Remember Justin.tv? All that attention will lose him his home
This post was published 2 years 9 months 14 days ago which may make its actuality or expire date not be valid anymore. This site is not responsible for any misunderstanding.Earlier this month Dan pointed out a website to fulfill every voyeurs dream(s). The site, Justin.tv, was a live chat room centered around a single camera strapped to the side of someones (Justin) head. The camera was constantly streaming whatever Justin was doing 24 hours a day leading up to a few different incidents broadcast throughout the net. Unfortunately, and no surprise, Justin’s landlord [as well as his neighbors] are not at all happy about the extra attention introduced to the apartment complex.
The four members of the start-up behind the online reality television show are being evicted by their landlords, Trinity Management Services, due to complaints of raucous parties and other disruptive behavior.
On April 12, Bornstein sent another letter warning Justin.tv founders Kan and Shear, the only two officially on the lease, that they had broken the lease’s terms for having more than two people living in the apartment and for running a business from the apartment without the landlord’s permission and in violation of San Francisco zoning laws.
Tenants have complained about large number of people coming and going from the building. There were complaints of a loud fight, though Justin.tv crew dismissed it as a low level cat fight. Justin.tv guys call it low level disagreement between two ladies visiting the apartment. Wired’s Epicenter blog says that Justin.tv’s use of the apartment “stretches the notion of the home office into the limits of fair use.”
I foresee sponsors footing the bill for a dedicated pad for Justin to settle into for as long as they see this little stunt as being a continual success (which shouldn’t be for too much longer). Right?