Feds File Complaint Against 'Girls Gone Wild'

[MrRant 0]

WASHINGTON - The government has filed a complaint against the marketers of "Girls Gone Wild" videos and DVDs, saying the company shipped unordered products and then charged customers.

 

The videos and DVDs feature young women who bare their breasts and perform sexually suggestive acts. Millions of copies have been sold.

 

The Justice Department (news - web sites) filed a complaint against California-based Mantra Films Inc. on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission. The government alleges Mantra enrolled customers who responded to Internet and TV advertising for a single video or DVD in a "continuity" program that did not give them an effective means to cancel.

 

"In a case of deceptive marketing gone wild, consumers were enrolled in a program of monthly deliveries without their knowledge," Howard Beales, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement.

 

The case was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

 

The "Girls Gone Wild" series was the target of an unsuccessful lawsuit last year by a 17-year-old girl who flashed her breasts to a cameraman. The girl argued that the film, its creators, producers and distributors had violated her right to privacy and had cast her in a false light by including her in the "Sexy Sorority Sisters" video.

 

The judge ruled that Mantra Films did not have to compensate the girl, who contended she did not know that her image would be used in a commercial video.

[Mole 0]

I knew this would happen eventually.

 

The guy who is ahead of GGW seems like a sketchy guy anyway.

[starvenger 0]

Agreed. Quite dodgy. Well, we'll see where this goes...

[Damaramu 0]

I will say that he had a pretty good idea.

I mean come on....how many frat guys over the years have video taped girls flashing there tits? This guy had the foresight to mass market it.

[Ravenbomb 0]

This reminds me of the 'Debbie Does Wild' bit on that one Sealab 2021 episode

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

This reminds me of the SNL bit where this girl was home from college and she was watching TV with her folks and at least 3 different Girls Gone Wild ads played were the girl was in them. And her grandfolks, friends, etc would call the house after the ad.

[Damaramu 0]

This reminds me of the SNL bit where this girl was home from college and she was watching TV with her folks and at least 3 different Girls Gone Wild ads played were the girl was in them. And her grandfolks, friends, etc would call the house after the ad.

She was on the Girls Gone Wild, then the Hardcopy like show, then Cops, then her mom was on a commercial.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

"The videos and DVDs feature young women who bare their breasts and perform sexually suggestive acts. Millions of copies have been sold."

 

God Bless America

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

She was on the Girls Gone Wild, then the Hardcopy like show, then Cops, then her mom was on a commercial.

 

Ok, yeah now I remember I was watching it in passing. Thanks.