After a Dallas jury delivered a more than $20 million verdict against
two owners of Videogames YouTube Channel, a U.S. magistrate ordered one
of the owners, Bryan Martin, to show why he should not be charged with
contempt of court and serve jail time.
The magistrate issued his
order and scheduled a show cause hearing for April 5 after Martin posted
a tweet on April 1—the same day the jury delivered its verdict.
Martin's tweet asked for pornography video submissions to the YouTube
channel. Martin posted the tweet after the jury issued the verdict and
after the magistrate advised both defendants, "do not do anything to
harm the Videogames You Tube Channel."
If pornography videos had
been submitted, as Martin's tweet requested, YouTube likely would have
eliminated the channel since YouTube's rules bar pornography
submissions.
In a response to the magistrate's order, Martin
claimed his tweet was protected under his free-speech rights and
amounted to only an April Fools' Day joke. He also stated his tweet had
not led to any pornography submissions. In the same response, Martin
said he had not done anything, nor would he do anything in the future to
adversely affect the revenue stream of the channel.
More on this story from Texas Lawyer.
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