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[SmithsMedia]

Originally Posted by Mattinblack

I think how precious people get about their content is down to

1. How big they are - the bigger the player the more they expect and even allow for some of their content getting stolen. They make all sorts of noises but cant afford to prosecute every little incident though u can bet that if Microsoft used one of RicosPhats movies on their next windows promo they would get their ass sued for millions!

2. Whether they themselves paid for the content in the first place or whether it came free from a sponsor or even from a source they cant remember!

3. Whether they stole it to start with

I expect people to steal a certain amount of my stuff, its all digitally watermarked and in some cases carries difficult to remove advertising for my sites. For example if somebody goes to http://hunfreeporn.com/webcam/kermit.html and steals the picture to post on a website or email to all their friends I regard that as viral marketing.

Personally I believe that the old hacker ethos 'Data wants to be Free!' is whether we like it or not alive and well.

Just waiting for my digitally watermarked Spantaneous Exstacy picture set that got stolen by hackers from my members area to appear on a big commercial site then I will sue their Ass for megabucks. That got stolen before I even made it available to the members but I never did so that I can track it. So far my search bot found two pics from the set posted to a linkdump but the people concerned aint worth prosecuting.

Im with you on the content being stolen and posted being good marketing, Im gettting bashed on another thread for having these views.

As for the domain thing, well thats personal choice, I dont think the hun will loose any sleep over it and better a visable webmaster have it then some iffy spammer from the back end of russia.

[SirMoby]

Originally Posted by SmithsMedia

Im with you on the content being stolen and posted being good marketing, Im gettting bashed on another thread for having these views.

You might be able to make an arguement about marketing in news groups and things like that but stolen content being placed inside of a large advertisment for someone elses products? A TGP gallery is a large ad for some company and stealing my content to improve an ad for another company is not marketing.

Everyone that thinks it through knows this.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by SmithsMedia

Im with you on the content being stolen and posted being good marketing, Im gettting bashed on another thread for having these views.

You are not being bashed, just argued with. There will be no mistaking it when the bashing begins.

Originally Posted by SmithsMedia

As for the domain thing, well thats personal choice, I dont think the hun will loose any sleep over it and better a visable webmaster have it then some iffy spammer from the back end of russia.

Again, not bashing you, but you are wrong. The Hun grabs a lot of domains from people like this guy, who are attempting to steal his traffic by using his good name. You don't remain big if you allow every little webmaster to bend you over like that. Anyone who purchases a domain that incorporates a known trademark IS an iffy webmaster. And take my word on this - Mattinblack is beyond fucking iffy.