Hey.
This effects google just as much as it does me.
Google's Hardcore Category
Mad Thumb's Hardcore Category
The difference?
Someone posted above:
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Originally posted by Broda:
What is google going to do with their image search...?
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They dont have to do anything because they are only providing links..... The new regs say if you insert content onto a computer or otherwise manage one etc, but courts have already ruled that linking to other sites isnt the same as hosting or "managing" something yourself. The difference is rather obvious.
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You're telling me that google's thumbnails aren't the same 'content' as madthumb's thumbnails, and that they aren't 'inserted' in the same way?
And for everyone in this thread that has said 'crop it around faces' ... that's not correct. You can show full nudity if you want ... the only thing that falls into 2257 is sexually explicit.
Myself, if I had it my way from the beginning .. ALL of my thumb tgps wouldnt show a bunch of dicks, fucking, cum, etc .. but would show some faces/tits/ass etc .. but not the whole shabang .... this does NOT hurt productivity, it actually increases it because the surfer will click more (not knowing whats on the other side) ... it's the same as using a gallery to lure a surfer to a paysite ... the thumbnail on a thumb tgp should be a sample that does everything it can to peak the interest of a surfer. Pretty simple.
Anyhow as of September 24th on MadThumbs:
a) You have to submit softcore non-sexually explicit thumbnails.
b) You have to censor the hardcore parts out of the thumbnail.
c) For a paid listing on the mainpage that actually wants to continue submitting hardcore, they have to provide the documents I need to be in 2257 compliance.
Regardless, this is all hypothetical. I've got several legal questions about all of this that can't be answered untill some precedents are set.
Like someone mentioned above, how are they going to hold be liable for 2257, if copyright law makes 88x88 thumbnails legal?
Doesn't make a lot of sense, but we'll see.