Ok i want to start a photo upload site but want it to allow adult photos; will I get into trouble if I do so? I mean most photos that are of adult material would be copyrighted so would I get into trouble if my users uploaded them?
1. first of all for any adult content you find NO adsense and many other advertising agencies will be excluded as well. 2. photo upload sites in general : you may expect many ( may be most ) to steal photos and upload stolen content, hence you never get into trouble - you get into DEEP shit FAR beyond any troubels you could imagine in your wildest dreams !! because who ever owner of the material is will shut down your site / your server and much more ! once you have stolen content, you also loose MOST likely ANY/every and all ad program you participate - may be for life. copyright infringing sites usually also get removed from G SE results. hence think twice if you want to spend life behind bars or empty bank accounts or better create all content on your own. it is almost impossible to earn honest $ with file upload or photo upload sites - the amount of stolen content is simply too large. a waver in the member registration is of absolutely NO legal help to you as site/server owner in a solid legal system of most countries. sites like flickr and many blog sites run by famous owners are just waiting for a dynamic law firm to sue them for 6-8 digits $ amounts - every single photo upload site i have visited so far had masses of stolen photo content.
if i added terms to the site like that of photobucket that state the user is to blame and not the site would that matter?
As stated by Hans, you have to be very careful of stolen photos. I think adding terms and legal agreement will help with that. You have to make sure whoever you use as a host will allow adult material, many will not. Also it is hard to find any ads to go on there unless you sell ads to adult related sites. I say you would be better off starting an adult site if you want to do what you are thinking.
already own a few adult websites and ads are easy to get, just the whole upload thing im worried about
legally its very simple whatever you want to blame the SERVER owner AND site owner ultimately HANG for whatever is happening on their sites here you are liable/repsonsible for ALL. the reason also is quiet obvious ... because most likely you do what you do to make the profit few people only to for fun or love what they do !! there are cases existing where the court ruled clearly against the site/server owner a copyright infringement lawsuit in such cases is in the MILLIONS of$ in cases of adult sites it might be MUCH higher if pics are published without consent of persons ON pics !!! in addition form the wisdom ponit of the situation adult pics are more than questionable even if today a person may indirectly NOT be against publishing a few years later - when getting ready to apply as "president" for example ... that person may regret all such mis-steps of life. hence absolutely NO reasonable person - even less awise person EVER would publish adult pics OF ANYONE even self!!!! and same as before said ALSO applies for publisher/site-/server owner ... imagine YOU would want to apply for any public office LATER - in 40 years form NOW .... you would get cruzified for what you even PLANNED or discussed HERE by the people or opposition of your country's press in 40 years form NOW whatever you plan to do - there will be someone linking THIS thread to YOU and haning you for this thread/question/intentions. hence as of today you have ZERO chance to ever apply for any public position anywhere in the world - neither UN, or any other humanitarian or other political position !! and that i mean very seriously!