OT - Erin Andrews

[mufansince72]

Two things...
First off, pointing out which house is that of a Sox player/neighbor is not exactly the same as booking some random caller in the room next to a female celebrity. When Katy Perry plays the Bradley Center, and I call the Pfister and request the hotel room next to hers, should they comply? Hell no - that is a HUGE difference!

Next - $55 million - Sure, it sounds insane, many of the high dollar suits always bug me when someone is awarded $10 million, $20 million, $50 million, but look at it this way... Did the guy that wronged her keep the video for himself? No, he broadcast it online. Cable companies pay the Big 10 $5.10 per household for crap nobody watches. Now this video was watched. It was watched 55 million times. How much would any network charge for advertising to 55 million viewers? How much would a porn company make for 55 million views? (trick question, its free unless you are doing it wrong).

How much should she be compensated? $1 dollar per view is not that crazy.

Don't look at it as whether or not she was wronged, look at it as how many times she was wronged. Hell, as of now the video/pics are still online and they always will be, so this is not going away. Slimy websites are still pulling page views off of this and will be for a long time, so they will continue to make cash after the court case. Is that right? No.

Meanwhile, you have celebrities like Kim Kardashian taking nude selfies of themselves and sending them all over the internet for free.

[Goose85]

Meanwhile, you have celebrities like Kim Kardashian taking nude selfies of themselves and sending them all over the internet for free.

Considering how Kardashian got her first shot at fame, a nude selfie is probably considered tame.

[TheSultan]

Meanwhile, you have celebrities like Kim Kardashian taking nude selfies of themselves and sending them all over the internet for free.

And how is this relevant?

[KMWTRUCKS]

My point is people make poor judgments, bad to awful decisions every day. So is 55 Million the bench mark for something that would be considered even with this then from there we could speculate something 1/2 as bad would get 25 mil and something worse could get 100 mil. I'm sure we have all been wronged or treated poorly at some level and probably all know someone that had something done to them that might in our minds be considered something close to what happened to Andrews. So if we use 55 Million and what was done to her as the baseline for damages then How much are other things worth? I'm not arguing that she was wronged and that the person that did it is a dirt/scumbag and the hotel used terrible judgment. I'm just saying that if our legal system thinks that she was wronged at 55 million then that sets the bar quite a bit higher then what I would think is reasonable. Insurance pays all/most of what she will collect and we all pay the insurance.

[TheSultan]

My point is people make poor judgments, bad to awful decisions every day. So is 55 Million the bench mark for something that would be considered even with this then from there we could speculate something 1/2 as bad would get 25 mil and something worse could get 100 mil. I'm sure we have all been wronged or treated poorly at some level and probably all know someone that had something done to them that might in our minds be considered something close to what happened to Andrews. So if we use 55 Million and what was done to her as the baseline for damages then How much are other things worth? I'm not arguing that she was wronged and that the person that did it is a dirt/scumbag and the hotel used terrible judgment. I'm just saying that if our legal system thinks that she was wronged at 55 million then that sets the bar quite a bit higher then what I would think is reasonable. Insurance pays all/most of what she will collect and we all pay the insurance.

Except the legal system hasn't reached its final conclusion. That's what appeals are for.

[mufansince72]

And how is this relevant?

It probably isn't relevant, just ironic.

I believe she was wronged, the guy is a scumbag, and the hotels were negligent. With that said, I think the jury award is insane. People are wronged all the time in society, to a much greater extent than seeing a naked woman on the internet. I just think this award is ridiculous compared to the pain and suffering that others in society go through.

If Erin Andrews wanted to pose nude voluntarily and have it published, how much do you think she would be paid? $100K, 200K, a million?

[IWB]

Upwards of $3-5 mil

[Gato78]

You guys are complete A hole. Replace Erin Andrews with your own daughter. What is that worth?

[IWB]

What? I said this is worth $1 per view, 55 million views, so $55 million. Then the question was asked how much would she get if she flat out agreed to pose in playboy and I said $3-5 mil.

She deserves any penny of the lawsuit, she was wronged in a major way. I still haven't seen video because I feel it is WAAAY wrong, and I would like to see her.

[mcwman]

Even if it were my daughters, I would think 55 million insanely rediculous