Rant William Wesson (Southern Charms) Successfully Destroys My 20,000+ Follower Tumblr Account - GoFuckYourself.com

srockhard · 06-11-2014, 09:33 AM

Over the last couple years I've periodically received email from Tumblr saying that William Wesson (Southern Charms) had filled copyright infringement against me for blogging or reblogging photos from various amateur Southern Charms models. I never thought much of it because these girls have always sent me their content to promote though I never actually responded to any of these copyright emails. This morning I get a similar email from tumblr only this time it also says "this is the final warning before Tumblr account termination" !!! WTF? I would say that I received about 10 copyright infringement notices over 2+ years and all of them from William Wesson. Unreal.

For those of you unfamiliar with Southern Charms it is an amateur network where women can get their own generic looking paysite and in turn they populate the site with regular updates. Many of these woman are bbw, chubby or fat which has been a niche that I have good command over so I constantly get email from these Southern Charms girls wanting me to promote them on my blogs, twitter, tumblr etc.

As for my Tumblr account it has organically grown to 20,000+ loyal followers. Most every photo that I post gets 80-100+ reblogs. The blog has a PR2 and I hope not to loose it. FUCK

Mr. Wesson if you are reading lets come to terms on this when your plane or chopper lands. I've got no problem with you and you know I've sent your sites decent traffic over the years. I just can't see it as copyright infringement when these girls gave me their content to promote on my blogs!!?? Commmmonn man!

Lichen · 06-11-2014, 09:48 AM

Nomarh · 06-11-2014, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Lichen

i've never saw a tumblr before whats the url?

srockhard · 06-11-2014, 09:50 AM

Cool phone dawg

srockhard · 06-11-2014, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Nomarh

i've never saw a tumblr before whats the url?

http://whitemenwearinggoogleglass.tumblr.com/

The Porn Nerd · 06-11-2014, 10:05 AM

Hope it works out for you man. Southern Charms has been around forever but it's such a shitty-looking site/program that it amazes me anyone makes money from it. LOL

Hope it works out for you tho!

InfoGuy · 06-11-2014, 10:07 AM

That's what you get for building a business on someone else's property. They make the rules.

Clark · 06-11-2014, 10:22 AM

Did you promote anything besides SC sites? (because then I see his point)
Did you make any sales at SC? (because if you didnt make sales then you're just handing out free content)

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It's been years since I've even seen any SC sites though I seem to recall the images all had "licensed to sc" on them? like his biz model was to stay away from owning the images(and copyright)? I wonder if he even had copyright to pull on you

RebelR · 06-11-2014, 10:29 AM

What stood out most for me was

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Over the last couple years I've periodically received email from Tumblr saying that William Wesson (Southern Charms) had filled copyright infringement against me for blogging or reblogging photos from various amateur Southern Charms models. I never thought much of it because these girls have always sent me their content to promote though I never actually responded to any of these copyright emails. This morning I get a similar email from tumblr only this time it also says "this is the final warning before Tumblr account termination" !!! WTF? I would say that I received about 10 copyright infringement notices over 2+ years and all of them from William Wesson. Unreal.

I would think that just reaching out at any point might have avoided this. I've always know William to be a pretty reasonable guy.

srockhard · 06-11-2014, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by InfoGuy

That's what you get for building a business on someone else's property. They make the rules.

My business is not built around Tumblr but you are right those type blogs are tough because they could remove you at any moment.

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Originally Posted by Clark

Did you promote anything besides SC sites? (because then I see his point)
Did you make any sales at SC?

I never promoted SC as an affiliate. These girls were sending me their photos and I would mention their site. No affiliate links needed.

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Originally Posted by RebelR

What stood out most for me was ...

Absolutely I should have taken it more seriously from the first notice. Hopefully someone can learn from my mistake there.

dehash · 06-11-2014, 10:57 AM

Why you never bother to reply him back? It sounds like tubes - users uploaded this content, not our fault. If he has copyrights on all this photos, then all this bbw and chubby chicks stole it? I am not blaming anybody , just curious.

Hentaikid · 06-11-2014, 10:58 AM

If anything, it seems he was patient with you if this lasted a couple of years.

the Shemp · 06-11-2014, 04:00 PM

William is a good guy, maybe you can beg foregiveness ...

JSWENSON · 06-11-2014, 05:04 PM

Damn, that site takes "adapt or die" and shits on it hard.

If you actually reference the sites every time you post images then this is another case of program owners not having a clue what's good for them. I'm sure he's a nice fellow but I've seen program owners complain about everything under the sun, even when it benefited them greatly.

