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Originally Posted by Zuzana Designs
David, I answered your question completly. I have no control over what a client does with a design after I hand it over to them. Nothing about my design is illegal when I give it to a client and no client has ever said "Sarah, I need you to design me an illegal tube". If a designer makes a paysite template and the client later fills it with stolen content, is that in any way the designers fault when they were completely unaware of that clients intentions? I don't see how a tube site is any different. Everyone in this industry is rushing to try and keep up with the tube evolution by creating their own. Designers have to change with the times as well. We hope that a client does the right thing with a tube design the same way we would hope they would do the right thing with a TGP, paysite, or anything else. However, it is completely out of our control unless we boycot designs altogether. Blaming the designer is so far off base with who should really be under fire.
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I was not asking about sites to be launched, I was asking about established sites that the community as a whole would be considered "illegal".
You also do and could have control over how your design is used. It is your copyrighted work as a designer and you can place clauses in your contract when turning over the copyright that would prevent certain things, however that could cause a financial hit to you and possibly stir up the pot a bit.
I am asking these questions more and more with people I deal with. I desire to know where they stand and if they have any lines or do they just take the cash and do not care. This is not limited to designers. Have turned down a coder because he made and marketed a script that rips other peoples content. So do not take it personally. I just get more agitated with obscure or political type answers, or wondering why it is of any concern to me in the first place.