wko86 450 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 If people were using it as I'm guessing it was originally intended where you would host your own original content, then yes it makes sense that you would want the ability to make things private and only visible to people you approve. That's clearly not the way the site is used though. C3PeeAhh, Kyuu and AnotherGuy 3 Quote Link to comment
pinkguy101 1 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 It encourages people to post more, since lots of people don't let you follow them unless you post something worthwhile. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Lol yeah it makes no sense to me either. Quote Link to comment
GSS..GS 306 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 What, you mean the people that say "Must have 15 original videos to accept friend request" who host 200 videos they ripped from elsewhere? I'd say that's the internet at its finest. Chris_P_Bacon, Kyuu, C3PeeAhh and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment
C3PeeAhh 165 Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 What's amazing is that it has this algorithm that checks if any uploaded videos are already on the site, so you have to keep trying to find stuff no one has found or uploaded before. From that point of view, that means they should have deep content that isn't repetitive. That's terrific. Too bad the site is SO slow and I get super frustrated that I can't search, watch and save all the content it hosts—so I don't use it. On 10/13/2022 at 7:42 PM, pinkguy101 said: It encourages people to post more, since lots of people don't let you follow them unless you post something worthwhile. Quote Link to comment
Renatatswet 9,725 Posted October 16, 2022 ✨ Legendary Member Share Posted October 16, 2022 I don't see why one would only share to some people and not to others. So, no, I'm not a fan of the system. If you want to share, then share to the whole planet. Quote Link to comment
TVGuy 10,658 Posted October 16, 2022 🌟 OmoOrg VIP Share Posted October 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, Renatatswet said: I don't see why one would only share to some people and not to others. So, no, I'm not a fan of the system. If you want to share, then share to the whole planet. The problem is that there are certain laws that one is supposed to follow when it comes to adult content- Like keeping records that prove the age of the models, and affidavits stating that they agree for the video to be used in a specific way. If you want to post videos that you just harvested randomly online, or of people you know, but didn't do all the paperwork for, then there isn't really a way to do that legally. Recent changes in US law extends that legal liability to the sites that host that content, as secondary producers. Previously, sites could just ask their users to click a couple boxes certifying they followed all the rules, but because the sites themselves were shielded from legal liability, they didn't really care too much if their users followed the rules or not. Many of these sites relied on the criminal activity of their users, through copyright infringement, videos traded through money laundering schemes, and videos being shared without adequate permission. Now that these sites can be held legally liable for the criminal activity of their users, how do they protect themselves? Well, one is they could actually follow the law. They could require users upload proof of age records and copies of modeling agreements giving permission for the videos to be used, and to review those documents and certify content as being compliant before it is made available. Of course, if they did this, they would almost immediately run into the problem that no one wanted to upload new content anymore. So, the next thing they could try to do is get around the law somehow. And that seems to be what ThisVid is doing. Their system allows them to claim that their videos are not publicly available, and that they are not serving as a video platform or distributor, but as a communications tool. Basically, they are trying to read between the lines of the legal definition of "secondary producer" and change things up just enough that they might be able to argue that definition doesn't apply to them. Of course, there are still other laws that they do have to follow, but if authorities can't view the content to determine if it is violating any laws, then there is no way to prosecute. This system definitely has flaws, authorities could still figure out some way to gain access to content, but it makes it much more difficult, thus decreasing the chance that anyone involved with the site would be prosecuted. C3PeeAhh and Despguy123 2 Quote Link to comment
C3PeeAhh 165 Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 43 minutes ago, TVGuy said: The problem is that there are certain laws that one is supposed to follow when it comes to adult content- Like keeping records that prove the age of the models, and affidavits stating that they agree for the video to be used in a specific way. If you want to post videos that you just harvested randomly online, or of people you know, but didn't do all the paperwork for, then there isn't really a way to do that legally. Recent changes in US law extends that legal liability to the sites that host that content, as secondary producers. Previously, sites could just ask their users to click a couple boxes certifying they followed all the rules, but because the sites themselves were shielded from legal liability, they didn't really care too much if their users followed the rules or not. Many of these sites relied on the criminal activity of their users, through copyright infringement, videos traded through money laundering schemes, and videos being shared without adequate permission. Now that these sites can be held legally liable for the criminal activity of their users, how do they protect themselves? Well, one is they could actually follow the law. They could require users upload proof of age records and copies of modeling agreements giving permission for the videos to be used, and to review those documents and certify content as being compliant before it is made available. Of course, if they did this, they would almost immediately run into the problem that no one wanted to upload new content anymore. So, the next thing they could try to do is get around the law somehow. And that seems to be what ThisVid is doing. Their system allows them to claim that their videos are not publicly available, and that they are not serving as a video platform or distributor, but as a communications tool. Basically, they are trying to read between the lines of the legal definition of "secondary producer" and change things up just enough that they might be able to argue that definition doesn't apply to them. Of course, there are still other laws that they do have to follow, but if authorities can't view the content to determine if it is violating any laws, then there is no way to prosecute. This system definitely has flaws, authorities could still figure out some way to gain access to content, but it makes it much more difficult, thus decreasing the chance that anyone involved with the site would be prosecuted. Quote Link to comment
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