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Gillespie · 09-08-2006, 10:16 AM

Watermarking according to specific sponsors is a lot more work and it breaks the "uniformity" of th TGP. I basically had two choices:

1) Watermark everything and dump the sponsors that don't allow it

2) Watermark nothing

I'm going with #2 and recropping all my thumbs because apparently most sponsors frown upon the custom watermarking.

Try to see beyond copyright protections and focus on what we're all here for: MONEY

I don't really thing that my previous post is that bad. Any publicity is good publicity. I mean, ePassporte is still going strong, right?

The more exposure your girls get, the better. If I had a paysite and some dude wants to grab an image from me to attract revenue to me, that's fine by me. If he's an affiliate and wants to watermark it for the sole purpose of knowing where that thumb came from, that's fine by me too, but he has to link that pic to me (FHGs) so that I can make money.

I really don't give a shit where he posts it, as long as it's done with a clear intention of bringing in traffic and making more money.

An entire different situation would be if, for example, someone is clearly stealing the content for his own benefit, while cutting out the sponsor of the deal. If I were to use the free content that sponsors give out to make my own pay site, well, that's no good.

The way I see it, sponsors should let affiliates watermark the free content that is hosted in the affiliate's server, mainly because after the surfer reaches the affiliates site, the next step is the sponsor's site.

TGPs are all about sending traffic to the sponsors. No surfer browses TGPs just to stay in the TGP. Hell, you can watermark the pic with "Do not click here" and if the chick is hot, the sponsor will get the traffic which, as I said before, is the entire point. This applies specially to the whole TGP - FHG relationship.

Am I really that dull? Doesn't anyone agree with this point of view?

I'm off to crop some thumbnails to keep it on the safe side... =/

09-08-2006, 10:16 AM
Gillespie Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montevideo Posts: 1,391	Watermarking according to specific sponsors is a lot more work and it breaks the "uniformity" of th TGP. I basically had two choices: 1) Watermark everything and dump the sponsors that don't allow it 2) Watermark nothing I'm going with #2 and recropping all my thumbs because apparently most sponsors frown upon the custom watermarking. Try to see beyond copyright protections and focus on what we're all here for: MONEY I don't really thing that my previous post is that bad. Any publicity is good publicity. I mean, ePassporte is still going strong, right? The more exposure your girls get, the better. If I had a paysite and some dude wants to grab an image from me to attract revenue to me, that's fine by me. If he's an affiliate and wants to watermark it for the sole purpose of knowing where that thumb came from, that's fine by me too, but he has to link that pic to me (FHGs) so that I can make money. I really don't give a shit where he posts it, as long as it's done with a clear intention of bringing in traffic and making more money. An entire different situation would be if, for example, someone is clearly stealing the content for his own benefit, while cutting out the sponsor of the deal. If I were to use the free content that sponsors give out to make my own pay site, well, that's no good. The way I see it, sponsors should let affiliates watermark the free content that is hosted in the affiliate's server, mainly because after the surfer reaches the affiliates site, the next step is the sponsor's site. TGPs are all about sending traffic to the sponsors. No surfer browses TGPs just to stay in the TGP. Hell, you can watermark the pic with "Do not click here" and if the chick is hot, the sponsor will get the traffic which, as I said before, is the entire point. This applies specially to the whole TGP - FHG relationship. Am I really that dull? Doesn't anyone agree with this point of view? I'm off to crop some thumbnails to keep it on the safe side... =/ __________________ Blue Design Studios My choice for web design. Click this to see why. Get a REAL host. Try JaguarPC. 294-659-259