Sex Tech News: ‘GirlsDoPorn’ Victims Get Video Rights and $18M, Custom Condoms via 3D Penis Scanner & More
Plus EU lawmakers move in favor of sweeping regulation of online pornography.
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“In addition, Lovense is developing a unique 3D measuring tool that will allow a customer to order a condom tailored specifically for their penis. This tool will create a virtual 3D model of a penis and design a RealSize condom based on that. The customer will be able to subscribe and get tailor-made RealSize condoms in any volume as often as they like.
“’We are incredibly excited to expand the boundaries of our business and enter a new market,’ said Dan Liu, Lovense CEO. ‘I am sure that RealSize condoms will appeal to consumers in the USA due to their safety and size range, and the subscription system will provide the most comfortable buying experience.'”(via Lovense)
“U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino has ruled that all rights to videos and images produced in the GirlsDoPorn and GirlsDoToys sex trafficking case be awarded to the hundreds of victims who are featured in the footage posted to the adult websites.
“Judge Sammartino issued the ruling as part of a restitution order in the prosecution of Ruben Andre Garcia, an adult film performer and producer who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring with the owners of the GirlsDoPorn (GDP) and GirlsDoToys (GDT) adult websites to recruit young women to appear in the sex videos using force, fraud, and coercion.
“In addition to granting the rights to the videos and images to the victims, Judge Sammartino ordered Garcia to pay approximately $18 million in restitution to the victims.
To address the problem that hundreds of victims in this case have been and continue to be victimized by the posting and viewing of their GDP and GDT images and videos, Judge Sammartino outlined the following conditions…”
Read the full press release at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Southern District of California website
For more context read Samantha Cole’s article at Vice: Court Orders Girls Do Porn Victims Have the Rights to All Their Videos
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“We have received a lot of requests from our customers to expand the Hush size range and today I am happy to present these two new sizes,’ said Dan Liu, Lovense CEO. ‘We now offer a full range of 4 sizes, which should satisfy all fans of anal play, from beginners to experts.’
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“The Council of Europe, the continent’s main post-WWII human rights organization, published a resolution late last month that recommends sweeping government intervention in the regulation of adult content online.
“The Council of Europe resolution is now being hailed by religious anti-porn groups as a blueprint to censor sexual content in all of the 47 member countries of the organization, which includes 27 EU countries.
“The text of the resolution was adopted in November by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly and based on a 2019 report from the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, headed by Frank Heinrich.
“The Council of Europe’s resolution includes a number of controversial and/or suspiciously-sourced statements that seem to echo anti-porn propaganda by both religious activists and sex-worker-exclusionary feminists.” (via Gustavo Turner/XBIZ)
“The lead committee in the European Parliament writing new rules passed measures Monday that could set major restrictions on the way giant technology companies handle content.
“The rules, according to a person familiar and copies of the votes that were viewed by Bloomberg, would curtail targeting ads to minors and completely ban so-called “dark patterns,” where platforms push people to consent to being tracked online. Another controversial amendment passed that would require anyone who uploads content on porn sites to register.
“The proposals would add restrictions to the Digital Services Act, a measure advanced by the European Commission last year to regulate online content by requiring illegal posts to be taken down and make information about algorithms available to researchers.” (via Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg News)
