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Originally posted by charly
The problem is that Ibill are worried, they are worried some celeb includes them in a legal suit. They have money and are worth linking to you in a case.
Plus they are worried that if this gets back to Visa and blows up it makes them look bad.
Let's face it the Internet is changing and this is part of it. It will not happen over night but it's on the way.
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You're probably right about that. What pisses me off is that the copyright holders themselves, the only ones with real legal recourse, are not going after celebrity sites. It's the celebrities themselves, who have no legal right to the pictures, who are doing the harassing. Because it's cheaper to shut down the celebrity sites than it is to hire lawyers to fight the cases, the processors just bend over and fuck us.
Those of you who produce content, think of it like this - you have your models sign releases so that YOU own the pictures. There's nothing wrong with YOU going after infringers, but think how pissed you'd be if the models starting making bogus claims to owning YOUR content. That's what's happening here.
Even if you wouldn't think of dealing with celebrity content, realize this - it's just a matter of time before some group or governmental agency starts threatening lawsuits over what they deem "obscene" content, and a lot of you will be up shit's creek even though they don't have a valid legal claim. You think iBill is going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending people that sell S&M content? Young teen content? Bullshit. VISA is already sticking their nose in our business these days - don't think for a second that when the shit hits the fan they'll just pull the plug on what is really a very minor portion of their business.
So, back on topic, what processor should I go with?
