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Originally posted by tiredeyes
Unreal, last 20+ uploads are apparently models/celebrities, except they've come from /r/gonewild that must make them models or maybe they're celebrities.
Just lazy moderator bullshit, @kanzen come and save your fellow mods AGAIN !
As Omuh has stated before, on multiple occasions in a handful of threads, "Models/Celebrities" was supposed to be replaced with "Copyright Violation", but Dizzy has yet to get around to it. Copyright violation is a general umbrella for both professionals pornstars, amateur pornstars (branded), camgirls, and any material that has an identifiable copyright holder. Our upload rules specifically state you cannot upload other people's copyrighted content.
United States copyright law states specifically that as soon as the content is created it is copyrighted for the lifetime of the original copyright holder plus 70 years. Anything made after April 1, 1989 is automatically copyrighted with or without notice. For further information you can check here:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/06/understanding-copyright-and-licenses/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/copyright-explained-i-may-copy-it-right/
That means your post is copyrighted to you, people cannot re-use [reprint] it without suitable fair-use or your explicit permission
Now as to r/gonewild and pretty much any subreddit, the contents posted there are copyrighted by the posters. Specifically they state this in the r/gonewild FAQ:
http://www.reddit.com/r/gonewild/wiki/faq
Just search for the term "Copyright" and it will show up in the statement, "Copyright is inherent and it belongs to you, the creator of the content." So unless you, or anyone else uploads content from r/gonewild and has explicit permission from the copyright holder to rehost their content to our servers, you are not allowed to upload said content. Right on the upload pages it says you cannot upload pictures/videos in case of the following: "Celebrities and Models or Copyrighted material". I know a lot of our users have some sort of aversion to reading but it is also reiterated here:
http://whatboyswant.com/forums/146141
So no, you cannot upload stuff from r/gonewild to WBW——you cannot come in and upload pictures of say DiggityDank, ShyRedhead_V2, nina1987 to our servers. But DiggityDank can upload her own stuff. ShyRedhead_V2 can upload ShyRedhead content, etc. But I know you're going to ask, well, why is there anything at all on WBW? Well, WBW moderators don't have the time and capacity to research each and every individual piece of content. But as new tools are coming out it is making it a bit easier with reverse image searches. WBW has always waded in murky waters with copyright law. That is why Dizzy created ChickUpload under a different company so if they get sued only ChickUpload will be affected. WBW dwarfs the content and traffic of ChickUpload, so it isn't that big of a deal if it is taken down. That is why all professional stuff has to be hotlinked.
WBW has always had an unsaid policy of removing things upon request and apologizing, and claiming ignorance.
We have already had various models (including a few from r/gonewild) and agencies file complaints and copyright take downs on WBW. We need to remain as small of a legal target as possible so easily identifiable stuff will be removed immediately. Last thing we need is a class action lawsuit against WBW (using the new Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have to scrub WBW entirely and give up a whole lot of personal and billing information to various governmental agencies to pursue legal recourse.
So what seems more reasonable? Being a bit overzealous with what can and cannot be uploaded to WBW or to become a big legal target? So yeah, that is a no-go on r/gonewild.
Cue Tiredeyes secretly being Chocolatekittyy.