The outcome comes after two weeks of testimony in a first-of-its-kind case where discussions of newsworthiness and decency dominated. Scott Keeler/The Tampa Bay Times via AP, Pool, File
Posted on 03/18/2016 11:16:58 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Weighing free speech against privacy, a Florida jury has decided to uphold the sanctity of the latter by turning in a $115 million verdict against Gawker over its 2012 posting of a Hulk Hogan sex tape.
Hogan brought the case three years ago after Gawker, a 13-year-old digital news site founded by Nick Denton, an entrepreneur with an allergy to celebrity privacy, published a video the wrestler claimed was secretly recorded. The sex tape was sensational, showing Hogan — whose real name is Terry Bollea — engaged in sexual intercourse with Heather Cole, the then-wife of his best friend, Tampa-area radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge (real name: Todd Alan Clem). Gawker's posting of the Hogan sex tape was accompanied by an essay from then–editor-in-chief A.J. Daulerio about celebrity sex and a vivid play-by-play of the encounter between Hogan and Cole.
In an era when digital networks have reshaped culture, raising tough questions about sharing and prying in society, the jury got to hear two weeks of testimony in a first-of-its-kind sex tape case where discussions of newsworthiness and decency dominated.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Gawker/status/327537977922318337
The smug turds over at Gawker asked for it...
You are conflating two very different issues.
Hulk Hogan's award is a private award for a clear invasion of privacy. And, don't get all bent out of shape about it being adultery. The woman's husband knew, approved, and even encouraged the encounter(s). And she consented also.
The award both punished bad behavior by Gawker, and deters bad behavior by others. If it is not very large, the profits Gawker made from the movie would be high enough to mean that they profited from their transgressions.
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While I agree that veterans and SS recipients deserve much better than they get, that is a public , government obligation. It is not at all related to the damage award.
And the poorest of the poor Seniors and neglected vets who put their lives on the line for us get this kind of treatment from the government- at least Donald will help our vets.
Re; Hogan, the whole mess was sinful and wrong and he made millions..still infuriates me.
He’d better enjoy it all while he’s here, for in the after
life he will surely pay.
Works for me. . . but here 'tis: Link
Didn't you know? That's a scientific problem that has been solved. . . the fifth ring of Saturn is composed entirely of left socks. . . Electric and gas dryers are actually secretly designed by the NSA and CIA as experimental teleportation devices. So that the secret is kept, they are only designed to teleport left socks. Of course, it is a law of physics that you can't get something for nothing and energy has to balance, so in exchange wire coat hangers are teleported into your closet from deep inside Jupiter, causing the Great Red Vortex. As more and more of them were were teleported, the spot got more intense. Now, however, the efficiency of the newer dryers is greater, so the Red spot is not so intense. In addition, dryers being imported from South Korea are using alternative hanger sources on Ceres, causing the visible bright spots.
First, THANKS for the link to the very entertaining article.
Second, can we get the link to the main subject matter in question (the $115,000,000 movie)? I’m not ordinarily much of a fan of films of this genre, but any sex flick worth $115,000,000 has gotta be SEEN to be believed!? (
Thanks....
(smile, smile, smile)
ps: how can the flick possibly be worth that much when “Hogan’s penis isn’t newsworthy?” /s For $115 million dineros, we’d expect at least John Holmes II...
When I was a nine years old, my mother gave my sister and me two male hamsters.
Three days later, Chester (my sister's hamster) gave birth to seven baby hamsters, and two days later Herman (my hamster) presented us with six more.
What do you do with SOOOO many baby hamsters? I figured you sell them to pet stores. I found the pet stores would pay $1 apiece six week old baby hamsters! That was a nice piece of change in 1958.
I kept one male from Chester's litter and one female from Herman's litter and went into the business of raising hamsters. I became a hamster entrepreneur. . . supplying most of the hamsters for the pet stores in Sacramento at age nine. At one point I had 167 baby hamsters in inventory.
One thing I learned was that hamsters spend 90% of their time trying to figure out how to get out of their cages. The second thing I learned is that no matter how escape proof the cage, they will find a way out, usually one you haven't thought of. Cages in 1958-1959 were not too well engineered. The third thing I discovered was a sure fire way to re-capture an escapee.
Hamster Catching procedure:You need three things:
- bucket
- three foot long board
- carrot
Place bucket in the middle of the room with the board set up as a ramp leading to the top of the bucket. Pare off the skin of the carrot. Rub the carrot generously along the board so that the carrot actually wets the board and the carrot aroma is apparent. Drop the carrot in the bucket. Go to bed (hamsters are nocturnal). The escapee hamster will be in the bucket in the morning.
This sure-fire hamster catching method only failed once. I had a hamster that was a survivor of a mother who went canniballistic on her litter (a reaction to stress) and "stumpy," a little baby who wound up with only one leg was the only survivor. He got around by scooting around like an inch worm. He was quite a trooper. My mom raised him from a blind, pink little worm-like infant in a pot on our stove's griddle to keep him warm from the pilot light, feeding him hourly milk mixed with oats 24 hours a day until he could eat on his own. Even Stumpy escaped! We set up the bucket to retrieve him. . . but no Stumpy in the bucket in the morning. Four days, no Stumpy. Ten years later, when we replaced our floor furnace, we found poor little Stumpy at the bottom, all dried out, perfectly preserved, a hamster mummy. So sad.
Do you want to reconsider your bids?
No. I choose my co-star. That’s part of the deal.
BTW, I might have to up the price. It’s going to take a lot of doing to square things with my wife. Candy and flowers are not going to do it this time.
“Lots of us might be tempted to make a sex tape for $115 million...”
Reminds me of this:
“Churchill: “Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?” Socialite: “My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... “
Churchill: “Would you sleep with me for five pounds?”
Socialite: “Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!” Churchill: “Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price”
Heh, I’ve always loved that.
Poor Stumpy!
Stumpy was cute, bumping along. . . he even tried to run in his hamster wheel. Now, THAT was hilarious to watch. He really tried his little best. . .
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