Cam and fan site operators have a responsibility to know their content providers and performers. Accusations of underage or unverified individuals appearing on screen can be highly detrimental to a business.
A Canadian personal injury law firm issued a press release today announcing that it has initiated a $500-million lawsuit against MindGeek over user-generated content on Pornhub.
The article posted by the writer Nicholas Kristof on December 4 in the New York Times tells a heart-wrenching story with a narrow focus on only one company and one issue that plagues many giant tech companies on both adult entertainment and mainstream platforms, including but not limited to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, XVideos, Pornhub and virtually every platform that accepts user generated content (UGC) on a massive scale.
Search for the phrase "porn and tube" on any search engine, and the results are liable to be frightening. In early January, Yahoo! returned more than 8.3 million results, and MSN reported more than 8.5 million.
In part one, we looked at 2257, obscenity and child pornography concerns surrounding user generated content. In this conclusion, we'll examine copyright and trademark implications, as well as how such websites can structure their terms and conditions to mitigate their legal concerns.
Given the smashing success of YouTube™ and other video-sharing websites, it was inevitable that the adult industry would see a surge of similar business models involving adult material.
