'Revenge p*rn' should be a crime

I find Holly's argument more compelling.

 

Yeah, no. You're no victim when your slutty ass voluntarily sends your own naked pictures over the cyberwaves. Boo-hoo, woe is you.

LOL!

"I'll take a naked picture and send it to my boyfriend. What could go wrong? "

LOL!

 

i wonder what the NSA can see - and what they are sharing

 

photos?

 

I have mixed feelings about it. While deeply concerned about maintaining our First Amendment rights, it seems to me that posting the person's name and contact information in the manner that this woman's ex did goes too far. I don't want the US to have the privacy laws that Great Britain does, but I doubt that this would have happened there without the ex facing a civil lawsuit with every chance of the woman winning. If I'm wrong about that, I hope someone from there can correct me.

Seems like the ex did something extremely malicious and should be wide open for a civil lawsuit in this country. But would that open a can of worms? Look at the establishment of Homeland Security and all the things that have come from it. When it was passed, I recall reading quotes from government officials that the information they gathered would NOT be used for domestic law enforcement. In other words, law enforcement would have to do their job without mining information from the digging around Homeland Security does to protect us from terrorism. That "promise" has been regularly broken, and abuses of the public trust are widespread. I would like to see that law revisited and changed to reflect the privacy we are supposed to have. This has gone too far, in my opinion. My fear is that if we start down the road of curbing "malicious" internet postings like this woman suffered from, it could lead to just the kind of abuse we've seen from Homeland Security and other federal security entities. So yeah, I have mixed feelings about it.

 

it's weird that "revenge p*rn" is an actual fetish in the world of "real" p*rnography.


that and prosthetic dong p*rn.

that should be a crime.

 

So then should people have any expectations of privacy regarding any material they send to anyone?

 

Expectation? In a sense. I expect you to not share with others when I tell you about my numerous STDs. But I don't have a legal case when you go on to tell others about it.

Unless it is written down and agreed to as being "for no one else's eyes" then no, you don't.

 

Spoiler

 

There are places where local governments have banned cameras of any kind at beaches or public squares. Even shopping centers have caught on to it but mostly to avoid getting sued. Perverts with camera phones uploading their content to the web has been a problem for many years now.

 

I actually signed the petition, I think it is a worth cause. I just thought about someone 18 or 19 sending a picture to their boyfriend and that simple act ruining their life completely. Who hasn't done stuff at a young age that they regret (i sure as hell have) but I wouldn't want to be tormented by it forever.

Especially for girls, if a nude pic arises they will automatically be labeled a slut and think about your entire family and friends seeing it and in most instances, changing their view of you.

And put these kind of pictures with a sob story and a phone number on sites like 4chan and see the level of reaction/harassment achieved...

 

So then anytime anyone has a conversation or shares and info with anyone they should sign a non-disclosure agreement beforehand?

 

No. Because 99% of conversations would not be with content worthy of a lawsuit.

Example: Guy I worked with today told me about a crazy neighbor he has. Are you suggesting I be legally required to keep that information to myself? I would say No. Nondisclosure agreement not necessary.

 

True not everything is lawsuit worthy but at the same time there is a lot of things that are said in confidence that could do a lot of damage. For example what if he told you something shameful that happened to him as a child because he thought you were a friend who he could turn to and then you turn and tell that to all the rest of your co workers including your boss.

If this person feels you are his friend should he first get you to sign a non-disclosure agreement before he confides in you?

Under your position either people get non-disclosure agreements or no one confides in anyone. While I agree we should be careful about criminalizing more things at the same time I don't think we should simply be tolerating the exploitation of people's confidence for revenge and / or titilation.

 

Actually it's the taboo's that are silly. There are 7 billion people on the planet and all of them look pretty much alike naked, and they all got here because people were having sex.

 

p*rnography doesn't have the same level of protection as free speech as other sorts of things. If someone freely gave to you pornographic material, it still wouldn't be legally problematic to put restrictions on how it's used afterward. Why not require express written consent from people featured in the media before it's publically displayed?

 

This isn't that hard.

You give naked pictures or let someone take naked pictures, you are taking a real chance that they will be made public.

We don't need laws for everything. If you don't want your pictures made public, then don't take naked pictures.

 

Sure, we could do it that way. Or, we could do it the other way. We've seen the status quo you recommend have some bad outcomes (and nothing good that I'm aware of). So, why not try it the other way?

And, you wouldn't need to get all prosecutorial either. Just assert the right of the people featured in pornographic media to control their image, and they can sue when they're transgressed upon. It's just like giving them a copywrite. They'd change the language in the contracts that p*rn stars sign so they can market videos, but that's not a big deal (the language they have now may even be sufficient as it is). It may do damage to the amateur p*rn industry, but it's not like some public good emanates from that industry anyway.

 

I've had a lot of great outcomes with nekkid pics being sent to me.

 

You would still be tying up the court system. It is simple..... don't let people take naked pictures of you unless you are willing to risk them becoming public.

As far as it not working... well revenge p*rn is a relatively new development.