Aylo previously known as MindGeek is a Canadian multinational pornographic conglomerate owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners. It is primarily involved in internet pornography , operating a number of video sharing websites including platforms such as Pornhub , RedTube , and YouPorn , and pornographic film studios such as Brazzers , Digital Playground , Men.
The company is one of the largest distributors of online pornography, to the extent that it has been accused of having a monopoly position with 3 out of the 10 most popular online pornography sites being owned by the company. The company has been subject to a number of lawsuits and filed litigation against its competitors. They were sued in California for hosting non-consensual pornography produced by GirlsDoPorn , which coerced women into appearing in their videos under false pretenses.
In January , a class action lawsuit making similar claims was launched in Montreal for anyone who had pornography photos and videos, some of which may have been taken when they were underage, shared on its websites without their consent, since It later launched Brazzers and a porn production company among various other pay sites. In March , Thylmann bought the assets of Mansef and Interhub, and merged the properties into a new entity called Manwin.
Manwin went on an acquisition spree of other popular pornographic entities. In May , Manwin acquired the pornographic video sharing website YouPorn. In January , Manwin signed a deal to acquire the assets of the American pornographic movie studio Digital Playground. The Quebec Market Authority , the province's market regulator that is somewhat equivalent to the U.
SEC , investigated Amaya 's executives for trading on privileged information. According to the charges, some MindGeek executives were found to have benefited from the leak of information, although they were not major players in the insider trading ring. Playboy CEO Scott Flanders described the partnership with MindGeek as "the biggest mistake I've made at the company," [ 53 ] saying that "Playboy should not have association with being in the sex-act business.
