This is a funny thing, if you pay for porn access, my guess is you info is already out that thanks to the various breaches of equifax and experian :)

Plus, now that people heard about Strike 3 Holdings, breach happening in: 10, 9, 8, 7 ....

Well it's one thing for friends and family to be aware in general that you watch porn. It's another thing for it to become public record for potential employers etc to learn that you sought out "blacked raw" videos, which could be perceived as problematic for reasons beyond sexual prudishness.

Beyond which, fighting a 6 figure lawsuit rather than taking a 4 digit settlement can be a dangerous gamble, especially if the copyright infringement did actually take place.

Not to say that I agree with what they're doing, but I can certainly understand why people just take the settlement and move on.

What? I cannot imagine an employer not hiring you cause you watch black porn. Thats kinda racist no?

IMO employers discriminate a lot, for random off the cuff reasons. The largest, most lawyered up companies that are glaring lawsuit targets have more of a process. But small-to-mid companies discriminate like crazy. It largely comes down to some guy with authority giving a thumbs down, for whatever reason he wanted. "I didn't think he was that good at SQL" may very well be "I didn't want to hire another Indian" or "This person worked for that guy I met, who I think sucks, which is like a bad vibe". Not hard to imagine having porn lawsuits on your record disqualifying you from a bunch of interviews, but the reasons stated being bullshit technical/cultural fit reasons.

Yeah but the guy above said "blacked raw" might be percieved as problematic for reasons beyond sexual prudishness? Like what? I dont get that at all

I agree with that.

You're positing that some significant portion of the victims decide to settle like this:

if (shame)

But it's almost certainly this:

if (bankruptcy_risk || shame)

History of RIAA settlements-- where prudishness wasn't a factor-- supports my interpretation.

Furthermore, savings held by the average American supports short-circuiting on bankruptcy_risk and not the other way around.

Edit: clarification

Yes....I would too.... But would you reveal also the niche dark areas of porn that you are interested in?

Shutting for sarcastic not offensive :)