Public Notice regarding the unauthorized use of my Intellectual Property

[MissBStar]

Slinky Please keep us updated on the battles you have been winning. I would like to hear how you handled situations and what the result was.

Also I have a question. So for an adult performer that does a photoset for a website. Is it unheard of or unusual for the model to receive a set of pics to use on her main site. Not for Sale but for promotional purposes.

[slinky]

Slinky Please keep us updated on the battles you have been winning. I would like to hear how you handled situations and what the result was.

Also I have a question. So for an adult performer that does a photoset for a website. Is it unheard of or unusual for the model to receive a set of pics to use on her main site. Not for Sale but for promotional purposes.

It's not "unheard of", but most sites won't do it. But certainly the owner of the content would not expect that it would be used with no credit and without asking permission first. Also, even when it's done, I don't think they would give the model a "photo set" from one shoot as it is being used on the site; perhaps a pic or three. Maybe someone from Grooby will chime in with what they do.

Let me ask you a question: how would you feel if you saw an ad for Naked.com (another cam site) and the pics on your cammodels page were used in their ad?

[MissBStar]

I wouldn't like it in the least bit. I also wouldn't be surprised to see me in an ad.

[JP Ewing]

I always tell models I shoot that they can use a few of the pics for their own promotional purposes, as long as they keep the watermark on them. It promotes the model and also promotes the site that the rest of the pics can be found on. And as long as the model is not reselling the pics or charging to view them, I don't see any problem with it and in fact, encourage it. I want any model I work with to be as proud of the work as I am.

If I take candid pictures of a model without them agreeing to be photographed, and post them on the internet, I have no expectations on retaining sole use of the images or even being credited for taking them.

[slinky]

But JP, don't you do most of your work not as primary producer, but "for hire" for websites?