THE OFFICIAL POLICY PAPER ON NUDE ESPN CELEBRITIES IN ILLEGAL VIDEOS
by Orson on Jul 20, 2009 11:22 AM EDT
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PrintSomeone is benefitting from the entire Erin Andrews video scandal: hackers, who have taken the internet's finally fulfilled obsession with ERIN ANDREWS NAKED and played it to their advantage by posting links to the peephole camera video taken of Andrews by a reprehensible person at a hotel, and then feeding requesting PCs a bushel of viruses.
The official EDSBS policy on this is that Ms. Andrews has been wronged grievously, and that the person behind this should be bankrupted not just for their invasion of her privacy, but also for their intrusion on the privacy of others. From what we understand, this was a completely random act, and in an alternate universe could have been you or us standing there getting our goods pasted all over the internet for profit. That her celebrity has exacerbated the initial violation is an even sadder occurrence, and far exceeds the reasonable cost of fame in its severity.
With that said, we feel we need to publish what we have in the name of full disclosure. New information has come to light, and we cannot sit on it any longer. We did not film this, nor do we intend to sell it. We do not claim it is in fact anyone in particular, and will not comment on any resemblances other than to say this: we have made this SFW, and that if this is who we think it is, then this could very well be the media scandal of the century.
You have been warned.
A thousand cocktails to Freek, and to the person who invented the concept of the jump on an internet post. You really have made some of our lives so much easier through your foresight and clever coding.
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Methinks someone owes Freek another 999,000 cocktails.
That is a masterpiece.
by WHOA NELLY!!! on Jul 20, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions
So you’re saying Musburger is responsible for the EA video? Figures. After he ogled Jenn Sterger and the other FSU Cowgirls, it was obvious how creepy he is….
by MC Hammer on Jul 20, 2009 11:42 AM EDT reply actions
The freak does it again though, +1 as always. As for the actual act… extremely.creepy. I can’t speak for others but I feel dirty just seeing the screen shots, this dude is a screw turn away from rapist and that is utterly disturbing. I feel bad for her and I’m not sure I can ever see her puppets again without feeling all wrong. It is a sad commencement of creepiness in society and I think we can all agree, if this were your significant other or relative, a Casino-esque bat beating would be in order for the perpetrator(s).
by cob on Jul 20, 2009 11:46 AM EDT reply actions
The genius of LSUFreek is beyond DiVinci. The detail of Tebow’s pic on the wall is like the background of the Mona Lisa that gets lost. He is a national treasure.
Oh yeah, Erin is hot too.
by Crabapple Buck on Jul 20, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions
Whoa Nelly, indeed. What an incredible violation of privacy. And I’m not going to comment on anyone’s web surfing proclivities, but there’s a certain poetic justice that goes with looking for a video which you know to have been illegally taken without the permission of the subject, and instead getting the programming equivalent of ebola.
Karma. Sometimes she walks lightly and carries a taser.
by MaconDawg on Jul 20, 2009 12:13 PM EDT reply actions
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I’d even go a step further – if you’re a hacker and you’re caught spreading viruses by offering to link to that horrible video, you shouldn’t even be charged with a crime. The police should give you a commendation or a medal or something.
by JD on Jul 20, 2009 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
I wonder how many of the people blasting the video as being reprehensible went and watched it first (ha). Anyway…I can’t imagine what kind of creepy person it must take to drill a hole through a wall to video an unsuspecting woman in the nude. Probably has a mirror taped to his shoe at the mall too.
by Vol on Jul 20, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
Well then God bless Brent for the video I saw.
Verrrrrrrrrrrrry nice.
by DrB on Jul 20, 2009 1:20 PM EDT reply actions
No. 10, I’m pretty sure this was taken throught the peep hole in the hotel room door by a camera with some kind of special lens. I don’t think there were any holes drilled, not that that makes it any less horrible. Full disclosure, I watched it, I liked it, then I felt appropriately bad about it.
by karlhungus on Jul 20, 2009 1:21 PM EDT reply actions
Amazingly, Google hasn’t deleted the videos off their servers.
