Criminal
Mar. 19, 2015
Copyright: another tool in fight against revenge porn
States are scrambling to update their penal codes to address the revenge porn phenomenon; in the meantime, victims might consider looking to copyright law.
Hunter Moore, aka the "king of revenge porn," is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to felony charges for computer fraud and abuse and aggravated identity theft. Moore operated the now defunct IsAnyoneUp.com - the website that put "revenge porn" in the dictionary. States are scrambling to update their penal codes to address the revenge porn phenomenon; in the meantime, victims might consider looking to another are of law for a remedy: copyright.
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