AVN speaks with Mike South on the takedown of PornWikiLeaks
 

LOS ANGELES?What may be the most notoriously hateful and destructive website in the history of adult entertainment has been forced offline by a determined group of outraged individuals from inside and outside the industry who simply refused to accept the idea that ************* was permitted to remain online for as long as it did.

Though many are holding their breaths waiting to see if it will return, one of the men responsible for taking it down says it isn?t coming back anytime soon, and sends a stern warning that anyone thinking about doing anything similar had better think twice before pressing Enter.

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http://business.avn.com/articles/vid...ck-442353.html

why the fake nic?

donny will be back, dont you worry..

the guy is a total jack fuck, but he is tenacious...





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I have PWL on my stats, I think there was something about me there

“Kudos to those instrumental in bringing the site down,” Duke told AVN. “Utilizing skilled hackers working outside the authorities, it looks as if this group was able to mitigate further damage to performers. We all owe you a debt of gratitude.”


interesting... :2 cents:





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South and his mates did God's work taking that shit down.

That article was about the most vague and speculative thing I have ever read but I guess the one takeaway from it that has journalistic merit is that hackers took the site down. Other than that everything else is a huge maybe what if possibly could happen.

First off, Diane Duke can go fuck herself. We have already answered her allegations that we did anything illegal to take that site down and for her to keep bringing it up simply reeks of jealousy and contempt.

and if you read the shit story over on Xbiz they would have you believe the FSC took down PWL (No I am NOT kidding)

I will not sit idly by and allow those fucking parasites at the FSC to take credit for what a lot of good people did. We used our money our time and our resources to accomplish that goal.

Please tell the FSC and XBiz to die in a fucking fire.

sounds like mike south is going to jail. can't pay someone to hack something, not legal.

nobody paid anybody to hack anything, thats my point.

The FSC just doesn't like the idea that we did more for porn in 3 months than they have in 20 fucking years.

Ya, I read that, She made it sound like they were minutes away from taking it offline, but you just barely beat them to it. :1orglaugh

If you're expecting facts from Xbiz, you are barking up the wrong tree. It's called advertising journalism, whomever advertises, gets the words they want in the story, and even then, Xbiz can never get a story 100% accurate.

I was literally just reading her post two seconds ago and didn't even bother finishing. She just rambles on and on and on. Is the FSC even good at anything? Have they ever been good at anything? The idealist in me wants to think that maybe at some point, some time ago, that they were effective at something, but then they just kind of lost their way and got stretched a little to thin.

Interesting statement:2 cents:

@Mike South :thumbsup

Sometimes you do what you know is right.

i can't find anything on xbiz.net - is there a special forum i am not seeing?

edit: now i see it's just the article, not a discussion

Thank you Barry Vsex and Gabe.

and everyone else who appreciates the hard work and dedication that it took for a handful of determined but decent people to put a stop to that evil.

What methods were used?

Well done

legal ones.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh


So sad, but so true.:thumbsup

Someday I hope to hear the whole story from you - I'm sure it is going to be a good one.

My apologies btw to Tom Hymes who I see now wrote the AVN article - certainly not trying to diss you personally - but I do expect more in terms of investigative work to provide better insights on this story through a greater degree of presentation of facts, exhumed Woodward and Bernstein style, and not just speculation and innuendo about what actually went down.

Yeah, but it's much better than this.

Ackman himself estimated the video segment at $500 million to $1.8 billion -- much less than AVN's $4 billion. "How Adult Video News gets this number is not clear. We asked Adult Video News' managing editor, Mike Ramone. 'I don't know the exact methodology,' he said, 'It's a pie chart.' Asked to break the figure down into sales versus rentals, a standard practice among those who cover the video industry, he said he didn't think it was available and suggested we call the editor-in-chief, who didn't return our calls."

http://www.alternet.org/story/13212/?page=2

Before starting last year, I tried to read as much as possible about everything and I thought the "I don't know the exact methodology. It's a pie chart." quote was one of the funniest things ever. It's almost like a line from Anchorman.

This is porn--it's not like real life, the standards are much lower.

Statues in all the parks of Mike, @pwl luz and @zemastermind among others. Those twitter names have since been banned but congrats for rounding up a stellar team Mike.

You and I had some legendary fights back in 2000. I even sicked Wanker Wang on you and he was formidable and yet you're right, it was so tame back then.

I've sent you 4 emails over 11 years and 3 were thank you notices in the last month. Fine work to all you guys, very much appreciated.

Just my :2 cents: but the FSC is VERY VERY VERY GOOD at what they do.........

Using fear tactics to get money from the online adult community.

I remember all the shit I took years back regarding the FSC and the 2257 issue, everyone said I was stupid / crazy and or wrong but in the end I was dead on right lol.

but back on topic kudos to Mike and the crew that wiped that stain off the web!!

