The American entertainment industry bible, Variety, is reporting that Dublin's Element Pictures has told Pornhub to remove a 23-minute compilation of Normal People sex scenes from its site.
Talking to Variety, series executive producer Ed Guiney says: “We’re hugely disappointed that excerpts have been used in this way. It’s both a violation of copyright and more importantly, it’s deeply disrespectful to the actors involved and to the wider creative team.
“We have taken appropriate steps to require that the content be removed from the platform with immediate effect.”
Variety also report the response from Pornhub VP Corey Price, which is that, "“Pornhub is fully compliant with the law. We respect all copyright requests and as soon as we become aware of the existence of these types of videos on our site, we have them removed."
In the new issue of Hot Press, out today with Gerry Cinnamon and The 1975's Matty Healy co-starring in our Double Cover Special, Lenny Abrahamson talks to Roe McDermott about portraying the physical side of Marianne and Connell's relationship, and Tanis Smither tells certain listeners to Joe Duffy's Liveline why they're comprehensively missing the point.
Plus, we have good news for Joe Duffy listeners looking for something new to be offended by now that Normal People has, er, climaxed.
Receiving its Freeview Channel4.com premiere on June 12 is ANNE+, a Dutch series focusing on a young lesbian's turbulent love life at uni.
With Orange Is The New Black's Laura Gomez such a big fan that she cleared her schedule to guest in it, it's quite the international sensation.
Stay tuned for our chat with Anne, AKA Hanna van Vliet (pictured above), on hotpress.com.