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It's worth noting that Jeff Bezos has a lot to gain from publishing these threats. While publishing the descriptions of the photographs may sting, publishing th
by hackathonguy 8y ago
It's worth noting that Jeff Bezos has a lot to gain from publishing these threats. While publishing the descriptions of the photographs may sting, publishing the photos themselves would hurt a lot more. Now that he's made the accusations public, AMI could not plausibly publish the actual photos.
- jjeaff 8y agoThey won't publish them. But I'll guarantee you they will anonymously leak out on the internet. There is no way to prove they are the only people with these photos. (and they of course aren't the only ones)
- willvarfar 8y agoCan Bezos get a US court to impound the photos? Something akin to the UK 'super injunction'? That would make being caught leaking the photos perjury. The stakes are so high that AMI might well not dare to do that. Its easy to imagine that Bezos, whatever he is saying publicly, is also getting excellent legal consul privately and that two can play at the games that AMI is so infamous for.
- 420codebro 8y agoNope. We have no prior restraint here.
- Fezzik 8y agoAll 50 States have statutes that allow for preliminary injunctions... If Bezos filed a lawsuit he could absolutely seek a court order restraining AMI from publishing the photos pending the outcome of a lawsuit. See, for example: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=7.40.020 https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=7.40.020
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoWhy? Because he doesn't want everyone to know that he has a penis? The kind of people who care about "celebrity gossip" will have no idea who he is, and the people who do know who he is won't care. There is no market for these photos.
- willvarfar 8y agoBecause he wants to cost them a lot of money? We all hate when the big guys use lawsuits to stifle the little guys, but getting AMI execs tied up in legal worries and costs seems, in this instance, to have popular appeal?
- auntienomen 8y agoEveryone enjoys watching a bully have their bluff called.
- jki275 8y agoHe could get an injunction. That would make leaking them contempt of court, not perjury, and the stakes aren't particularly high for that.
- sevensor 8y agoI'm sure Mr. Bezos is familiar with the Streisand Effect.
- astrange 8y agoRevenge porn laws seem like a valid counterpoint to the Streisand Effect. Even without that, you’re going to share his nudes just because he doesn’t want you to? Gross.
- BorRagnarok 8y agoEven if that happens, people will now blame AMI for any published or leaked photos that fit the description, regardless of their denial.
- scotty79 8y agoI don't see how much public availability of such photos could hurt him. He's already divorcing. He probably had to accept many humbling things about himself over last few years. The only thing those photos would change is undeniably confirm that richest man on the planet has actual human male body and some love life, which pretty much everyone already suspected. Some people will get a kick of it but it will eventually blend into the background same as fappening or a photo of a hole in the sock of president of world bank.
- joering2 8y agoYou are giving too much credit to dirtbags. These photos will be routed to persons that are 45th degree from him and released aka leaked for free. Don't underestimate the power of revenge :|