Posting Of Pay Site Images - All Read.

[Excaliborg]

seanchai you sound very much like the RIAA who blame the end users of a product for the loss of business. consider this, i can do a google search right now for just about anything and i can guarentee you i will find what i am looking for without having to pay. whose fault is that? mine or yours? as a provider of a specific kind of content it is upon YOU to secure you data or IP(Interllectual Properrty) or whatever you want to call it. dont go after us poor plebs. go after the saucy knaves who are stealing your IP. it is not my fault that more that more than three pics of any given galllery is available on the internet. it is YOUR responsibility to ensure what is available to us poor plebs.

sure you can enforce a three pic rule on your own site via tours. as Jenae LaTorque said(i think), we help to promote your paysites.

now as to copyright. you have to PROVE what the INTENTION is. not what i'm actually doing. read them laws again. just because im searching for pics of shemales or tgirls (reminds me of a thread in the Shemale Chat section, they are women not just objects of sexual desire) does not mean im going to your site with the purpose of stealimg. i want to jack off to something that i find appealing. so im going to go where the freely availabel content is, not to a forum that only allows three pics of any given set.

so it comes down to this. if you want to protect your content, only make three examples available per set availanle to the public. do not have teaser sets of nine, twelve or fifteen examples available. once again the onus is upon YOU to protect your content. not me, not Jenae LaTorque or any other member of this forum.

to quote you "...Legal issues are not really opening to question, take them up with your politicians." why involve politicians? this is not a polical matter. secure your IP, make your data is protected. dont make us the scapegoat.

violet lightning and Jenae LaTorque(she has such nawty eyes)

[Bionca]

While I have obviously mixed feelings about the adult industry, I have to go with Seanchai here. I doubt there would be very many times when this is the case.

The porn industry does not have huge margins to begin with unless you are Playboy, Hustler, Vivid, or Private. Grooby may be the big fish, but they are still in a tiny pond. We are being nicely asked to actually support the industry that has made this site possible. We can join a pay site and/or stop snagging and posting their stuff. Simple really.

If Seanchai's request was unreasonable, you bet I'd be on it like stink on a skunk. However, I think this is a very realistic compromise.

[seanchai]

Originally Posted by Excaliborg

seanchai you sound very much like the RIAA who blame the end users of a product for the loss of business. consider this, i can do a google search right now for just about anything and i can guarentee you i will find what i am looking for without having to pay. whose fault is that? mine or yours? as a provider of a specific kind of content it is upon YOU to secure you data or IP(Interllectual Properrty) or whatever you want to call it. dont go after us poor plebs. go after the saucy knaves who are stealing your IP. it is not my fault that more that more than three pics of any given galllery is available on the internet. it is YOUR responsibility to ensure what is available to us poor plebs.

I'm not blaming anyone for our loss of business, I'm moving with the times and the current times indicate that this is what is necessary to protect the business as a whole. If you had any interest in the future of TS porn and the models, you'd respect that.
Pretty much with searching and hard work, you will find stolen content, we spend time and energy trying to delete and restrict access to stolen content so that the average surfer will get better value for his time and money, by spending on one of our sites and helping perpetuate more content.
I've already stated more than 3 pics can be posted if it's from content we give away freely, but not from membership area content.

Originally Posted by Excaliborg

sure you can enforce a three pic rule on your own site via tours. as Jenae LaTorque said(i think), we help to promote your paysites.

I can enforce a ZERO infringement of our copyright on any site or server. As you rightly paraphrased me, "you do help to promote our paysites" which is why we're not enforcing that rule as we've done on some sites.

Originally Posted by Excaliborg

now as to copyright. you have to PROVE what the INTENTION is. not what i'm actually doing. read them laws again. just because im searching for pics of shemales or tgirls (reminds me of a thread in the Shemale Chat section, they are women not just objects of sexual desire) does not mean im going to your site with the purpose of stealimg. i want to jack off to something that i find appealing. so im going to go where the freely availabel content is, not to a forum that only allows three pics of any given set.

I think you need to read the laws and my posts again before you jump on your high horse. It's not about searching or viewing pics - it's about posting them. Any server that hosts the photos, without permission, is in breach of copyright laws.

