTENTION OF YOUR SILICITOR

Good day sirs. I hope that I find you well. I am Mr. GAMBO ADAMS. I am the one that contacted you from NIGERIA in the business of wishing to transfer you your country a fund of $30,000,000 ( THIRTY MILLION US DOLLARS), for which I was willing to alow you with a 20% transfer fee $1,500, 000 (ONE POINT 5 MILLION US DOLLARS). You reasponded with a promise to complete this transaction. But you only promised and promised for months and months! I did everything you asked, including of the pictures of me holding a sign with sayings on it. I have since realized you are a SPAM BATER! Also you have put all of our PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL communication on your webs site.

I am conacting you now on behalf of my silicitor that I will be courting you on VIOLATION OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PRIVATE FACTS and INTRUSION UPON SECLUSION in the US courts, and searching for damages in the amount of $35,001.00 (THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND AND ONE US DOLLARS) and courst fees. Against the adversity of my silictor I am willing to settle in the amount of only $10,001.00 (TEN THOUSAND AND ONE USE DOLLARS) if you contact me IMIEDIATELY to deposit the amount in my account #3200-20032-20002 in the BANK OF NIGERIA. If you aggree to my generous proposal, please reply promptly.

Yours in friendship,

Mr. GAMBO ADAMS

Thank goodness

[upto0013]

Now I can send my naked pictures with no fear...

Karma's a bitch.

[cyn1c77]

Good.

This little turd is only starting starting to get what he deserves.

Personally, I am impressed that the individual wronged took him to court. If I had his name and address, I would have probably been a lot less gentle. People have been taking advantage of the anonymity of the internet to get away with completely unacceptable behavior for too long.

Human beings are social creatures and the defective ones need to be corrected or weeded out.

Re:The title the next pop song sensation

[Anonymous Coward]

Didnt the beastie boys already do this in 1885??

Re:Well I'm Confused

[funkatron]

No not really. Anyone that does anything to piss a lawyer off is automatically right.

Oh shit, but the rest of us are in terror!

[SmallFurryCreature]

Naked pics of a slashdotter. Might just rip the internet straight from my wall and torch the local datacenter, just to be sure.