Falcon Photo Sues Pimpdog

[Hammer]

Well of course Roger will be paying, it was his company. It's a shame to see Treys name in there though.


Not.


p.s. If Falcon actually does go after certain affiliates, they could single handedly dismantle the entire affiliate program concept over night. Would any of you ever promote a sponsor using their content again if you knew you were liable for the content they provided you?

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Hammer

p.s. If Falcon actually does go after certain affiliates, they could single handedly dismantle the entire affiliate program concept over night. Would any of you ever promote a sponsor using their content again if you knew you were liable for the content they provided you?

Fuck NO!

This industry has a history of people not paying for content.
BIG companies that could afford to pay.
Content providers fattening their catalog by scanning pages of Penthouse in the backroom while publically berating webmasters to pay for content.

Bygones be bygones its not 98 anymore.
Content can be had very inexpensive.

The biggest concern everyone would have is the 2257 compliancy issue.
Hard to trust someone unknown to be on the up and up. A nice reputable clearinghouse for all things content would be helpful.

Hmmm I think I know the guy that owns opranocontent.com ....

[Hammer]

The issue for many affiliate programs would be no big deal because you can buy your own content to promote their websites, but all the sponsors that have reality sites, or single model sites where you have no choice but to use their content could have some problems if Falcon actually makes good on this claim to go after affliates that promoted PornKings.

I seriously doubt that their is an affiliate out there that knowingly used stolen content to promote PornKings sites. They used their FHGs and trusted the fact that PornKings was using legal content on those galleries.

Can you imagine having to get copies of the 2257 docs as well as the actual content licenses for every FHG you use on a TGP?

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Hammer

The issue for many affiliate programs would be no big deal because you can buy your own content to promote their websites, but all the sponsors that have reality sites, or single model sites where you have no choice but to use their content could have some problems if Falcon actually makes good on this claim to go after affliates that promoted PornKings.

I seriously doubt that their is an affiliate out there that knowingly used stolen content to promote PornKings sites. They used their FHGs and trusted the fact that PornKings was using legal content on those galleries.

Can you imagine having to get copies of the 2257 docs as well as the actual content licenses for every FHG you use on a TGP?

As I recall that was what they were looking for with the first revision of 2257.

[Tucker]

This has been misinterpreted and miscontrued and maybe we should have been more specific in the first place. I am sorry so here is my attempt to clear it up...

If you own a program and you generate a code through your affiliate program as what is typically refered to as an "inhouse code" to track certain campaigns then that code actually belongs to an 'affiliate'. So if you own the company and are committing infringement and try and hide behind the "it was an affiliate" argument, you are allowed to get spanked. That is what we were really refering to.

Companies who spammed tried to play that "it was an affiliate" game with the FTC. We were covering our bases.

This is an issue between a group of people and companies and us. Not the real affiliate community.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Tucker

If you own a program and you generate a code through your affiliate program as what is typically refered to as an "inhouse code" to track certain campaigns then that code actually belongs to an 'affiliate'. So if you own the company and are committing infringement and try and hide behind the "it was an affiliate" argument, you are allowed to get spanked. That is what we were really refering to.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Tucker

This has been misinterpreted and miscontrued and maybe we should have been more specific in the first place. I am sorry so here is my attempt to clear it up...

If you own a program and you generate a code through your affiliate program as what is typically refered to as an "inhouse code" to track certain campaigns then that code actually belongs to an 'affiliate'. So if you own the company and are committing infringement and try and hide behind the "it was an affiliate" argument, you are allowed to get spanked. That is what we were really refering to.

Companies who spammed tried to play that "it was an affiliate" game with the FTC. We were covering our bases.

This is an issue between a group of people and companies and us. Not the real affiliate community.

I think you should vigorously persue anyone stealing your content.
Good luck

[JoesHO]

Yes this issue is one that needs to be resolved.

We get our content stolen more often than we like .

we will be going after Quantum/proadult soon if they continue to fail to respond to our offer for them to settle what they used without a license from us.

We are also involved in litigation actions in two other countries and preparing for a big one here in the USA

why big companies do this is beyond me.

I hope you get what is yours Falcon as we share the same issues ( not with this particular company though)