Playboy Sues Site .... $72 Million

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  • HairyChick
    Slowly dying
    • Sep 2012
    • 3091
    #1

    Business Playboy Sues Site .... $72 Million

    Sucks to be them, huh?? People think it's okay to steal. I'm not familiar with the site but I'd bet they're wishing they'd hidden any profits they made.


    Playboy is fuming over a Web site that it says is publishing its centerfolds in an eyeball-grabbing slide show without permission.

    Boingboing, a Web site that advocates for free content across the internet, had been running the lusty photos under the heading ?Every Playboy Playmate Centerfold Ever,? according to a copyright infringement suit filed Nov. 7 by Playboy Enterprises in federal court in California.
    The suit names Happy Mutants LLC, parent company of boingboing, as a defendant.

    Playboy Enterprises is demanding $150,000 per infringement ? or nearly $72 million for the 447 centerfolds that run from April 1960 until January 2016.

    Boingboing had not returned a call seeking comment by press time.
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    • TheDynasty
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      • Apr 2016
      • 5882
      #2
      whos boingboing?
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        • Rochard
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          • Dec 2001
          • 75733
          #3
          Playboy is very protective of their content. Overly so. They were brutal about. Any time the legal department found a Playboy Webmaster using content improperly they would contact us and demand we have the affiliate remove it.
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            • Spunky
              I need a beer
              • Jun 2002
              • 133986
              #4
              Assuming that they are worth anything near that. might as well go after the bottom feeders

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                    • bns666
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                      • Mar 2005
                      • 11554
                      #6
                      never heard of boingboing
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                        • adultchatpay
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                          • Dec 2008
                          • 8785
                          #7
                          boingboing 777-777?

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                            • JuicyBunny
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Jun 2010
                              • 2145
                              #8
                              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boing_Boing

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                                • Barry-xlovecam
                                  It's 42
                                  • Jun 2010
                                  • 18083
                                  #9
                                  hello world!

                                  https://boingboing.net/2017/11/02/te...-code-web.html

                                  I hope they are monetizing licensed content ...

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                                    • The Porn Nerd
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                                      • Jun 2009
                                      • 19787
                                      #10
                                      I am sure boingboing has 72 mil sitting around....org laugh.
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                                        • bns666
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                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by The Porn Nerd
                                          I am sure boingboing has 72 mil sitting around....org laugh.
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                                            • celandina
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Jun 2006
                                              • 11721
                                              #12
                                              It is NOT about the 72 mil but about frightenning other thieves

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                                                • NatalieK
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                                                  • Apr 2010
                                                  • 20110
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by PamWinterReturns
                                                  $150,000 per infringement ? or nearly $72 million for the 447 centerfolds that run from April 1960 until January 2016.
                                                  wow, huge amount

                                                  I take it BoingBoing never made this amount from the Playboy content, wondering how they come out with this figure?
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                                                    • pornguy
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                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                      • 62912
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by GspotProductions
                                                      wow, huge amount

                                                      I take it BoingBoing never made this amount from the Playboy content, wondering how they come out with this figure?
                                                      Do the math. that is probably a low price.

                                                      Whats does it cost them per shoot. Plus damages etc.
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                                                        • pornlaw
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                                                          • Feb 2007
                                                          • 1902
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by GspotProductions
                                                          wow, huge amount

                                                          I take it BoingBoing never made this amount from the Playboy content, wondering how they come out with this figure?
                                                          Statutory willful copyright infringement damages are $150,000 for each infringement...

                                                          $150,000 x 447 = $67,050,000.00

                                                          The other $4-$5 million are probably estimated legal fees that they are also entitled to.
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                                                            • Paul Markham
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                                                              • Jun 2001
                                                              • 52942
                                                              #16
                                                              Can they even afford a lawyer to fight the case?



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                                                                • The Porn Nerd
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                                                                  • Jun 2009
                                                                  • 19787
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by pornlaw
                                                                  Statutory willful copyright infringement damages are $150,000 for each infringement...

                                                                  $150,000 x 447 = $67,050,000.00

                                                                  The other $4-$5 million are probably estimated legal fees that they are also entitled to.
                                                                  Sure but what are the chances Playboy could collect such a sum?
                                                                  Some companies/people are "unsueable".
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                                                                    • HairyChick
                                                                      Slowly dying
                                                                      • Sep 2012
                                                                      • 3091
                                                                      #18
                                                                      I threatened to sue a site in California that stole content of one model. I asked for $1,000 per image with thirty-six images used. They offered $10 per image and an apology.

                                                                      I got $39k plus change for infringement and lawyer fees. My lawyer was a customer and friend.

                                                                      How did I get it? Besides pointing out they had no releases, they admitted to it by apologizing and offering a counteroffer. Denied it in writing after inadvertently admitting to it I also provided emails showing how popular she was to prove her worth.

                                                                      I gave $12k (1/3) to my customer who reported it to me. I could have gotten more but the content was added just five days before I was notified. I emailed every join with the rules and including an offer of one-third my payment for theft and infringement if images were seen elsewhere. I paid for a product, something that digitally wrote my copyright code in each image. Forget the name but it paid for itself one hundred times over.

                                                                      The good old days. I keep waiting for sites to sue tube sites using paid content instead of takedowns. I know sites submit that content but surely not all of it
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                                                                        • pornlaw
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                                                                          • Feb 2007
                                                                          • 1902
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by The Porn Nerd
                                                                          Sure but what are the chances Playboy could collect such a sum?
                                                                          Some companies/people are "unsueable".
                                                                          None... but why ask for less than that what they are entitled too.
                                                                          Michael

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                                                                            • The Porn Nerd
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                                                                              • Jun 2009
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                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by pornlaw
                                                                              None... but why ask for less than that what they are entitled too.
                                                                              Good point.
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