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Bernardo de La Paz

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14. Sharing without permission NEVER was legal. These laws add the revenge angle, which is assaultive.

Reply to BadGimp (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:56 PM

Dec 2015

Revenge porn harms people.
Revenge porn intends to harm people.

What do you not understand about that?

Owning a gun is legal for most people. But pointing it at someone is almost always illegal. It's the same thing.

You are not looking to start fights? Are you really that naive and ill-informed on this topic? Is there anything you still don't understand or still have doubts about?

If you are sincere, we'll help you understand.

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Revenge porn site operator sentenced to 25 months jail [View all] inanna Dec 2015 OP

Good. The sentence should have been WhiteTara Dec 2015 #1

Totally agree. Should have been much longer... inanna Dec 2015 #2

Why? Massacure Dec 2015 #17

Good. nt jonno99 Dec 2015 #3

Good! I think we'll see a LOT of posts saying that. 7962 Dec 2015 #4

That's 25 months more than George Zimmerman or Cheney or Bush or Rumsfeld. nt valerief Dec 2015 #5

I wish this law had been around when Deep Throat came out, since it was Chuck Traynor's revenge porn zazen Dec 2015 #6

I do not think this should be a prosecutable offense BadGimp Dec 2015 #7

Sharing it is *not* legal without consent of the copyright holder. eggplant Dec 2015 #9

Thanks! inanna Dec 2015 #10

It's harassment Xithras Dec 2015 #12

VERY well put! FiveGoodMen Dec 2015 #15

Sharing without permission NEVER was legal. These laws add the revenge angle, which is assaultive. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2015 #14

It's not so much the pictures, but how he got them. Dr. Strange Dec 2015 #18

Damn, at first I read that as "25 years" and thought -- Yes! eggplant Dec 2015 #8

25 years would make a lot more sense. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #16

It should have been much much longer Marrah_G Dec 2015 #11

Just a note for those who didn't read to the end. He was NOT convicted for running the site. Xithras Dec 2015 #13

They got Capone on tax evasion. eggplant Dec 2015 #19