Hotmovies.com raided

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Liz, I think you may be on the right track. The important thing to remember here is that the FBI doesn't get a search warrant without having something to go on, they didn't randomly select them out of the phone book. They have a reason to be knocking on the door.

It's going to be interesting to see if this turns into anything. Too bad for them that they happened to get hit on the day that Capri Anderson is getting all the porn related headlines in the mainstream world, otherwise they might have gotten a little coverage.

Guess it depends on how you define "bad" - and for whom? The Feds? or A-1?

[tony404]

I dont think its a porn thing. Especially when they spoke about irs agents being there.

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by miz_wright

Guess it depends on how you define "bad" - and for whom? The Feds? or A-1?

I would say bad for A1, because done right, a raid like this can be played out in the media in a way that gets your URL / website out there in front of the public, 6PM news, etc. I mean, look at Capri Anderson, who appears at this point to be milking her 15 minutes of fame like there is no tomorrow, and companies are falling over themselves to give sites like TMZ more watermarked content.

Hotmovies.com could easily have called a press conference, tipped off the local news people, whatever, and gotten some decent sized coverage and exposuring, and likely made enough traffic back to make up for 8 or 9 hours of downtime.

Tony, I would tend to agree. There is pretty much always a question of income when it comes to the escort business, considering many of the girls are just not reporting their income (nor are their pimps). Depending on how those escort sites are set up, the communication could be considered solicitations for prostitution, and could also be ways for the IRS to show they girls got bookings.

There is plenty of fun to be had. Where are the lawyer types to chime in on this one?