RedTube is a pornographicvideo-sharing site, which in September 2009 held an Alexa ranking within the world's top 100 sites.[3] It is one of several pornographic websites owned by Aylo. In June 2010 it had fallen out of the top 100, but it made a return in mid-2012. As of mid September 2020 its Alexa ranking was 520.[4] Its popularity has been ascribed to its non-sexual name, which is a reference to the non-pornographic video sharing website YouTube.[5] The website is based in Houston, Texas, and has servers in San Francisco, New Orleans and Montreal.
Wired reported that Redtube.com was one of the 5 fastest-growing websites in December 2007.[6]
The site's database was accessed and temporarily shut down by Turkish hackers in October 2008.[7][8]
In 2009, it was one of twelve pornographic sites blocked by the Sri Lankan court because access to the site, which housed images of Sri Lankan women and children, "corrupted society".[9]
In September 2013, one of the videos was blocked in Russia due to the Federal Law On Protection of Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development.[10]
In 2018, the Government of India banned RedTube, among other porn websites, after a Uttarakhand High Court court order demanding the same in a rape case where the perpetrators stated they were motivated to do so after watching online pornography.[11]
Viewers
As of 2009, three of the largest porn sites — "RedTube, YouPorn and Pornhub — collectively only make up 100 million unique visitors".[12]MindGeek has since acquired all three sites.
Cease and desist case in Germany
In December 2013, the German law firm "Urmann und Collegen (U+C)" sent up to 30,000 cease and desist letters ("Abmahnungen" in German) giving legal warnings to German Internet users who allegedly viewed streams from RedTube containing certain copyrighted videos,[13] demanding them to pay a fine of 250 EUR to the law firm of which 15.50 EUR would be distributed as compensation to the company claiming ownership of copyright for the videos, the Switzerland-based "The Archive AG".[14] By December 13 more than 20,000 people had already received such letters.[15] It is not clear how exactly the law firm was able to collect the IP addresses of RedTube's users.
In documents filed in court in order to obtain the personal data of the individuals involved, the plaintiff claims that he had charged a company called ITGuards, Inc. (allegedly of San Jose, California) who used a proprietary software by the name of "GLADII 1.1.3", allowing them not only to collect the IP addresses of users accessing certain URL's on redtube.com, but also to determine the exact time at which the user started playing or paused the videos embedded on each of those pages.[16]
The BBC reports that the IP addresses were provided to the law firm by the court in Cologne, which began a retrospective review of its decision after receiving complaints.[17] While sending out cease-and-desist letters to Internet users for copyright offenses related to filesharing had been common practice in Germany before, this marks the first time that legal measures are taken against people for merely watching streamed content from a website.[18]
Acquisition
Manwin filed merger notification to acquire RedTube.com from Bright Imperial Ltd on July 31, 2013.[19]
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Not to be confused with YouTube Red RedTube is a pornographic video sharing site which in September 2009 held an Alexa ranking within the world s top 100 sites 3 It is one of several pornographic websites owned by Aylo In June 2010 it had fallen out of the top 100 but it made a return in mid 2012 As of mid September 2020 its Alexa ranking was 520 4 Its popularity has been ascribed to its non sexual name which is a reference to the non pornographic video sharing website YouTube 5 The website is based in Houston Texas and has servers in San Francisco New Orleans and Montreal RedTubeType of sitePornographic video sharingAvailable inMultilingualHeadquartersHouston Texas United StatesOwnerAylo 1 URLwww redtube comRegistrationOptionalLaunchedApril 25 2007 16 years ago 2007 04 25 2 Current statusOnlineContent licenseFree redtubeplatinum com is proprietary Contents 1 History 1 1 Viewers 1 2 Cease and desist case in Germany 2 Acquisition 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistoryWired reported that Redtube com was one of the 5 fastest growing websites in December 2007 6 The site s database was accessed and temporarily shut down by Turkish hackers in October 2008 7 8 In 2009 it was one of twelve pornographic sites blocked by the Sri Lankan court because access to the site which housed images of Sri Lankan women and children corrupted society 9 In September 2013 one of the videos was blocked in Russia due to the Federal Law On Protection of Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development 10 In 2018 the Government of India banned RedTube among other porn