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TheSquealer · 05-08-2015, 08:20 AM

Content is property that has value. It should be treated as any other property. If you buy a car and the seller comes to you two years later saying "hey man, I want my car back..." You'd obviously say "fine, you can buy it back for xxxxx". Why treat photos and videos other than what they are?

My view is this.... I worked with tons of models. It's normal human behavior to want money today without thinking about future consequences. That is a behavior that producers exploit. No sane person could possibly think that it's unreasonable for an 18 year old to regret we decision in a few years. It's normal for someone to regret their decisions, particularly when most are making these decisions at a young age. Everyone should have the right to buy the content back based on some reasonable valuation formula that takes into account not only the pescitoom cost but its value to the business (ie when a single model is inordinately popular and also driving sales, used to promote the site etc etc).

Treat your business like a business. That should be something filed under "no shit" but it seems to me that almost no one in this industry gets that.

AND DO NOT follow far-L's advice and admit that you are aware you are causing emotional distress... that's grounds for a lawsuit. She doesn't need to understand your perspective.... she won't and she can't: she's not you, she's not running your business... she's someone who is in.a panic likely because someone saw her and recognized her,... It's unrealistic to think she's going to "understand". Explain the costs of production, the value of the content and give her a figure to buy it back. NEVER say anything more than you have to .... that's just simple business law 101.

Treat every business correspondence like you're about to get sued By the person you're corresponding with. Choose your words wisely. You'll never have a rational conversation with an irrational person, a sane conversation with an insane person, an honest conversation with a corrupt person or a reasonable conversation with an unreasonable person. Choose every word carefully as if it will be evidence against you. When you do that, you'll find you have a lot less to worry about in these sorts of exchanges. And DO NOT be baited into a back and forth, arguments etc where you'll eventually slip and say the wrong thing. Just resend your original, well thought out response.

05-08-2015, 08:20 AM
TheSquealer BANNED Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In Your Head Posts: 25,115	Content is property that has value. It should be treated as any other property. If you buy a car and the seller comes to you two years later saying "hey man, I want my car back..." You'd obviously say "fine, you can buy it back for xxxxx". Why treat photos and videos other than what they are? My view is this.... I worked with tons of models. It's normal human behavior to want money today without thinking about future consequences. That is a behavior that producers exploit. No sane person could possibly think that it's unreasonable for an 18 year old to regret we decision in a few years. It's normal for someone to regret their decisions, particularly when most are making these decisions at a young age. Everyone should have the right to buy the content back based on some reasonable valuation formula that takes into account not only the pescitoom cost but its value to the business (ie when a single model is inordinately popular and also driving sales, used to promote the site etc etc). Treat your business like a business. That should be something filed under "no shit" but it seems to me that almost no one in this industry gets that. AND DO NOT follow far-L's advice and admit that you are aware you are causing emotional distress... that's grounds for a lawsuit. She doesn't need to understand your perspective.... she won't and she can't: she's not you, she's not running your business... she's someone who is in.a panic likely because someone saw her and recognized her,... It's unrealistic to think she's going to "understand". Explain the costs of production, the value of the content and give her a figure to buy it back. NEVER say anything more than you have to .... that's just simple business law 101. Treat every business correspondence like you're about to get sued By the person you're corresponding with. Choose your words wisely. You'll never have a rational conversation with an irrational person, a sane conversation with an insane person, an honest conversation with a corrupt person or a reasonable conversation with an unreasonable person. Choose every word carefully as if it will be evidence against you. When you do that, you'll find you have a lot less to worry about in these sorts of exchanges. And DO NOT be baited into a back and forth, arguments etc where you'll eventually slip and say the wrong thing. Just resend your original, well thought out response.