Popular porn site "GirlsDoPorn" going bankrupt, getting sued

[SamSchmidt]

I don't understand why you guys are so vehemently arguing this point. I'm just looking for random names you casually drop in this thread, for research purposes

 

[Hollywood Jack]

Once again, saying "these girls should have known they were being lied to" is not a legal defense.

Nobody said it was.

 

[Hollywood Jack]

Okay, I sort of got off track there and thought you were talking about the women involved in the lawsuit. I'm not sure how I managed that.
I don't disagree with what you're saying at all. But I also don't know why anyone here is giving us they''re opinion on moralities here. That's why I was saying this has gotten stupid. It's a legal case, we should only be considering what's right in the eye of the law. There's plenty of things that are legal but immoral to many of us. But people don't get sued over them.

The legality of pornography has largely been settled in legislation, case law and precedent. The morality of it is another matter. Not sure why you would expect only comments on the legality, which is largely settled, and is a matter that most people are not well versed in, rather than the moral implications which are much more debatable and which most people have more of a sense of.

 

[mjmj]

Nobody said it was.

Then it shouldn't be mentioned. Not one person here doesn't think these girls were naive or just plain stupid. That doesn't matter in a legal case, which is what this thread is about. GDP being sued.

 

[mjmj]

The legality of pornography has largely been settled in legislation, case law and precedent. The morality of it is another matter. Not sure why you would expect only comments on the legality, which is largely settled, and is a matter that most people are not well versed in, rather than the moral implications which are much more debatable and which most people have more of a sense of.

See above. No one cares about the morality here. This is about GDP being sued.

 

[Hollywood Jack]

Then it shouldn't be mentioned. Not one person here doesn't think these girls were naive or just plain stupid. That doesn't matter in a legal case, which is what this thread is about. GDP being sued.

These matters aren't entirely unrelated to begin with, and no thread stays 100% on topic anyway.

 

[Hollywood Jack]

See above. No one cares about the morality here. This is about GDP being sued.

More people care about the morality than the legality. There's only so much that can be said about the legal aspect itself. It's a natural progression of the conversation. It's entirely legitimate and to be expected.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

More people care about the morality than the legality. There's only so much that can be said about the legal aspect itself. It's a natural progression of the conversation. It's entirely legitimate and to be expected.

Agreed. This is the Mayberry for crying out loud. I’m actually surprised this discussion has been this serious to begin with..


I’ve got no issue personally with either the legal or moral issue being discussed. I guess if you do have an issue with 1 of those just don’t quote the people bringing whichever one up you don’t want to discuss and stick to discussing the part that interests you with likeminded posters.


This is like being in a TV show thread and everyone is talking about the most recent episode and what happened and someone jumps in and says they really loved the cinematography.. and a couple posters get pissed about it and ask them why they’d bring up the cinematography because it doesn’t have anything to do with the plot or something lol. ‘Get outta here with all yer camera talk and yer lenses, we’re trying to discuss who we think killed the babysitter and kidnapped the family dog..’

 

[mjmj]

More people care about the morality than the legality. There's only so much that can be said about the legal aspect itself.

Right, that's exactly what I'm saying. There are countless examples in this thread of people implying the girls will or should lose the case because they were stupid. In fact most of this thread is a waste of space and time, we all know they were stupid. But that's not a legal defense and these assholes will end up losing the case.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

Right, that's exactly what I'm saying. There are countless examples in this thread of people implying the girls will or should lose the case because they were stupid. In fact most of this thread is a waste of space and time, we all know they were stupid. But that's not a legal defense and these assholes will end up losing the case.

Oddly enough.. you got me wondering what the defense will be now.


@Oblivian , @Jackie Blue .. and anyone else here that feels like tackling this..


..hypothetically put yourself in the defenses shoes for a second. What’s the best way to try and defend a case like this for the goofs that came up with the scam? Don’t cop out with ‘just settle’ whaddya got if you wanted to duke it out in court..?

 

[Hollywood Jack]

Right, that's exactly what I'm saying. There are countless examples in this thread of people implying the girls will or should lose the case because they were stupid. In fact most of this thread is a waste of space and time, we all know they were stupid. But that's not a legal defense and these assholes will end up losing the case.

You said that nobody cares about the morality, which is an inaccurate blanket statement that directly contradicts what I said in my post that you are now claiming to be in complete agreement with. It's more likely that the case will be settled. On the off chance it goes to trial, either side would have a shot. They were adults who signed legal contracts. Arguments can be made that it was under duress and fraudulent practices. A judge and jury could go either way...

