Internet Entertainment Group Is Free To Air Nude Photos Of Dr. Laura Schlessinger On www clublove com Website.LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1998--A Federal judge today ruled that Internet Entertainment Group (IEG IEG Implementing Electronic Government IEG Immediate Early Gene IEG Industries Electriques et Gazières (French: Gas and Electric Industries) IEG Institut für Europäische Geschichte ) is free to air 12 revealing photos of Dr. Laura Schlessinger on its www clublove com Website. Judge Dean Pregerson of the U.S. District Court Central District of California lifted a temporary injunction temporary injunction n. a court order prohibiting an action by a party to a lawsuit until there has been a trial or other court action. A temporary injunction differs from a "temporary restraining order" which is a short-term, stop-gap injunction issued pending a obtained by the radio agony aunt that had forced IEG to remove the pictures within hours after they went on the Internet last Friday. Judge Pregerson ruled that IEG will not be restrained from showing the nude and semi-nude photos of Dr. Laura, as she is known to her radio listening audience, when it bought them from her former mentor and lover, retired Los Angeles radio personality Bill Ballance. The couple had an affair some 20 years ago, when both were married to other people. Dr. Laura at first publicly denounced the photos as phony, then went into Federal Court to say that she owns the copyright to them. The photos and an accompanying news story were viewed by thousands during the 10 hours they were on the www clublove com Website. IEG said the photos are being restored immediately and is offering a free one-week subscription to www clublove com. Seth Warshavsky, President of IEG, issued the following statement: "We are delighted at Judge Pregerson's decision. We never doubted our legal right to put the photos and story on the Web and never once thought that the judge would not turn over the TRO TRO - tail recursion optimisation . What makes them so interesting is that Dr. Laura has set herself up as some sort of stern archetype archetype (är`kĭtīp') [Gr. arch=first, typos=mold], term whose earlier meaning, "original model," or "prototype," has been enlarged by C. G. Jung and by several contemporary literary critics. of virtue who mercilessly attacks callers if they reveal an extramarital ex·tra·mar·i·tal adj. Being in violation of marriage vows; adulterous: an extramarital affair. extramarital Adjective affair. The photos and news story show that she, too, is human and has defects of character." IEG is a Seattle-based Internet content provider See content provider. specializing in adult entertainment, legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. , financial information through its www sexquotes com site, virtual gambling through www.goldenoasis.com, health and nutritional information and Internet commerce through sites such as www.golfliquidators.com. |
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