Sorry I pressed the Enter button by mistake. Thread sould be like this:
Hi
Someone posted that linking to hosted movie galleries may be subject to Acacia licensing.
Well, I took the following text from their website:
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Acacia is licensing Content Providers, Webmasters, Affiliate Program operators, and Age Verification Services, in the on-line Adult Entertainment industry. For engineering diagrams illustrating the application of a sample of our DMT patent claims to these activities please click here (provided in .pdf format). For frequently asked questions (FAQs), please click here.
Our Content Provider license covers teaser clips on the Content Provider?s web site, and the one time ftp transfer of content files from the Content Provider to the Webmaster. The royalty is based upon the Content Provider?s sales of audio/video content. To review a copy of our standard Content Provider License Agreement, click here. For instructions on completing the Content Provider License Agreement, click here.
Our Webmaster license covers audio/video content that is accessed via the Webmaster?s web site, regardless of where the content is hosted. The royalty is based upon subscription revenues from the Webmaster?s pay sites, and exit traffic revenue from the Webmaster?s free sites that contain audio/video content. To review a copy of our standard Webmaster License Agreement click here. For instructions on completing the Webmaster License Agreement, click here.
Our license for Affiliate Program operators covers audio/video content that is accessed via web sites that are part of the Affiliate Program. The royalty is based upon subscription revenues from the Affiliate Program web sites.
Our license for Age Verification Services covers audio/video content that is accessed via web sites that are part of the age verification network. The royalty is based upon subscription revenues. To review a copy of our standard AVS License Agreement click here. For instructions on completing the AVS License Agreement, click here.
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As links point to Affiliate Program operators sites, they (Affiliate Program operators) are the ones that must license the "technology", isn´t it?
I mean there is no such thing as "Affiliate Licence", just "Affiliate Program operators". What do you think?