 

[Hollywood Jack]

Oddly enough.. you got me wondering what the defense will be now.


@Oblivian , @Jackie Blue .. and anyone else here that feels like tackling this..


..hypothetically put yourself in the defenses shoes for a second. What’s the best way to try and defend a case like this for the goofs that came up with the scam? Don’t cop out with ‘just settle’ whaddya got if you wanted to duke it out in court..?

Stress that they were adults who signed legal contracts, were given at least some time to look them over, they made statements on video saying that they agreed that the company could use the videos in any manner that they saw fit. They may have regret after the fact, but they made a free choice to appear in these videos and authorized their release.

 

[dormammu]

This porn is much more fappable too now

 

[minute bull]

It's easy to ask people to empathize with the well-conducted life, but not so easy to sympathize the other way. Plus it's impractical to approach this from a "you should have known better" mindset because there's no such thing as a time machine. People have to deal with decisions being made, which I know isn't really appreciable from the sidelines.

 

[Communion]

Sounds to me they wanted quick, easy money and as it often does, blew up in their faces.

 

[Oblivian]

Oddly enough.. you got me wondering what the defense will be now.


@Oblivian , @Jackie Blue .. and anyone else here that feels like tackling this..


..hypothetically put yourself in the defenses shoes for a second. What’s the best way to try and defend a case like this for the goofs that came up with the scam? Don’t cop out with ‘just settle’ whaddya got if you wanted to duke it out in court..?

Rely on the contract being being signed as adults. Talk about the # of women in this lawsuit being a small portion of women that have been on the contract. A large portion of the damages were not actually caused directly by the defendants but rather randoms on the net.

Honestly though, I think they're fucked. If I were to guess, some sort of judgment will be rendered here and I'm thinking they'll all follow the other guy and file bankruptcy. The question is how well they've shielded or hidden their assets.

 

[franklinstower]

You don't seem to get my point-what happened to them was preventable, by them. I outlined it in great detail. I'm not "ok" with it, I certainly see the connection between dumb people and dumb decisions, though. White gonna knight.

I get your point but it is too assumptive and cruel to be taken aerioisly. You can't know any of what you said to he true for certain. It doeant matter anyway the people who make laws and society at large think more deeply. We can afdord for you to have one dimensional thinking.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

Stress that they were adults who signed legal contracts, were given at least some time to look them over, they made statements on video saying that they agreed that the company could use the videos in any manner that they saw fit. They may have regret after the fact, but they made a free choice to appear in these videos and authorized their release.

Is this part legit? That may be an interesting piece of evidence.

Rely on the contract being being signed as adults. Talk about the # of women in this lawsuit being a small portion of women that have been on the contract. A large portion of the damages were not actually caused directly by the defendants but rather randoms on the net.

Honestly though, I think they're fucked. If I were to guess, some sort of judgment will be rendered here and I'm thinking they'll all follow the other guy and file bankruptcy. The question is how well they've shielded or hidden their assets.

I think the chicks may get paid whatever their original agreement was.. maybe. I’m also wondering (as impossible as it might be to enforce) if these particular chicks in the case can have ‘cease and desist’ type orders sent out to the ‘legal’ (for lack of a better term) sites that may be hosting their specific vids.


Is there possible jail time for the dudes in this case, or is that a different legal pathway?

 

[Oblivian]

I think the chicks may get paid whatever their original agreement was.. maybe. I’m also wondering (as impossible as it might be to enforce) if these particular chicks in the case can have ‘cease and desist’ type orders sent out to the ‘legal’ (for lack of a better term) sites that may be hosting their specific vids.

There is A LOT more on the line than just the amount they were agreed to be paid. They are going after a minimum of $2,000,000.00. At this point, legal fees could easily be over $100,000.00. I'm assuming a settlement at this point would probably be near $1,000,000.00. Here is the case:

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

There is A LOT more on the line than just the amount they were agreed to be paid. They are going after a minimum of $2,000,000.00. At this point, legal fees could easily be over $100,000.00. I'm assuming a settlement at this point would probably be near $1,000,000.00. Here is the case:

I’m aware there’s more, I’m phrasing it that way because I don’t know how much and I didn’t feel like investigating because I’m not that concerned with this side of it (it’s more fun to discuss the idiocy involved in these types of decisions). You and several others have mentioned that they’re filing bankruptcy (I think the article mentions the website in financial trouble too).. common sense tells me there’s more than just a few thousand per girl at stake over that.


Thanks for posting the link tho, lazy asses like me can at least sift thru the details from the thread now instead of googling it up. OP should have prolly added that too.