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Originally posted by XYCash
Wow..that was intense...and scary. I can't imagine the mental and physical toll that must have taken on you... but it's exactly why my paranoia level is through the roof. You would be smart to write up a serious history like that and pop it on the sniffy site. Webmasters need to feel like you are out to protect them, not pursue them.
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It was by far the most un-settling time in my life. Even in my 20's, I had nerves of steal when I was running drugs between the Phillipines and Japan, to this day many friends are doing life.
Shocked huh? Wild child 25 years ago.
Anyhoo, if nothing else Sniffy can assist Sponsors in educating webmasters about risk and content if Sniffy pops a red flag.
So many webmasters are ignorant about the risks they take to make a buck in this business. We encountered this for many years when we caught up with those that stole my images.
For every hardcore image on your site, you are at risk for indictment from all US states. The prosecution comes from where the image was viewed and not always where the image was served from. We have over 322 hostile zipcodes in 22 States that could make hay any day, and it is no problem to put together a jury to convict.
Webmastes should always consider lowering their risk. The biggest mistake many make is they have no legal consultation budget, yet they budget for content and hosting.
There have been hot buttons dormant for years, one of them is "Harmful matter to children", this includes text. This is why many paysites blur their tours, to see the industry do this over the last few years is a step in the right direction.
However with making money as a webmaster, we started seeing "shock marketing" erupt in early '98. Anything and everything was used to get the attention of the surfer. It was a step backwards when the goldrush to cash in with porn was individualistic and not community. This was the first of many fractures and division in our business.
Now in 2003, not much has changed except people have realized they have to decide how much risk they want to take. Many webmasters follow the "Monkey see, Monkey do" methods assuming the monkey they role model after made the legal investment to run their site in the manner of their choosing.
Hence, worthy of copying and mimicking the methods.
Its your choice what you risk and how much. It should also be the sponsor choice to decide who they want to do business with. We simply have a tool to help them make those kinds of decisions if thats what they want to do.