Pornhub Is Officially Extorting Me

[hincapie]

Jel figured that one for sure ... but its hard to see anything being done about it - maybe theyll be "grand" and fix it for you but the practice likely continues in general.

...and realistically theres only a sense of fairplay in their way, it isnt illegal or shady, just a bit shitty. Especially given their near monopoly in the market

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by hincapie

Jel figured that one for sure ... but its hard to see anything being done about it - maybe theyll be "grand" and fix it for you but the practice likely continues in general.

...and realistically theres only a sense of fairplay in their way, it isnt illegal or shady, just a bit shitty. Especially given their near monopoly in the market

Parts of my most recent reply were taken from an email I had going with the owners of a popular website where searching for them gave listings on Pornhub just like mine. Pornhub removed them when they complained, so they know about it. Jel simply pointed out how truly ludicrous their explanation is.

In my case, they are technically not doing anything illegal in that dummy never registered his name as a trademark (long story, shitty lawyer, it may be on here someplace). But if I did, then it'd be illegal. It is shady as fuck & incredibly shitty.

I know this makes me sound old, but I really fucking miss the days when 95% of the people you dealt with were just that: people. This entire fucking industry has become way too corporate.

[hincapie]

Shady and shitty, not sure if even trademarking would protect against it

-> it would require being able to explain to a judge the fine point distinctions Jel introduced vs a "we cant control what users search for or the tags introduced by uploaders, but we remove it immediately when it is brought to our attention"

Either way, even if they had to dump the specific practice these corporations have the sheer volume to crush us all in 100 different ways. Kudos to you for sticking it to them, but turn the next page and they will be monopolizing in some other way

Originally Posted by Greenguy

Parts of my most recent reply were taken from an email I had going with the owners of a popular website where searching for them gave listings on Pornhub just like mine. Pornhub removed them when they complained, so they know about it. Jel simply pointed out how truly ludicrous their explanation is.

In my case, they are technically not doing anything illegal in that dummy never registered his name as a trademark (long story, shitty lawyer, it may be on here someplace). But if I did, then it'd be illegal. It is shady as fuck & incredibly shitty.

I know this makes me sound old, but I really fucking miss the days when 95% of the people you dealt with were just that: people. This entire fucking industry has become way too corporate.

[Greenguy]

I'm way too angry to format the last 2 posts, so here: