[RawAlex]

One of the best sidelines of an image host is that if you write the T&C correctly, you end up with an unlimited lifetime license without compensation (past the intial hosting) for all images, which can have some value later on depending on how you use it.

The downside? The courts have yet to rule on the concept of image hosting and the normal innocent host exemptions, especially if the images are presented on pages with advertising or otherwise edited or grouped by software or a third party. The whole question of model releases and (in the case of porn) 2257 still sits out there as well.

But in the style of the internet, go out there and make money and hope like hell that you aren't the 0.001% of the world that gets selected for that special lawsuit or legal action.