Benjamin Barber, 31, sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation after publishing videos of himself and a partner without the partner’s consent 
 
 Oregon has handed down its first sentence for publishing revenge porn, more than a year after lawmakers forbade posting explicit images or video online without consent of the people involved. 
 
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 Benjamin Barber, 31, was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation, said detective Robert Rookhuyzen, a spokesman for the Washington County sheriff’s department. 
 
 In June, Barber posted pornographic videos of himself with a former partner, without that person’s consent, to “multiple adult web sites�?, Rookhuyzen said in a statement. 
 
 “The complainant reported that the videos were made with consent while the person was in an intimate relationship with Mr Barber,�? Rookhuyzen said. 
 
 “However, after they terminated their relationship, Mr Barber uploaded several of these videos to multiple adult websites without the complainant’s knowledge or consent.�? 
 
 Sheriff’s deputies arrested Barber in July. After a two-day trial in November, a jury convicted Barber on five counts of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. 
 
 Rookhuyzen said Barber’s former partner did not want to speak to the press. Barber defended his actions to local KOIN 6 news, saying the videos were copyrighted and legal pornography. 
 
 “There was a lot of evidence that was not included in the testimony, specifically like the fact that we were both advertising to produce porn commercially,�? he said. 
 
 “If I go saying that I want to make porn, get paid for making porn and then complain that the porn I asked people to pay me for is then public, do I have a right to be embarrassed? 
 
 “I think it’s literally unconstitutional.�? 
 
 A sergeant with the Washington County sheriff’s department, Bob Ray, told the local station that even if a video was made with consent, publication without permission could break the law. 
 
 “If you use the internet with the intent to harass or embarrass or basically demand someone, and there is sexually explicit material, and you can identify the other person who has not given their consent, that’s essentially the threshold,�? Ray said. “Even if the video was taken consensually.�? 
 
 Thirty-four states and Washington DC have passed laws to punish the publication of revenge porn, according to the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, a not-for-profit group that provides legal counsel. 
 
 The group is a project of the K&L Gates law firm, which has taken up cases of people trying to combat online abuse perpetrated by former partners. 
 
 A cottage industry of revenge porn sites has emerged, with some extorting from victims and others charging $100 a year to show explicit photos of people who do not work in pornography. 
 
 Law enforcement has struggled to keep up and prosecutions are rare, leaving some victims to pursue major civil lawsuits. In Dallas in 2015, for instance, a woman was awarded $7.25m after her ex-husband posted thousands of photos and images online. 
 
 Another woman is pursuing a case against a former boyfriend who similarly posted explicit material online. 

 PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 31-year-old man became the first individual to be prosecuted and sentenced under Oregon’s new revenge porn law, authorities say. 
 
 Benjamin J. Barber was sentenced on Thursday morning, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. He received 6 months in jail and 5 years of probation. 
 
 In July, Barber was arrested for posting several pornographic videos of himself and a person he had once been in an intimate relationship with. When that relationship ended, Barber uploaded the videos to several adult websites without permission, authorities said. 
 
 Barber was convicted of five counts of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image, Oregon’s new revenge porn law. 
 
 KOIN 6 News spoke with Barber and asked how he expects to be perceived in the wake of his conviction. 
 
 “I understand people are going to think I look creepy,” Barber said. “I have this blown out eye.” 
 
 He continued, “Well okay, so if I go saying that I want to make porn, get paid for making porn and then complain that the porn I asked people to pay me for is then public, do I have a right to be embarrassed?” 
 
 Barber told KOIN 6 News the videos were copyrighted porn videos, and he has the right to post them wherever he wants. 
 
 “There was a lot of evidence that was not included in the testimony, specifically like the fact that we were both advertising to produce porn commercially,” said Barber. 
 
 Barber said he’s the victim, and the woman he shared videos of tried to use them against him as blackmail. 
 
 Sgt. Bob Ray with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office explained the law. 
 
 “If you use the internet with the intent to harass or embarrass or basically demand someone, and there is sexually explicit material, and you can identify the other person who has not given their consent, that’s essentially the threshold. If a person does that, they are essentially violating the law. even just posting it on Facebook. Yes, even if the video was taken consensually,” Ray said.
– One year after Oregon made revenge porn illegal, the state has handed down its first sentence in a revenge porn case. In June, Benjamin Barber, who is 31, posted pornographic footage of himself with a former partner without his partner's consent to multiple adult sites. Now a jury has found him guilty of five counts of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image, and he's getting six months in jail and five years of probation, per the Washington County Sheriff's Office. "I understand people are going to think I look creepy; I have this blown-out eye," Barber tells KOIN 6, but he defends posting videos of himself and his ex without consent, saying that the two were trying to "produce porn commercially" and that he held the copyright to the material. Barber continues: "So if I go saying that I want to make porn, get paid for making porn, and then complain that the porn I asked people to pay me for is then public, do I have a right to be embarrassed?" Sgt. Bob Ray of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office says that "If you use the internet with the intent to harass or embarrass or basically demand someone, and there is sexually explicit material, and you can identify the other person who has not given their consent, that’s essentially the threshold." Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that there is now a cottage industry of revenge porn sites, some of which charge annual membership fees while others extort from victims. And while 34 states and DC have revenge porn laws, prosecutions are rare. (Some victims are committing suicide.)