Reports have indicated that performers on similar "casting couch" formats were paid around $2,000 for their scenes—a sum that may seem substantial to a cash-strapped student but is minuscule compared to the perpetual revenue the footage generates. In the case of Alyssa Funke, the repercussions were fatal. When news outlets informed the operators of CastingCouch-X that a performer had committed suicide following harassment triggered by their video, the site reportedly did not remove the content or issue a statement. This lack of aftercare highlights the ethical void that sometimes exists between content producers and the human subjects they film in pursuit of high-resolution footage.
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