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''Jane Doe No. 14 v. Internet Brands, Inc., DBA Modelmayhem.com'', No. 12-56638 (9th Cir. Sept. 17, 2014), was a judicial opinion written by Judge Richard R. Clifton of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversing the district court’s dismissal of diversity action alleging negligence under California law. Jane Doe was a member of modelmayhem.com, a networking website owned by Internet Brands. Another user lured her into a fake audition and then drugged and raped her, recording it for a pornographic video. In 2012, Doe filed an action against Internet Brands alleging liability for negligence under California law based on that failure to warn. The United States District Court for the Central District of California ruled that Internet Brands was not liable for informing users, such as Doe, of potential dangers as they were protected under the federal Communications Decency Act (CDA), a landmark law, protecting web hosts from suit over libelous material that they carried but did not write. In 2014, the Ninth Circuit reversed the District Court's decision, instead ruling that the claim was not barred by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. In February 2015, however, the court withdrew the 2014 opinion, and set the case for reargument in March 2015.〔〔 The resolution of this case is expected to have large implications for precedent on the liability of websites arising from user activity. ==Background== Plaintiff Jane Doe posted information about herself on the website modelmayhem.com. She alleged that in February 2011, two men used the site to lure her to a fake audition, drug her with Benzodiazepine, rape her, and record the acts for a pornographic video. She alleged that the owner of the site Internet Brands knew of the criminal activity, and failed to warn her or other users of the site. She filed an action against Internet Brands alleging liability for negligence under California law and sought damages no less than $10 million. In 2007 Emerson Callum and Lavont Flanders were arrested and charged with luring and victimizing at least five women in a scheme similar to the one they used to lure Jane Doe. They contacted these women through internet modeling sites including modelmayhem.com to participate in a fake audition for a fraudulent modeling contract. Modelmayhem.com was purchased by Internet Brands in 2008 from original developers Donald and Taylor Waitts. In August 2010, the Waitts sued Internet Brands for not paying them, ''Waitt v. Internet Brands Inc.'', No. 10.cv.3006 GHK (C.D. Cal. 2010). In response, Internet Brands claimed that the Waitts failed to disclose an ongoing criminal investigation into Lavont Flanders, which might expose Internet Brands to later civil suits. In December 2011, Emerson Callum and Lavont Flanders were convicted of sex trafficking in Miami. In February 2012, they were sentenced to 12 consecutive life terms in prison. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jane Doe No. 14 v. Internet Brands, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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