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Craig Brittain (Revenge Porn King) Sues For Use of Image

Posted by samzenpus on from the what's-good-for-the-goose-is-good-for-the-disgusting-gander dept.

retroworks writes "Washington Post reporter Caitlin Dewey leads with, "Revenge-porn impresario Craig Brittain is learning the hard way that karma is a real witch." The report states that the Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint against Brittain, whose defunct site, "Is Anybody Down" was accused of unfair business practices. From the article: "The site paid its bills by soliciting women's nude photos on Craigslist and/or from their exes, publishing the photos without the women's permission (and often with their names and phone numbers attached), and then charging fees of $200 to $500 to take the photos down." Brittain agreed to destroy the image and never operate a revenge porn site again. However, On Feb. 9, "Brittain filed a takedown request to Google, demanding that the search engine stop linking to nearly two dozen URLs — including a number of news articles, and files on the case from the FTC — because they used photos of him and information about him without his permission." Ars Technica explains. "In this instance, fair use and general First Amendment principles are on Google's and the media's side."

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  1. Sulfur by Limekiller42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this guy even a little concerned that there might be a hell?

    1. Re:Sulfur by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Are you not concerned about the anti-sexual religious morality police that create such an aura of shame and disgust around sex?

      While I have no doubt that what he was doing was unethical, I have more of a problem with the fact that society chooses to stigmatise sexuality. A picture of your dick or your pussy should be no more of a problem than a picture of your face. In a healthy community, this would be little more than a personal data protection matter.

    2. Re:Sulfur by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Funny

      http://www.pbfcomics.com/271/

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    3. Re:Sulfur by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      If there is, and if I was Satan, I'd be worried to be evicted when that guy croaks.

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    4. Re:Sulfur by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 4, Informative

      Blatant extortion. He's not trying to make the world better, he was trying to hold these people hostage for some bucks precisely because of our attitude about sex. If there is a hell, he belongs there.

  2. Why bring that up ? by aepervius · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even in the sex-free-est society, revenge porn is not seen as being good. The guy is an asshole (and anybody having posted photo there without consent) and may his reputation follow him around. This has nothing to do with sex being shameful or not, and everything to do with consent and revenge.

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  3. Re:The law makes no allowances for irony. by KingOfBLASH · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not completely true. There's a reason if you do a photo shoot with a model you ask them for a model release (right to use their image). Not every image is copyright to the photographer. And I have quite a few citations.

    Of course, whether or not you need a release is a complex issue, but if you don't want lawyers sorting it out the best is to err on the side of caution.

  4. Re:I hope they roast his nuts on a spit... by radarskiy · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is why we can't photograph nice things.