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Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Aug 11 2004, 11:09 PM
Sooo....
Peaches and Sykkboy -- should we go ahead and let all of the Thumb TGPs out there know that they shouldn't use Weg, Purecash and Evil Genius Cash galleries because they dont want any of their pics being used as a preview thumb that might go someplace other than their gallery?
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Seriously, what is so freaking hard to understand this?
It means if a sponsor, ANY SPONSOR, like the guy who started this on the other board, doesn't want THEIR CONTENT used to go to another site, then you either DON'T DO IT, or you terminate the relationship between the two of you.
Geeze, it just amazes me that you guys, especially since you're IN the content biz, are saying someone doesn't have the right to STOP doing business with someone who uses their content when they don't want them to!
Just for shits and grins, let's say stopping that TGP from using his content to send to other sites will bankrupt him the next day. WHY DO YOU CARE? It's HIS content! He has every right to tell you how he wants it used or to go pound sand. There are many people in this biz who make sacrifices for their beliefs. His beliefs are that he doesn't want his content, his own wife in this instance, used in the way it was being used so he exercised his right to cancel the affiliate.
Would it be OK with you if someone used a thumb of your exclusive content to go to a bestiality TGP? What about a TGP with nothing but child porn? After all, it's all about "trading traffic" right? Those are rhetorical questions since based on what you've been fighting against, I'm not sure I want to hear the answers
I'm not debating that it makes more money. I'm not debating that it's a good idea. I'm not debating that most if not all TGPs operate this way. Heck, I'm not even debating that the guy is cutting off his nose to spite his face. I'm debating the simple fact that in MY MIND, a content owner/sponsor has the right to terminate a relationship with ANYONE THEY WANT for any reason.
Bottom line - if a sponsor doesn't care, then it's a non-issue and this would have NEVER come up. But in this case a sponsor DID care, terminated the relationship and demanded the thumbs be removed. Why on God's green earth you guys are so bent out of shape because this one guy doesn't want to play in your sandbox is beyond me.
