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Originally posted by XYCash
the trust issue for me would be huge. I'm sure you have a great reputation, but being from the gay side of the industry, I've never heard of you and even if I had I would need certain contractual agreements before moving ahead with something like this.
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Joe, I am *NOT* from the gay side of the industry. Just because I am gay does not mean my passions and business interest are limited to lifestyle.
My history comes from pioneering adult on CD-ROMS back in 1991. If you did not know, my genre was hardcore porn [straight]. I have never made a name for myself in the gay world hence those are not my roots.
I came on the scene in 1996 at YNOT, and came to be in the era where many of the players you know now were at their beginnings. I was passionate about bringing a solution to the webmasters who found legitimate content cost prohibitive.
Zmaster came on the scene and we sold our CD's cheap, we spent endless hours lecturing about copyright issues & obscenity concerns. Another thankless job that put me under scrutiny because webmasters did not want to held accountable for stealing content. They resented getting "caught", and kicked up a storm and squealed as if they were butchered.
Despite the heat, name calling and hurtful antics back towards me, in the end they saw the light and became better webmasters.
Not one time with the hundreds of copyright violations against my content did I ever sue anyone. Instead thru education made them a better webmaster. There was a time when my content was right up there for the most infringed.
Could have made a living just suing and settling.
I am not asking permission to launch this project, but I am not going to take all these split hair points and shelve it. That would make me no better than a person that turns a blind eye.
If we had to wait for the industry to agree on something we would be waiting along time because our industry does not require everyone to be team players.
I am not the problem here, unethical webmasters are.