Yahoo Sued for Failure to Remove Dirty Pictures of User   - 4,602 Views, 13 Comments

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1. I would be more worried about the ex boyfriend than I would YAHOO. He could post that crap anywhere else he wants to on the net before, during, and after this YAHOO case is resolved.

   Comment by Janine — 5/28/2005 @ 10:08 am

2. As with all lawsuit’s its go after the $$$.. who has the most money.. She should actually get a court injunction to stop the boyfriend.. it doesn’t matter though as he could do it through proxies (his friends etc).. Yahoo/Google/MSN (et al) are not the bad person per se. It is this crappy boyfriend that needs to have his head examined

   Comment by David — 5/28/2005 @ 3:08 pm

3. A verified ID should be required before ANY porn - and all other PRIVATE materials - are posted anywhere on the web. This hurts no one - and provides not a lot of protection but a clear trail for liability and criminal and civil responsibility.

   Of course Yahoo SHOULD be criminally and civilly liable for leaving PRIVATE, clearly identified materials expose3d to the world after the OWNER of those materials & identity has notified Yahoo that the items are HER OWN and the owner requests them removed.

   Who could it hurt when someone requests materials be removed? ABsolutely no one but criminals. We simply cannot give perverts and sociopaths the right to wreck our privacy and our lives.

   Comment by Foster Mother — 5/29/2005 @ 7:38 am

4. A verified ID? The only ‘verified ID’ that most of these big dog content providers understand is a credit card. When the puritan freaks went postal on MSN two years ago, they decided to use a credit card as the ‘verified ID’ method and it shut down a lot of really great communities because believe it or not, some people don’t have credit cards and don’t want them.

   Unless of course you’re talking about something else, but I can’t think of anything else. E-mail addresses are about as useful as a third armpit when it comes to verifying someones identity.

   MSN already proved what happens when you make people provide their credit card information to use a service - the service dies.

   Comment by netnomad — 5/30/2005 @ 8:52 am

5. Maybe it is a scam to get money from Yahoo..After all she posed for the naughty pics for a guy..what did she expect, he would keep them in his scrap book?..Shame on her..Suspicious

   Comment by Suspicious — 5/31/2005 @ 1:51 am

6. If you will notice in the article, the pictures were taken WITHOUT her knowledge or consent. It does not sound like she is in this for the money or she would have contacted a lawyer before she contacted Yahoo to have the photos removed. I think the boyfriend should be brought up on criminal charges for taking the photos without consent.

   Comment by Tracy — 5/31/2005 @ 5:35 am

7. Sounds like a Money scam to me. Why is she not suing the Ex-boyfriend? Likely because he doesn’t have the $$$. Go after him

   Comment by jm — 5/31/2005 @ 5:42 am

8. I dont know about you but i would notice someone taking pictures, while i was being sexually explicit with them. It is obvious that she knew the pictures were being taken.

   She is not suing the ex because he doesnt have millions of dollars, this is a pure and simple gold digging expedition.

   Comment by Tom — 6/1/2005 @ 6:06 am

9. Of course she had to know. Boy friends don’t use concealed cameras. Only landlords do that.

   Comment by Anonymous — 6/3/2005 @ 7:48 pm

10. “Her ex-boyfriend took nude photos of her.” How could he of taken the picture? She most likly let him took the picture, and if you read the Yahoo! Terms of Service. It clearly states, “Please be aware that Yahoo! has created certain areas on the Service that contain adult or mature content. You must be at least 18 years of age to access and view such areas.” Also, when you make a “profile” you can put -ANYTHING- on it. Since it’s a public profile, and will be view by anyone on chat. So it isn’t Yahoo’s fault, I blame the woman since she probaly did let him take nude pictures of her. And since she did probaly let him, he can do -WHATEVER- he wants with them. Since she probaly allowed him to do it. =

    Comment by Adam — 6/18/2005 @ 12:48 am

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    Comment by bodykiss female adult service — 6/26/2005 @ 5:25 pm

12. lol….what do ya expect from such a lame ISP????
    nearly a year since they nuked me, but they STILL won’t remove my geocities account…or allow me to access it, other than ranking on yahoo in my (used to be mine) guestbook…yahoo sux, why do ya’ll find that surprising?????LOL

    Comment by jimi — 9/20/2005 @ 3:50 am

13. so what is the law there ,when it comes to the ex boyfriend?
    i have nudes of my wife in public, if there taking in a public place ,hasn’t she giving up her right to privacy?

    Comment by Jim — 1/14/2008 @ 2:54 pm

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