2MuchMark · 06-11-2014, 07:05 PM

William & the SC group are a good bunch. We worked with them for a long time and like any smart company, they protect their brand, copyright, property, etc. If you were getting Copyright violation notices you should have reached out to William directly to work something out.

srockhard · 06-11-2014, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by **********

William & the SC group are a good bunch. We worked with them for a long time and like any smart company, they protect their brand, copyright, property, etc. If you were getting Copyright violation notices you should have reached out to William directly to work something out.

I'm not saying that William or SC is bad people please don't get me wrong. But even their site it says in footer "The images belong to the respective owners of the individual pages and they maintain ownership and all copyrights." ...so when these "respective owners" send me their content and ask to use it and post it to my blog I figure I am just doing a beneficial service to them.

bxy · 06-11-2014, 07:30 PM

I have never had any trouble with SC, and have promoted their girls for what, a decade. I agree the problem, was not your use, but your ignoring the contacts, you are giving everyone involved no choice but to take action. When simple copies of those emails could have solved everything so simply. Good luck on saving it. Apologies and proof, all you can do now is try.

Nomarh · 06-11-2014, 07:30 PM

does this mean your going out of business on this ? sounds like you avoided the emails , soundsn like your fault sadly.

JSWENSON · 06-11-2014, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bxy

I have never had any trouble with SC, and have promoted their girls for what, a decade. I agree the problem, was not your use, but your ignoring the contacts, you are giving everyone involved no choice but to take action. When simple copies of those emails could have solved everything so simply. Good luck on saving it. Apologies and proof, all you can do now is try.

Do you realize that sending out false DMCA notices is in itself bad news? If what was quoted from the footer is true then they should have never been sent from anyone other than the content owners because the person sending had to claim ownership. If someone accuses me of infringing a copyright that isn't theirs I am not going to give them the courtesy of an email to "clear things up". I'm sure the guy is awesome, several have vouched, but this is just bad business.

Edit: http://targetlaw.com/consequences-of...kedown-request

I would imagine that twitter and tumblr would allow you to dispute these claims with them, not with the site owner. You are supposed to be given a certain amount of time to reply. Now they could boot you arbitrarily if they wanted but I doubt this is their standard policy.

Far-L · 06-11-2014, 07:49 PM

Doesn't sound like you were very proactive in your response so you have to accept that you are in the position you are in for a perfectly good reason. Assuming you had a right to the content under those circumstances was just plain careless after you got the first notice. In fact, you basically just admitted in this thread that you were willfully continuing to disregard the copyright.

Everyone else that underestimates SC success and professional commitment to their brand is making a huge mistake.

They don't care if anyone thinks they look straight out of 1998. They understand the amateur niche better than 99% of their peers.

Hopefully lesson learned.

Horny Dude · 06-11-2014, 08:11 PM

It sucks, but its still their work and they have the right. I learned my lesson building on free host or Blogspot. They can pull the rug out from under you at anytime and all the work is gone.

They took down another site that had a bunch of girls from their network. Funny thing is if you do a search for half the girls on the SC network you get plenty of adult boards with links to all their stuff. I would go after them before I went after some blog site, unless you had links to download their content.

On a side note, this Latin chick is the best they got, IMO. Dam she could have her own site and make way more.

http://www.southern-charms2.com/sandra/main.htm

Captain Kawaii · 06-11-2014, 08:29 PM

Kiss and ask forgiveness. You dont want to be on either Tumblr or his radar.

Nomarh · 06-11-2014, 08:33 PM

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06-11-2014, 09:33 AM	#1
srockhard Retired Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: PDXXX Posts: 1,976	William Wesson (Southern Charms) Successfully Destroys My 20,000+ Follower Tumblr Account Over the last couple years I've periodically received email from Tumblr saying that William Wesson (Southern Charms) had filled copyright infringement against me for blogging or reblogging photos from various amateur Southern Charms models. I never thought much of it because these girls have always sent me their content to promote though I never actually responded to any of these copyright emails. This morning I get a similar email from tumblr only this time it also says "this is the final warning before Tumblr account termination" !!! WTF? I would say that I received about 10 copyright infringement notices over 2+ years and all of them from William Wesson. Unreal. For those of you unfamiliar with Southern Charms it is an amateur network where women can get their own generic looking paysite and in turn they populate the site with regular updates. Many of these woman are bbw, chubby or fat which has been a niche that I have good command over so I constantly get email from these Southern Charms girls wanting me to promote them on my blogs, twitter, tumblr etc. As for my Tumblr account it has organically grown to 20,000+ loyal followers. Most every photo that I post gets 80-100+ reblogs. The blog has a PR2 and I hope not to loose it. FUCK Mr. Wesson if you are reading lets come to terms on this when your plane or chopper lands. I've got no problem with you and you know I've sent your sites decent traffic over the years. I just can't see it as copyright infringement when these girls gave me their content to promote on my blogs!!?? Commmmonn man! __________________ Piper Pines