Originally Posted by Excaliborg

so it comes down to this. if you want to protect your content, only make three examples available per set availanle to the public. do not have teaser sets of nine, twelve or fifteen examples available. once again the onus is upon YOU to protect your content. not me, not Jenae LaTorque or any other member of this forum.

a) It doesn't come down to this. Abide by rules set by producers or expect to see material from those producers removed from all sites other than those they've expressly given content to.

b) I've stated, that they can use the sample photos ... the 3 image rule, is for those from the website members area. If in doubt, don't post as you more than likely, got them from illegal postings.

Originally Posted by Excaliborg

to quote you "...Legal issues are not really opening to question, take them up with your politicians." why involve politicians? this is not a polical matter. secure your IP, make your data is protected. dont make us the scapegoat.

Negative. How ridiculous, a shopkeeper should lock up his wares because if he doesn't then he's responsible for people stealing them and the thieves are the scapegoats.
My point was, if you have problems with the current copyright laws, take them up with politicians and not with us. We act within the current laws and all we're asking, is for you to do the same.

[Jenae LaTorque]

OK! You have cleared up some matters. You are not against us posting 15 pics from those pages that you have already made available on the net for free. OK You are against people who post material from the members section of the sites you are representing here. OK Perfecty understandable and justified. When we are talking about such material, and you wish to set the limit at three, I say fine. Not that it affects non-member me, but it isn't something I would do anyway due to ethical considerations. I am sure there is a clause in your member agreement prohibitting such behavior. I can't find any excuse for such contract breaking save that of sub-normal intelligence.

Even with that being said, I still believe that "you are barking up the wrong tree." But then, that is okay as long as you are barking up the other more likely trees also. I think this forum would have to be a very minor part of your problems. I think you would have to agree that the entry into the Tgirl market by big players like HUSTLER has cost you far more. The last five years have seen an explosion in the number of Tgirl related internet sites. When such an event occurs in any business, usually it is because the demand is there and there is money to be made. When this reaches a certain point where supply exceeds demand, then there will be a leveling out. Some producers will fall, while most others will have to become more efficient to survive. Also, we are now in a world-wide recession and perhaps you are feeling a crunch between the effects of that and a reduced demand due to the increased competition. And I have noticed that the competition is increasing not only in quantity, but in quality. There have never been so many truly attractive Tgirls on the net as there are now. No longer are photoshots like something that could pass for home candids or crappy movie stills. There are pics out there that approach closely to the standards as set by PLAYBOY. There are even some who are retouching their photos, like PLAYBOY, to such an extent that it is hard to recognize the silky smooth skinned model as the same one you just saw in another set with an acne pitted face. Speaking of Playboy; has anyone in the western world ever tried to emulate them by having a Tgirl club complete with Tgirl hostesses?

So here you are. And here I am. I have been looking at the numbers. Lol I am a great believer in numbers. When people say this is so or that is so, I want to see the hard data; the numbers. Home page says we have 35, 969 members, 4,371 of whom are active members. Now I am unsure of what constitutes an active member as opposed to a non-active member. Perhaps one of you moderators or SSL could explain this distinction. Furthermore, it says there are 72 users online-18 members and 54 guests. Looking at the stats for where these members are currantly viewing, we see that the large majority of them are in the freebies section. So we can see that only 25% of those viewing at one point in time are members. It would be interesting to know how many visitors we get a day. Now it is true that one is not able to download pics unless one is a member and that is limited until you get enough points to where you are allowed more than you need or want. All in all, I don't see where those numbers can support a contention that you are losing much business here. Now links to video sites may well be a whole differant story. Visitors would be able to use those links to go there just as much as members. And if as you say, some of these links do lead to sites with stolen content; would it not be possible to create some kind of software linked to a database of known thief sites that would alert moderators to their posting, or even better, disallow the posting at all. Yes, I know that software doesn't grow on trees

In summation, I still think this tree ain't worth barking up. But I really would not be bothered with a total limit of five or so pics from any one shoot. Because when you get down to it; there is so much availible free for the downloading out there, that there is no need for this forum to be a pic supplier. Five should be enough to convey the essence of any single shoot of a Tgirl. I am hereby assuming that limit. No longer will I post more than 5 pics from any one shoot. If they want more, than they can darn well go search them out on the FHG sites like I do.

P.S. The whole thing about my legal fee was a joke - that is why there are the smilies with it. Perhaps you are not in a receptive mood for humor at this point in time. Well, that's OK too! I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors.

"When the wolf gnaws, smile." - Robert Heinlein