Perfect 10 Sues Visa/MasterCard - GoFuckYourself.com

Ice · 01-30-2004, 08:29 AM

After taking a loss of more than $29 million to copyright infringement over the past six years and $8 million in legal fees, the owner of Perfect 10, Inc., Norman Zada, is waging a war against the two largest and most successful credit card companies in the world.

Zada filed papers in the U.S. District Court for Northern California this week against Visa International, First Data Corp., Cardservice International, MasterCard International, and Humboldt Bank.

Perfect 10 gained industry notoriety for its 2002 court injunction against Cybernet Ventures, Inc., the owners of Adult Verification Service Adult Check, for featuring more than 10,000 copyrighted Perfect 10 images in the Adult Check family of websites. And while Perfect 10 won the suit for an undisclosed amount of money, admittedly, it was only the tip of the iceberg.

Zada's complaint against the two credit card behemoths and the banks that process their transactions is that they are facilitating and profiting from the illegal use of copyrighted material on adult entertainment websites. The complaint states that Visa and MasterCard have made large sums of money from the sale of pirated adult content and should be held liable for any related copyright violation.

Full story......
http://xbiz.com/articles/index.php?article_idp=1056

playa · 01-30-2004, 08:31 AM

now visa and mastercard is really gonna fuck up the adult industry

Trax · 01-30-2004, 08:33 AM

this guy is a such a big pain in the ass
remember the whole TCG celeb thing?

its fucking unbelieveable

Carrie · 01-30-2004, 08:33 AM

Oh christ.
Next they'll start subpeoning IP addresses and member information, and they'll start suing surfers for rubbing one out to their copyrighted pictures.
"They *did* benefit from our copyrighted pictures, your honor! Not monetarily, but physically and emotionally! Normally they'd pay a counselor thousands of dollars for this same service, we want the money they owe to us!"

Not that I'm against Visa/MC getting sued, but come ON.

Trax · 01-30-2004, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by playa
now visa and mastercard is really gonna fuck up the adult industry

indeed

i can asure you that visa at least will stop processing for celeb

polish_aristocrat · 01-30-2004, 08:34 AM

welcome to yesterday

SLAiN787 · 01-30-2004, 08:36 AM

How gay.

Trax · 01-30-2004, 08:36 AM

well
remember the case when mcdonalds was sued by this fat kid

this story will end the same
visa will win

they are not responsible for this shit
if they should lose.... dont want to think about that

body · 01-30-2004, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by playa
now visa and mastercard is really gonna fuck up the adult industry

True, they already started

Nysus · 01-30-2004, 08:46 AM

If people in the adult industry all put their differences aside and formed an organization for controlling ourselves and have committies to talk with the government and to talk with Visa/MasterCard et al then we'd be able to protect ourselves.

Anyone big want to sponsor something like this? Sponsor the initial formation that is. Mark Tiarra had started UAS though hardly anyone was funding it so it was shut down not too long ago.

Cheers,
Matt

Ice · 01-30-2004, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nysus
If people in the adult industry all put their differences aside and formed an organization for controlling ourselves and have committies to talk with the government and to talk with Visa/MasterCard et al then we'd be able to protect ourselves.

Anyone big want to sponsor something like this? Sponsor the initial formation that is. Mark Tiarra had started UAS though hardly anyone was funding it so it was shut down not too long ago.

Cheers,
Matt

I agree... I can't see perfect 10 going up aginst visa and winning. Visa or Mastercard are too big IMO just to hand money over to Perfect 10.

Ramster · 01-30-2004, 11:05 AM

What a fucking loser.

Visa is not responsible for what SOMEONE ELSE steals.

01-30-2004, 08:29 AM	#1
Ice Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny California Posts: 26,053	Perfect 10 Sues Visa/MasterCard After taking a loss of more than $29 million to copyright infringement over the past six years and $8 million in legal fees, the owner of Perfect 10, Inc., Norman Zada, is waging a war against the two largest and most successful credit card companies in the world. Zada filed papers in the U.S. District Court for Northern California this week against Visa International, First Data Corp., Cardservice International, MasterCard International, and Humboldt Bank. Perfect 10 gained industry notoriety for its 2002 court injunction against Cybernet Ventures, Inc., the owners of Adult Verification Service Adult Check, for featuring more than 10,000 copyrighted Perfect 10 images in the Adult Check family of websites. And while Perfect 10 won the suit for an undisclosed amount of money, admittedly, it was only the tip of the iceberg. Zada's complaint against the two credit card behemoths and the banks that process their transactions is that they are facilitating and profiting from the illegal use of copyrighted material on adult entertainment websites. The complaint states that Visa and MasterCard have made large sums of money from the sale of pirated adult content and should be held liable for any related copyright violation. Full story...... http://xbiz.com/articles/index.php?article_idp=1056 __________________ icq 1904905

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polish_aristocrat Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40,377	welcome to yesterday __________________ I don't use ICQ anymore.

01-30-2004, 08:46 AM	#10
Nysus Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,817	If people in the adult industry all put their differences aside and formed an organization for controlling ourselves and have committies to talk with the government and to talk with Visa/MasterCard et al then we'd be able to protect ourselves. Anyone big want to sponsor something like this? Sponsor the initial formation that is. Mark Tiarra had started UAS though hardly anyone was funding it so it was shut down not too long ago. Cheers, Matt __________________ What name is pr0 / Untouched Markets using these days? Untouched Markets - pr0 - Refund My Money Now Someone owes me $2,000 because they didn't do any work that was paid for pointing at pr0 / William / UntouchedMarkets See https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/948258-untouchedmarkets-pr0-refund-money-post16744521.html and for more detailed see https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/948645-re-recent-bullshit-drama-explained-detail-pr0-untouched-markets.html

01-30-2004, 11:05 AM	#12
Ramster Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,447	What a fucking loser. Visa is not responsible for what SOMEONE ELSE steals. __________________ Fcuk Cash - Backroom Casting Couch, ExCoGi, BlackAmbush DarkReach Cash - Top Pornstars & Sites Skype: robmurray999 Email: rob-at-paysitemanagers.com

01-30-2004, 08:31 AM	#2
playa Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: atlanta, GA Posts: 6,432	now visa and mastercard is really gonna fuck up the adult industry

01-30-2004, 08:33 AM	#3
Trax [----------------------] Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 14,486	this guy is a such a big pain in the ass remember the whole TCG celeb thing? its fucking unbelieveable

01-30-2004, 08:33 AM	#4
Carrie Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Virgin - nee Posts: 3,162	Oh christ. Next they'll start subpeoning IP addresses and member information, and they'll start suing surfers for rubbing one out to their copyrighted pictures. "They did benefit from our copyrighted pictures, your honor! Not monetarily, but physically and emotionally! Normally they'd pay a counselor thousands of dollars for this same service, we want the money they owe to us!" Not that I'm against Visa/MC getting sued, but come ON.

01-30-2004, 08:36 AM	#7
SLAiN787 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 693	How gay.