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Re:Revenge porn site founder loses $250k defamation suit by fleitz on Monday March 11, 2013 @12:21AM (#5354895)
It's an issue of copyright which means at best its a DMCA violation as long as he filled out his forms and registered his agent.

The owner of the site is in all likelihood not very liable and as long as he complies with the DMCA it's unlikely to go to a higher court where the whole concept of the site could be shutdown.

The whole defamation thing is silly as the 'antibullying' people really pose little risk to the site.

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Re:Revenge porn site founder loses $250k defamation suit by ceol on Monday March 11, 2013 @01:33AM (#5355073)
Wait, are you saying the revenge porn site is an issue of copyright? Because AFAIK, pornography distributors are required to keep records of the people in their photographs and videos, specifically so they can prove they are over 18.
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