Leakers - Fuck you.
I know we've talked about this before, but now you've really done it. Someone has taken photos off of here (and we know they are off of here, because this is the only place they've been posted and I took the photos) of a fellow model and "leaked" them onto a leaker site. Unfortunately, the model feels violated and is no longer going to continue to model BECAUSE OF YOU. And, shame on you for making her feel like being a fine art nude model is wrong and bad! Nudity does not equal sexual or make her a whore. I have deleted all of her photos off of here, as well as other friend's I've taken photos of, any spicier photos of myself, and any models that are no longer modeling just to help protect them a little bit. I know many of you go back through my past posts, as I encourage you to, but from now on I reserve the right to remove posts the month after they are posted. If you're going to steal my shit and make models leave the industry because you're doing so, then you're sure as shit going to have to pay $10 every month in order to see new things I post rather than just pop on when you feel like it, steal my past and current photos for $10, and leave. For those who are not stealing photos of myself or other models, nothing will change. I'm still posting new photos of myself and others I shoot with their permission. (I always have models sign a release and have permission to post the photos here!) $10 is really such a small amount of money for everything I post so if you are here month after month, I trust you, and I appreciate you more than you probably know, and I look forward to continuing to share with you - including the spicy fun and selfies.
Side note for potential models - Please make sure you really are okay with your image being all over the internet now and years from now if you decide to pose nude. Once the photos are somewhere that you may not intended for them to be, they are really hard to get back off.
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People are assholes.
Does the EU have any legal mechanisms to enforce someone's privacy in this context? Disappointing to be reminded that humanity has reached the bottom and wont quit shoveling.
There's something she can file called a DMCA, but I don't know how effective it is. And, in the meantime her images remain up and they continue to steal images and post them. And, with 500 past and present members on here, I don't know how to narrow down who it is. And, some people like to follow me anonymously, which I respect, so if I blocked any anonymous names or those I don't recognize I'd lose half my followers for potentially not the right one.
I don’t understand what motivates people to do this sort of thing. Do they want to glom some sort of credit for them? Do they want to build some sort of presence without doing the work? People can be deplorable and strange
Yes, presence without doing the work. Then they can charge people to visit their leaker site and make money. It's just very morally and legally wrong to steal someone else's work.
This is total bullshit. I wish there was a way you could expose this idiot. What a shame. Please don’t penalize the good ones who don’t do this. But I get it. Some people are just bad but you already know that.
So sorry this has happened to you and your model, Carrie. People suck.
That just sucks. I hope your friend finds some sort of peace with things, because yeah, you can’t control everything, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being nude. It’s the people who violated the terms of being here, and who stole what wasn’t theirs to take who did wrong. I haven’t watermarked my work, in part because I don’t want to go to the trouble, and in part because it would mess with the aesthetics.
Same reasons I don't. Plus I know someone could just take it off if they wanted to and it wouldn't stop the stealing. They'd just post it with the watermark.
I started to move to giant watermarks and loading up on my exif and metadata. But AI can remove watermarks and you can rip the meta out. It’s a losing battle. I started sending invoices to organizations that rip my art. I’ve had to file so many DMCA takedowns it just takes a good portion of my time. It’s whack a mole. And it’s tiresome
That's what I suggested she do.... the DMCA... but she's soured on modeling, which is what I hate to see, because she's done nothing wrong. There's nothing wrong with being a nude model. Sighs.
why are humans like this :( and this is why we can't all be nice together and have nice things in a civilised society
I agree! And, who supports these leakers by looking at their content instead of just paying me the $10 to see way more content. It's $10. It's not like $100. lol But, yeah, myself and others would probably post way more things online if we felt safe and confident to do so!
Do you think watermarks would help? I am now watermarked anything I intend to publish.
How would that help them stop right clicking and downloading and uploading it to another site? It wouldn't. No offense. People also have software to remove watermarks, so you're just adding work for yourself that won't affect them. If you're publishing anything, just consider that it's fair game for someone to take, because they will. I can't even find the person and block them, because they will just create a new username. And, I've had 500 members over the years, so narrowing it down to who is impossible. If I remove or block everyone I don't recognize or trust, I will lose half of my members. People like to join anonymously, which I understand because I've done it myself on sites, so I don't know or recognize half the usernames who become members. There's no way to 100% stop this that makes reasonable sense. If they want it, they'll just have to remain a member and pay monthly for it and at least I'm not feeling resentful for getting content stolen for $10 once a year or whenever they feel like popping on and throwing a few bucks at me and leaving.