Hundreds of porn performers who were lied to about the extent of distribution have been awarded the rights to the videos and millions of dollars in damages. The sites, GirlsDoPorn and GirlsDoToys, had been the subject of a long-running legal battle.
The US Department of Justice has ruled that rights to videos and images produced by the now-defunct sites belong to the women. More than 400 performers can now ask for the online footage to be removed or else to receive the proceeds from continued
availability. The performers are now likely to enforce notices ordering the firms, including Pornhub and Google, to take down the material. GirlsDoPorn producer Ruben Andre Garcia was sentenced in the summer to 20 years in federal prison for
coercing women into appearing in sex videos. | 
