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What To Do When You Are A Victim Of Revenge Porn

Revenge porn occurs when an ex-lover posts nude or otherwise sexual photos and/or videos of the person who broke up with them online. It often occurs when an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend or even an ex-wife/husband, decides to post intimate photos or videos that were taken while the relationship still existed. These photos may be posted on any kind of website, which makes them accessible and viewable by any user with an internet connection. Once these are discovered, the victim of the revenge porn often wonders what they can do to remove the material.

It is first important to recognize that an internet attorney will be able to help guide the analysis that needs to take place in order to determine what resolution may be possible. First, it is important to recognize that determining who owns the photographs may allow for various courses of action. If, for example, you are the owner of the photograph, you may have copyright rights which can be excersized by a DMC (Digital Millennium Copyright) takedown request through a web period. However, if the photo was taken by your ex, copyright infringement claims may not be your best course of action. Second, you need to identify the likelyhood of the particular web host and internet service provider cooperating with any takedown request. There are several laws that provide immunity to web hosts and internet service providers based on the content posted by third parties. Whether there is a way around those laws becomes a critical issue for analysis. 

It is also important to determine whether or not you were a minor at the time these photos or videos were taken. If so, you may have additional rights. If you were not a minor, you may have an invasion of privacy or other claim you can assert against the person that posted the photos or videos. However, having to file a civil law suit can be very expensive. Therefore, there may be other ways you can try to remove the photos. For example, New Jersey has passed a law that makes it a felony to share a person's nude images without consent. Therefore, you may be able to notify the poster of its potential liability and demand that any photos are removed. Moreover, you may be able to have criminal prosecuters get involved. California is also proposing a law that would make revenge porn a misdemeanor.

Ultimately, the difficulty with online photos and videos is how rapidly they may spread to various websites, thus requiring various letters or a lawsuit to result in an order against any and all web hosts or internet service providers. Therefore, it is critically important to take action as soon as you identify that you are a victim of revenge porn. 

Internet Defamation: How to Identify an Anonymous Poster Online.

Internet Defamation of Character Law Discussion:

Welcome to Defamation Law Radio. Internet defamation of character is as easy to perpetuate as a blog post, Facebook update, rating submission, or a forum comment. Your online reputation is measured by the websites return as Google search results. Do you know what people are saying and writing about you?

This is Brian Hall, an internet lawyer with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm that specializes in the representation of plaintiffs and defendants alike in defamation matters online.  Today, I will be answering the question:  How do I identify an anonymous poster online? 

This is a critical question that comes up almost daily in my law practice.  And the reason being is because the internet has allowed people to post comments on websites, on social media networks and elsewhere without having to reveal their identity.  As a result, people have been very aggressive in the things that they say and, more often than not, may amount to defamation of character.  And in an internet defamation context, it’s critical to know who made the statement before that particular defamation can be addressed either via a retraction letter that’s sent demanding that that person cease and desist from any further comments online that are false or the filing of a lawsuit against a named defendant. 

What are the Defenses to an Internet Defamation of Character Claim?

Internet Defamation of Character Law Discussion:

Welcome to Defamation Law Radio. Internet defamation of character is as easy to perpetuate as a blog post, Facebook update, rating submission, or a forum comment. Your online reputation is measured by the websites return as Google search results. Do you know what people are saying and writing about you?

This is Brian Hall, an internet lawyer with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm representing plaintiffs and defendants in internet defamation matters.  Today, I will be answering the question: what defenses are available to a claim of internet defamation? 

Before I get into those defenses, let’s remind everyone what internet defamation of character law is.  Internet defamation, like regular defamation, occurs on the internet and amounts to a false or defamatory statement about another person that’s published on the internet somewhere and causes damage to that particular person, either damage to character or damage to their business, whatever it might be.  So, as long as all those elements that are required for a cause of action for defamation are satisfied, internet defamation does exist.  However, oftentimes, I’m asked whether or not something does truly amount to internet defamation.  And in those cases, it is critical to review each of the causes of action’s particular elements and see if it can be established.  If it can’t, then internet defamation has not occurred.  There are also other defenses that are very common in the internet defamation context. 

What is Internet Defamation of Character?

Internet Defamation of Character Law Discussion: What is Defamation of Character?

Welcome to Defamation Law Radio. Internet defamation of character is as easy to perpetuate as a blog post, Facebook update, rating submission, or a forum comment. Your online reputation is measured by the websites return as Google search results. Do you know what people are saying and writing about you?

This is Brian Hall, an internet lawyer with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm that specializing in the representation plaintiffs and defendants alike in internet defamation causes of action.  Today, I will be answering the question:  What is internet defamation of character? 

Internet defamation of character is just as it sounds; defamation that occurs online.  And online can be in many places.  It can be on a message board.  It can be on a website that somebody created to be able to post information about another person.  It can be on various websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media places.  Essentially, anywhere that you can post something online would be a spot where internet defamation could occur. 

College Web site posts sex gossip, hate, rumor raising first amendment and defamation concerns

First Amendment rights pushed to the extreme at juicycampus.com.  Internet defamation rampant on the college web. 

College Web site posts sex gossip, hate, rumor - CNN.com

Under U.S. law, sites like JuicyCampus generally bear no responsibility for what their users post, said George Washington University law professor Daniel Solove, author of the recent book "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet."