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Originally Posted by Be_my_nude
I have to say I am, like Jenae, somewhat puzzled as to what the qualifications are for a member to become a Moderator. It would seem no co-incidence that Seanchai got himself appointed Moderator for Freebies. As such I can hardly think he can claim to be impartial ( an absolute pre-requisite, I would have thought ), without vested interests.
One aspect which seems to me curious. It seems that Seanchai is against members of this Forum liberally posting pictures which have already been downladed by paid-up members of any of his listed sites. Surely it is up to him to identify and contact those paid-up members who have made available the sets for free. Clearly their paid for membership makes them feel entitled to do what they want with the pictures. Make no mistake about it, these pictures were not 'stolen ' form the sites in the first place, so how can members of this Forum be accused by Seanchai of handling ' stolen goods '?
I'm also pretty unhappy about the possibility that a Moderator may have abused his powers or position. Perhaps Seanchai might care to comment ?
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Wow... I find it entirely puzzling that people are so mistaken about the law... I thought that CSI and the ilk was the most watched show in the country for a reason. Let's clarify...
If I, as your friend or even casual acquaintance steal a car and give it to you saying, 'I own this car and I'm giving it to you.' You have a decision to make. Either you accept the car, no questions asked or you start to delve a little deeper because this would be just too good of a thing to get for free.
Now, if you choose choice A and then resell the vehicle, and get caught selling it... guess what... you're trafficking in stolen goods. Doesn't matter if you knew the car was stolen or not. Now, depending on circumstances and the strength of your defense... you may get off easy claiming ignorance. But, should you get a jury who doesn't believe you... tough cookies. Due diligence.
I'm not saying that every single picture on here has to be accounted for BUT.. C'MON people... let's be honest here! Most, of the content here is posted WITHOUT the express permission of the companies in question. This, cut and dry, is copyright infringement by the PERSON who posts it, REGARDLESS of the source.
I still find it incredibly irrelevant about who is Moderator and abuse of power or whatever this nonsense is. Unless you're the owner of this forum, why in the world do you have any say or interest AT ALL in who is a Moderator and who is not? Where in the Forum Bible does it say that Moderators have to be impartial? Folks... let's not mistake MODERATION with CENSORSHIP... these are two completely different words with entirely different meanings. A responsible Moderator should first and foremost have the good of the Forum in mind. I think everyone would agree that letting word get out that this Forum has Members posting large amounts of content from various sites without their permission would probably be more of a bad thing than a helpful thing. Best solved by making a polite request (done) and culling out overly populated threads (done). That's good moderation. Now, if Seanchai suddenly goes and starts deleting people's opinions and posts and such... that's CENSORSHIP and i would agree... an abuse of his Moderator privilege. But, that's not the case here. I think people are just sorry to see some of their free porn go bye bye. Tough beans. If you really want to see more than three pictures... stop eating at Burger King every day and Starbucks every morning and save up 30 or 40 bucks to join the site for a month. Download all the content you want for yourself to enjoy... just don't post it for someone else to get without paying for it.
I, as the copyright holder of my pictures have the right to take them down (or make the request) whenever and wherever I see them posted without my permission. I suspect that Seanchai was made Moderator more out of convenience by the owner(s) of this Forum who probably doesn't have the time or energy to view every single thread to make sure the content there is legitimate or not. Actually, I think this is entirely MORE preferable than finding tons of ripped content on the forum and taking legal action, no?