Attn Adult FriendFinder Reps...

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Adult-AdWorld

Is it universally felt that all of opendirviewer's content misappropriated?

Is it opendirviewer doing the misappropriating or is it that they allow others to do so and do not police them?

As I see it opendirviewer is no different than fusker. They are republishing images from web pages they do not own, without consent, and are stealing bandwidth while doing so by hotlinking those images. The only case where it would not be "misappropriation" is when the owner of the web page submits the URL to opendirviewer. I'd guess that happens very rarely.

Originally Posted by Adult-AdWorld

How would you suggest a company like mine handle situations like this? (How should we investigate, and what proof is reasonable to make us sever ties)?

Investigation is pretty easy. Is content hotlinked from another web site? If yes, can the site owner provide written consent for each and every link? I think we both know the answer to that without asking.