-Loki-

MikeSouth - care to give more information on what actually went down? Inquiring minds want to know... :winkwink:

There was no hacking involved on taking down PWL. Mike and a handful of ppl used legit means.

I don't doubt that for a second. I have known Mike since he got into the biz and people love him or hate him but regardless I can certainly vouch for his being honest and ethical. However, why the vagueness? Especially if this was all done by the book, above board, legal eagle, whatever, then what could possibly be the reason not to share the details?

Far-L, there's a big article on this coming out tomorrow on AVN.com that will provide at lot of info.

Ok. I can wait.

But no offense, as long as I have read AVN I have never ever really seen it do real journalism on a story - which is certainly understandable - it doesn't pretend to be that. It is a trade magazine so it has a different mission and purpose to serve that is certainly valuable as well. However, this is a real news story and will best be served by taking a more investigative approach imho.

Even if it results in lines like "Donny Long could not be reached for comment" or whatever it would be nice to really get more than just a fluffy puffery piece of gloat schtick on this whole thing.

We try to cover the events based on things we can confirm and of course we provide a stand for people to voice their opinions too.

We have a very big story coming out this week on an issue you personally fought for years. I'll hit you up on skype to share some info, I won't post on this here till we get all documents tomorrow.

Cool... hold on a second... why wasn't I called for comment on that story? What am I? Ron Jeremy's ball sweaty jock strap? :winkwink:

Well done Mike South and those who worked with him.
Excellent job - thank you very much.

that's why i added you on skype :)

Thanks everyone for the kind words....seriously. All of the people involved appreciate it.

Far-L I see a change in AVN that I am liking, certainly a more open attitude to address the industries issues, honestly.

If the article Theo mentioned is the one I think, it will provide a lot more info, it was well researched and well done, the author spent probably 40 hours on it in just 2.5 days, she is to be commended for ability to meet a tough deadline.

As I said in another post we still cant tell everything because this is an ongoing war that isn't won yet, we used short, medium, and long term strategies and we were all pleased when short worked but we must make sure it stays dead and until the war is truly over we have to remain vigilant, and some what secretive about ongoing ops ;)

As I pointed out in a blog post yesterday it really was Anarchy at work and it did work.

Ha! You can't get true investigative journalism from CNN or your local newspaper due to the cost of it, I think they did a good job given they don't get as much support as they should.

Conner I think that if AVN continues on the path that they are on and continue to take an open and honest approach to fixing the problems our biz has become besieged with they will get all the support they need.

We, as an industry, are in a transitional period and I think AVN sees that and is working hard to help the industry through it.

Now anyone who thinks I would say that if I didn't mean it...raise your hand....Y'all know I speak my mind.

FSC,ASACP and any other similar organization are nothing else then money waste operations.

Nice one Mike South!

You kicked ass on this one!

I hope that Diane Duke editorial that is on AVN today is not what Theo was referrring to....

I am quite sure it isn't look for one penned by Kayden Kross coming soon I think

Might be hatefull, vindictive etc. but hardly the most destructive website to face the adult industry.

Far-L read this one

http://business.avn.com/articles/tec...ks-442406.html

thats the best we can do for the moment in terms of what happened.

Definitely an improvement. Still some questions though:

Who is "Joe Blow"?

What is meant by being "internet savvy"?

There are still some grey areas... How did the AIM stuff get accessed in the first place? Was PWL hacked for the member/admin info?

respectively

A male performer, Michael Tierney, son of actor Lawrence Tierney and money man for PWL.

I expect it means able to discern things by using the resources of the internet that most people dont understand, like domain registration info, tracking IP addresses etc

We dont know how AIM got hacked or even IF it got hacked, there was no real security in place (and there still isnt, its still accessable even though there hasnt been a valid test there for MONTHS)

No PWL wasn't "hacked" for that info it will all come out someday Im sure but for now we gotta hold the boot on donnys neck and the gun to his head....figureatively of course.

Indeed, Indeed, INDEED!!!

Thanks,

Thanks for filling in the holes... never heard of the guy but his dad was great in Resevoir Dogs.

Great stuff Mike. Glad to see a scumbag get the tables turned on him for once and to have to deal with the shit that he so easily dished out to others without thinking twice.

Did you guys archive which sponsors were advertising on PWL and was any attempts made to them to try to get them to stop. IMO, they are no worst than Donny or Lawrence Tierney.


I see this guy was referred to as the "money man" backing the site in the AVN article as well. But why no mention of the sponsors who were listed on the site, i bet he made more money from them then the "money man".

The sponsors were

DirtyD aka Michael Storm

Dirty Danza

Mallcom

I personally, would not encourage anyone to do business with these people.