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Originally Posted by Paul&John
If he is talking about galleries which are listed on the tgp/mgp in his sig, then he shouldn't be ok? (the content is hotlinked from ND servers)
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Different sponsors have different agreements with their content supplier, some will only be allowed to use it if the entire gallery is hosted from their server. Also some sponsors are bloody minded or stupid, and will object to this on principle, regardless of the fact that it does them a favour. And thirdly, if he is making a lot of money this way, some dishonest sponsors may use it as an excuse not to pay him. It is wise (probably imperative) that he gets an OK from the sponsors before doing this. I have no doubt that the majority will agree, but he need written or email conformation first, or he will loose out in the long run (i.e. not get paid, get blacklisted for "content theft" or possibly even for hotlinking without permission, his closing him down for same, and possibly criminal prosecution too).
Also - as he lives in the USA he needs a U.S.C. 2257 Compliance Statement, and without details from the sponsor he will not be able to supply this, which could also lead to criminal prosecution.
In short, what he is doing is a good idea, hopefully he is making good money out of it, but I am also hoping that he has read this thread (he has not been back to post since posting that he was doing this) and got a retrospective OK from the sponsors (and also sorted out the U.S.C. 2257 stuff).