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Well, it seems the intellectual potential for this thread has petered out. I thought this would be a fascinating area to explore, given how many of us would love for a site such as
Bangbus to be real, as much as we know it is not. And yet there are nagging questions that cause doubt, regarding some of the goings-on being at least semi-real.
For those who are interested and keeping track, allow me to add a few other points. First, a quick correction -- I had referred to an undercover newspaper reporter acting as a spy, but that turned out to be for a different newspaper article, where some Miami moralists were hoping to shut down
Bangbus by taking their case to John Law. (The cops concluded the smut peddlers were conducting their wares legally.) This other article claimed, by the way, that the actresses' rate was only $700 (in the primary article, Lori's rate was $1,200, to be split between herself and her boyfriend, who also performed.) Damned cheap, ain't it? (Keep in mind the
Bangbus rats justified not doing away with Lori's video by claiming her video had already made 50 grand for them.)
If anyone checked out the main newspaper article (here is the
clean and original version), you may have been curious as to the identity of "Lori." My inner demon wished to know as well, and I have posted my findings at this other FreeOnes thread,
Lori from Bangbus.
Lastly, I have discovered that the doing away of
Bangbus videos is more extensive than I had realized.
Here is a page that lists a few, but not all, of the ones that have joined the annals of history. It's pretty incredible, I think.
Anyway, I was excited to have discovered this motherload, because it's the earlier and sleazier episodes that I find more entertaining. Some of the videos on this list are still offered by the site, but have undergone mysterious changes.
For example, the "JJ" episode (May 8, 2002) as offered by the site ends around the blowjob segment - but we can see from the original that the hardcore action followed suit. So the site has made the decision to edit out the sex. Isn't that strange?
In addition, I see that the "Carolyn" episode (August 28, 2002) as currently offered by the site stands at around a half-hour. The explanation given was that
"Ugs recorded himself masturbating again... What a dick!" The original ran just shy of an hour and twenty minutes -- nearly three times the length.
In the
Miami New Times newspaper article, the
Bangbus corporate lawyer logically informs,
"Bangbus has everyone sign the same model release." You would think they would have definitely made sure to cross every T and dot every I, because of the thin ice they are operating on, under the FBI's watchful eyes.
So if this is the case, that there is no question they would have made sure to own the rights to everything, it's a huge riddle as to why the
Bangbus operators would have felt so compelled to ditch or alter so many of their videos. Is it possible, as remote as it might be, that some of the girls involved could have been recruited unwittingly (that is, actually from "real life"), and the company took a chance with not getting the proper releases?
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