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from the but-they-will-always-be-in-his-brain dept.
Sometimes porn doesn't get the chance to become revenge porn, as in this case before the German Federal Court:
Germany's highest court has ordered a man to destroy intimate photos and videos of his ex-partner because they violate her right to privacy. The Federal Court said the man, a photographer, should no longer possess naked photos and sex tapes, even if he had no intention of sharing them.
The woman had originally agreed to the images but this consent stopped when the relationship ended, the court said. Germany has some of the strictest privacy laws in Europe.
The Federal Court was called upon to rule in a dispute between a former couple, who were arguing over whether or not the man should delete intimate photos and videos. In its ruling (in German), the court said everyone had the right to decide whether to grant insight into their sex life - including to whom they grant permission and in what form. It said that by retaining the images, the photographer had a certain "manipulative power" over his ex-lover. He should no longer have rights to the photos and videos once the relationship had ended, it concluded.
It is not clear how the ruling will be enforced.
A 2014 Pew survey of American mobile phone users found that 34% of those aged 25-34 reported receiving "sexts" (sexually suggestive photos or videos), as well as 22% of those aged 35-44 and 15% of those aged 45-54. Across all age groups, 20% reported receiving sexts, an increase from just 15% in 2012. A smaller portion of the population is sending the sexts: 9% of phone users in 2014, from 6% in 2012.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 24 2015, @01:21AM
"If you leave a woman, you move on. you don't get to remain part of her life"
These are really the only sane things in your post.
"you can't keep trophy(WTF?) momentoes"
I, and quite frankly everyone are free to keep whatever mementos from our lives as we damned well please. As long as such things aren't actively used to cause any sort of harm to the other person, it is no one else's business, not even the person you used to be with.
I have exes with photos of me I'd rather not exist, but the photos aren't mine, despite me being prominent in them. I've never asked for the photos to be destroyed, nor would i expect them to be. The photos are their property. None of my business, and certainly none of yours. /shrug
(Score: 1) by jrial on Friday December 25 2015, @10:17AM
Finally someone who can spell "mementos". Other than that, I agree. He is not allowed to publish them or send them on to third parties because consent for that was never given, but he should not be forced to delete them either because she decided to retract her consent after the fact. If you agree to someone taking nudes of you, you implicitly agree to them keeping a copy, unless otherwise noted. That copy is theirs, as in their property. Revoking consent after the fact is meaningless, as you have no say over someone else's property.
Install windows on my workstation? You crazy? Got any idea how much I paid for the damn thing?