im not sure is this the right section for this thread hay. i want to open an adult tube site. im sure members will upload many adult video/scene from various adult film or downloaded video from paysite like naughtyAmerica, bangbros, realitykings...etc now my question is...opening an adult tube site...is it ok ?? another question...if i open an adult image gallery site (not like other image host, member will upload a series of pics & make a gallery) (all the pic will be hosted in my site) is it OK ??
First, ensure that you choose a hosting company that allows adult content. Only a minority of the hosts allow adult content. Check that and it will be ok. You can also expect to deal with copyright material being copied to your website without permission from the authors. That is a big problem from Internet. You may decided to host the material or just link to the site displaying the material. That will change your liability in presenting the material.
Most Adult Tube type sites are affiliates of the companies whos video's they show as a teaser to click through to the main site and sign up for a membership. Become an affiliate and there are tons of materials of you to use to promote, including videos, and images. If you are going to let others upload videos, you need to be prepared that people will upload copywritten content and you will need to remove it immediately when complaints are made. Frequent violations may open you up to litigation from the companies that feel you are a frequent violator. They play a little differently in Adult and don't take unauthorized use lightly. You can get much better answers on Adult specific forums from actual webmasters and program owners.
ok so far i read so much stuff about whats legal what isn't and i think i read way too much and now i'm completely confused. i heard watermarked images are ok, then someone says they're not, some non marked images are ok, someone else says they're not. Can someone answer this: 1) If i have an image on my site that does not in any way have any watermarks on it (but obviously i didn't take it myself ) - is this something i can display on my page and host? 2) if i have an image from another site clearly marked with that sites' URL - is this something i can display on my page and host? 3) is it correct to say that an image hosted somewhere else watermarked or not is something i can display (again hosted somewhere else) ? please answer above questions as i'm really really confused.
from reading these replies, i can say: all the ImageHost like- imageshake, uploadhouse, photobucket etc... are illegal & most of the adult site content 80% illegal videos. & no one is caring !!! in a word...90% adult forum/imagehost/tube are containing illegal content.
I don't know where you get these stats from, but that is simply not true. There is piracy in Adult just like anything online, but many images and videos are supplied by the program of which you are an affiliate. Pirates are cracked down by the industry much more aggressively than mainstream because the industry basically has some sort of structure...program owners actually know each other and work together to stop piracy more so than just random webmasters. As a general rule, unless you have been given permission, you cannot legally take an image that is not yours and repost it, or claim it as your own by adding your watermark to it.
As long as you have a DMCA or complaint email address you would most likely be fine. But yea the adult industry in the last couple of years has cracked down majorly so be prepared for alot of complaints. But make sure there real complaints cause about 90% of the DMCA's I get are from kids who are mad at a website and want it removed. I've had complaints like, "(domain) STOLE ALL MY DESIGN DELETE IT NOW OR I PHONE THE POLICE" when I replied I asked for his phone number, and his website in which the design was on and the copyrights for it. And he just replied cussing me out saying they f***ing stole it delete it delete it. Never did delete it, never did hear from him again.