06-11-2014, 09:50 AM	#4
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06-11-2014, 10:05 AM	#6
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06-11-2014, 10:22 AM	#8
Clark Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: L.A. Posts: 334	Did you promote anything besides SC sites? (because then I see his point) Did you make any sales at SC? (because if you didnt make sales then you're just handing out free content) ------------- It's been years since I've even seen any SC sites though I seem to recall the images all had "licensed to sc" on them? like his biz model was to stay away from owning the images(and copyright)? I wonder if he even had copyright to pull on you __________________ The 2 rules for success: 1. Never reveal everything you know 2.

06-11-2014, 09:48 AM	#2
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06-11-2014, 10:57 AM	#11
dehash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 889	Why you never bother to reply him back? It sounds like tubes - users uploaded this content, not our fault. If he has copyrights on all this photos, then all this bbw and chubby chicks stole it? I am not blaming anybody , just curious. __________________ TRADE WITH ME\|Sell Your Traffic!

06-11-2014, 10:58 AM	#12
Hentaikid Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,249	If anything, it seems he was patient with you if this lasted a couple of years.

06-11-2014, 04:00 PM	#13
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06-11-2014, 05:04 PM	#14
JSWENSON So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,153	Damn, that site takes "adapt or die" and shits on it hard. If you actually reference the sites every time you post images then this is another case of program owners not having a clue what's good for them. I'm sure he's a nice fellow but I've seen program owners complain about everything under the sun, even when it benefited them greatly.

06-11-2014, 07:05 PM	#15
2MuchMark Videochat Solutions Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 49,044	William & the SC group are a good bunch. We worked with them for a long time and like any smart company, they protect their brand, copyright, property, etc. If you were getting Copyright violation notices you should have reached out to William directly to work something out. __________________ Custom Coding \| Videochat Solutions \| Age Verification \| IT Help & Support www.2Much.net

06-11-2014, 07:30 PM	#17
bxy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vegas Posts: 159	I have never had any trouble with SC, and have promoted their girls for what, a decade. I agree the problem, was not your use, but your ignoring the contacts, you are giving everyone involved no choice but to take action. When simple copies of those emails could have solved everything so simply. Good luck on saving it. Apologies and proof, all you can do now is try. __________________ Alien Car Show

06-11-2014, 07:30 PM	#18
Nomarh So fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: West Coast Posts: 192	does this mean your going out of business on this ? sounds like you avoided the emails , soundsn like your fault sadly.

06-11-2014, 07:49 PM	#20
Far-L Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 6,065	Doesn't sound like you were very proactive in your response so you have to accept that you are in the position you are in for a perfectly good reason. Assuming you had a right to the content under those circumstances was just plain careless after you got the first notice. In fact, you basically just admitted in this thread that you were willfully continuing to disregard the copyright. Everyone else that underestimates SC success and professional commitment to their brand is making a huge mistake. They don't care if anyone thinks they look straight out of 1998. They understand the amateur niche better than 99% of their peers. Hopefully lesson learned. __________________ HomegrownCash.com, the affiliate program of Homegrown Video - The Largest Collection of Amateur XXX - Est. 1982. Contact - Email: farrell AT homegrownvideo D com Skype: hgfarl Newsweek Magazine - "Homegrown Video, the longest running series in the history of porn."

06-11-2014, 08:11 PM	#21
Horny Dude Earn enough to buy coffee Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Diego, Ca. Posts: 4,912	It sucks, but its still their work and they have the right. I learned my lesson building on free host or Blogspot. They can pull the rug out from under you at anytime and all the work is gone. They took down another site that had a bunch of girls from their network. Funny thing is if you do a search for half the girls on the SC network you get plenty of adult boards with links to all their stuff. I would go after them before I went after some blog site, unless you had links to download their content. On a side note, this Latin chick is the best they got, IMO. Dam she could have her own site and make way more. http://www.southern-charms2.com/sandra/main.htm __________________

06-11-2014, 08:29 PM	#22
Captain Kawaii So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6,748	Kiss and ask forgiveness. You dont want to be on either Tumblr or his radar.

06-11-2014, 08:33 PM	#23
Nomarh So fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: West Coast Posts: 192