Revenge porn: Owner Craig Brittain says he's proud of site for "involuntary" nude photos
Earlier this week, we told you about a Colorado Springs website that specializes in so-called revenge porn -- explicit photos shared by ex-lovers and the like, apparently in an effort to humiliate their former partners; see our previous coverage below. Now, we've got video of the man behind the site -- and when he's asked if he's proud of what he's doing, he answers, "Absolutely."
Pics, video below.
Craig Brittain hasn't denied his involvement in the website, Is Anybody Down? Indeed, he took part in an interview on the subject when the Colorado Springs Independent first wrote about it in January. And in some ways, he deserves credit for sitting down with CBS4's Brian Maass for an on-camera interview about a business that many would argue gives even Internet porn a bad name.
There's also a certain honesty about his responses to questions -- at least some of them. On some occasions, he engages in buck-passing and responsibility shifting, as when he responds to Maass' statement that what he's doing strikes some people as "remarkably sleazy" by replying, "I think we live in a remarkably sleazy society." His claim that "we're not out for revenge or any sort of malicious...thing" also has a disingenuous taint. But he seems in earnest when he says, "We just want entertainment. We want the money. So yeah, if it comes down to it, that is what we're after...to make a buck."
Another screen capture from the site.
Brittain is considerably less convincing when it comes time to address another aspect of his site -- the services of Takedown Hammer, a business that offers to remove content from Is Anybody Down? for a mere $250. In the Colorado Springs Independent article, Brittain insists that he's not behind Takedown Hammer, although he concedes that he makes some cash when people use it.
In the CBS4 package, this issue is addressed a bit differently, with Maass arguing that David Blade, the attorney said to be behind Takedown Hammer, is actually Brittain -- an assertion the latter denies despite suggestions from a computer expert that his IP address and Blade's are identical.
Whatever the case, Brittain shows not the slightest susceptibility to shame -- meaning that Is Anybody Down? won't be taken down until it stops generating revenue. And right now, Brittain claims it's making him between $3,000 and $4,000 per month.
Here's the second part of CBS4's coverage. That's followed by our previous coverage, supplemented by Maass' complete interview with Brittain.
Continue for Maass' unedited interview with Brittain, as well as our earlier coverage of the Colorado Springs revenge-porn website.
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