All other traces of their existence have been erased, but the actual videos are still live.
@13, can a camera really do that with an unmodified peephole?
I’m thinking maybe not, and the hotel maintenance staff could be in on it, too.
I’m also wondering (not least because I’m studying for the Bar exam) what criminal liability the producers and distributors of the film have, if any; certainly it depends on where the video was shot and what court(s) has/have jurisdiction. In ESPN’s lawyer’s letter to one of the blogs posting the video, I saw the word “assault” tossed around — nope, clearly EA doesn’t know they’re out there, and you can’t assault someone who doesn’t know about it. Of course, it’s a C&D letter, and not a court pleading, so the objective is to get someone to stop the offending conduct, not be letter-perfect on their legal recourse.
by Seven Years in Gainesville on Jul 20, 2009 1:42 PM EDT reply actions
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/reverse-peephole-viewer-182411.php
Answered my own question. The video clearly shows the filmer using this device. Scary stuff — I’m going to get get some cardboard and tape right now.
by Seven Years in Gainesville on Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions
Alright…I’ll be the Jackass….I’d like to see her naked.
There!
by Stan Gable on Jul 20, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
Hey, Seven Years….while I appreciate your zeal, bear in mind that after about three months of the actual practice of law you will also not give a rat’s ass about the legal ramifications of random events. Just to let you know…..
by Stan Gable on Jul 20, 2009 1:54 PM EDT reply actions
sorry, I was distracted by the “Evony” girl…I’ll be her wizard any day!
by Dick Bachelor on Jul 20, 2009 3:44 PM EDT reply actions
Seven Years in Jortsville:
Good luck, my man. In 9 short days you will join the disillusioned, crushed and crumpled in the little career we like to call “#5”.
Oh, and the answer in fact pattern X NEVER FAILS THE 403 TEST!
by Der Schatten on Jul 20, 2009 3:46 PM EDT reply actions
Oh, well…one bad apple.
I am not taking that mirror off my shoe. It’s been there longer than some of you have been alive.
by MagStMike on Jul 20, 2009 6:36 PM EDT reply actions
Not to say what happened to her is okay by any stretch, but at some level when you allow your network to compromise your “journalistic” qualities in favour of being the hot sideline chick… you have to expect that lines are unfortunately going to be crossed. Pam Ward doesn’t have creeps drilling holes in her hotel walls… I’m just saying…
by beckett929 on Jul 20, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
Count me among those who think that this incident – while wrong in theory – has helped and not harmed Ms. Andrews. Let’s face it — we’re all adults, right? We can pretty much imagine what anyone looks like naked, no? (Hairy moles and superflous third-nipples excepted, of course.) So, while she may have been exposed without her knowledge or consent, in the end I’m sure she looks unclothed pretty much the way we ALL assumed she would. It’s just that now she is the No. 1 attraction on the interwebs. That will not go unnoticed by her agent or the suits at MTVSPN come contract negotiation time. Just saying.
by Double Dawg Dare Ya on Jul 21, 2009 11:46 AM EDT reply actions
@25 you say that as if everyone would enjoy having nude pictures taken of them and pasted across the
internet, which is a pretty pathetic statement about you.
“while wrong in theory”….. you were that guy I told the rest of my friends to never be caught with because
you’d be the first to sell everyone else down a rathole AND you’d do it cheap.
by corn blight on Jul 21, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions
24 and 25 – Finally some voices of reason. I’m not saying people who only have jobs because they’re good looking DESERVE things like this, I just don’t get bent out of shape about it.
by Bad Newz Kennels on Jul 21, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions
KarlHungus – Did you fix the cable?
by NeverSawMollyHatchet on Jul 21, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions
Crabapple Buck says:
The genius of LSUFreek is beyond DiVinci. The detail of Tebow’s pic on the wall is like the background of the Mona Lisa that gets lost. He is a national treasure.
/don’t forget the Keith Jackson portrait that brent puts over the peep hole
by Anthony on Jul 22, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
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