Originally Posted by
Jim Ganzer, "IWB"
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.
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