websites after a Uttarakhand High Court court order demanding the same in a rape case where the perpetrators stated they were motivated to do so after watching online pornography 11 Viewers As of 2009 three of the largest porn sites RedTube YouPorn and Pornhub collectively only make up 100 million unique visitors 12 MindGeek has since acquired all three sites Cease and desist case in Germany In December 2013 the German law firm Urmann und Collegen U C sent up to 30 000 cease and desist letters Abmahnungen in German giving legal warnings to German Internet users who allegedly viewed streams from RedTube containing certain copyrighted videos 13 demanding them to pay a fine of 250 EUR to the law firm of which 15 50 EUR would be distributed as compensation to the company claiming ownership of copyright for the videos the Switzerland based The Archive AG 14 By December 13 more than 20 000 people had already received such letters 15 It is not clear how exactly the law firm was able to collect the IP addresses of RedTube s users In documents filed in court in order to obtain the personal data of the individuals involved the plaintiff claims that he had charged a company called ITGuards Inc allegedly of San Jose California who used a proprietary software by the name of GLADII 1 1 3 allowing them not only to collect the IP addresses of users accessing certain URL s on redtube com but also to determine the exact time at which the user started playing or paused the videos embedded on each of those pages 16 The BBC reports that the IP addresses were provided to the law firm by the court in Cologne which began a retrospective review of its decision after receiving complaints 17 While sending out cease and desist letters to Internet users for copyright offenses related to filesharing had been common practice in Germany before this marks the first time that legal measures are taken against people for merely watching streamed content from a website 18 AcquisitionManwin filed merger notification to acquire RedTube com from Bright Imperial Ltd on July 31 2013 19 See alsoInternet pornography List of video hosting services List of most popular websites Porn 2 0References O Connor Maureen June 2017 Pornhub is the Kinsey Report of our Time New York 30 39 RedTube com WHOIS DNS amp Domain Info DomainTools WHOIS 2016 Archived from the original on December 4 2019 Retrieved February 21 2016 Top Sites Alexa Archived from the original on November 13 2014 Retrieved November 22 2009 Redtube com Traffic Demographics and Competitors Alexa www alexa com Archived from the original on August 27 2020 Retrieved September 10 2020 Maglinao Carlo March 10 2008 Why is Redtube popular Techbays Archived from the original on December 17 2008 Retrieved November 22 2009 Schiffman Betsy January 17 2008 Porn Sites Lead Web Growth in December Wired Archived from the original on September 1 2011 Retrieved September 5 2011 Web s Biggest Porn Database Hacked Radar Online October 27 2008 Archived from the original on August 8 2011 Retrieved September 5 2011 Popular porn site hacked by prudes V3 co uk February 6 2008 Archived from the original on November 21 2010 Retrieved September 5 2011 Sri Lanka court blocks porn websites July 26 2009 Archived from the original on October 22 2012 Retrieved September 5 2011 Roskomnadzor zablokiroval pornosajt Redtube September 13 2013 Archived from the original on February 27 2014 Retrieved October 2 2013 Here is the full list of 827 porn websites blocked by DoT The Indian Express October 29 2018 Lanxon Nate May 22 2009 Twitter more popular than free porn fact CNET UK Crave cnet co uk Archived from the original on April 24 2012 Retrieved May 23 2013 RedFaced Thousands of Germans receive fines for watching copyrighted porn The Independent December 16 2013 Archived from the original on December 25 2014 Retrieved December 21 2014 Panic as Thousands Receive Fines For Streaming RedTube Videos TorrentFreak Archived from the original on December 21 2014 Retrieved December 21 2014 Porno Plattform Redtube geisselt die Abmahn Anwalte focus de December 13 2013 Archived from the original on December 29 2014 Retrieved December 13 2013 Redtube Wurden die Opfer in die Falle gelockt chip de December 13 2013 Archived from the original on December 13 2013 Retrieved December 13 2013 German streamed porn case reviewed BBC News December 23 2013 Archived from the original on October 15 2014 Retrieved December 21 2014 Fuest Benedikt December 6 2013 Porno Streaming Nutzer bekommen Post vom Anwalt Die Welt welt de Archived from the original on December 7 2013 Retrieved December 8 2013 Manwin Files Merger Notification to Acquire RedTube com business avn com Archived from the original on October 9 2013 Retrieved July 5 2016 External linksPortals nbsp Erotica and pornography nbsp Internet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RedTube amp oldid 1214036448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
