“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal extortion

Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by larrys on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @10:24AM (#4778417)

A person doing this in a foreign country out of the easy reach of authorities in the US (for example) could get away with this though for quite some time until they (or Chris Hanson the Dateline guy) caught up with them though. It's not a sustainable business of course but it would be able to make money for a short time period.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by tptacek on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @10:28AM (#4778438)

We're reading about this site because it's dramatically evil, not because it's especially lucrative. If you can find just one more brain cell than the two these guys collectively rubbed together to produce this site, you can find better ways to use an offshore web app to make money.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by larrys on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @10:39AM (#4778519)

"one more brain cell"

People do what they are familiar with and can wrap their hands around.

The typical guy who runs the local pizza shop or small import export business does not evaluate what is the best way to earn money for their time and energy after carefully assessing their abilities and advantages in a methodical way. They do what they can wrap their hands around and get done. Something they feel comfortable with.

I don't think it's good to confuse intelligence with what someone uses their time for. Or ends up doing.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by tptacek on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @10:40AM (#4778521)

Posing as a lawyer to collect money from young women to remove nude pictures of them published without their consent from a site you run makes you a moron, full stop.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by debacle on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:15PM (#4779530)

Posing for naked pictures of yourself not thinking about what the consequences of those pictures will be in the future makes you an idiot, full stop.

In the battle of idiots vs morons, only the lawyers win.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by tptacek on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @02:53PM (#4780220)

One party made a mistake. The other party posed as a lawyer in an attempt to illegally profit from the mistake. The two parties are neither equally culpable nor equally brain damaged.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by debacle on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @03:57PM (#4780560)

Both parties did something inexorably stupid. Can we at least agree on that?

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by illuminate on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @11:25AM (#4778770)

More a sociopath than a moron.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by illuminate on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @11:24AM (#4778768)

"It's not a sustainable business of course"

A business doesn't have to be sustainable to be profitable.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by AmVess on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @11:44AM (#4778877)

They are going to need that money for rectal reconstruction when they get out of the clink.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by swift on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @12:31PM (#4779233)

Rape jokes aren't funny. Even when they involve terrible people like the operators of this site.

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Re:“Involuntary porn” site tests the boundaries of legal ext... by illuminate on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @12:46PM (#4779343)

Absolutely. Rape as "justice" is a dark, horrible path and is not a valid deterrent.

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