I'm going to be crystal clear and I hope everyone is reading this.
Yes, Prostock's English is BAD, really really BAD.
However, if you think you should simply make fun or move on without paying attention then you've got another thing coming. I have an example that should bring the problem home to EVERYONE...
first, simple facts:
.5) I don't know either of these people intimitely, this is all to the best of my current knowledge...
1) Prostock is a photographer native to the Phillipines so English is his second language. He recruits, pays and shoots models. He sells to resellers and occasionally end-users like me or you.
2) Fuel sells content to webmasters that he either shoots himself or purchases wholesale from other photographers.
Now here's my unconfirmed, potential dilemma:
I bought exclusive content from Fuel that was produced by Prostock. Basically, I'm supposed to be the ONLY guy in the world that has the rights to these photos. I can sell them, spam them, piss on them... whatever I want.
I know Fuel to be a nice person, we've chatted on the phone and ICQ and he seemed on the 'up and up'. That's exactly why I purchased content from him.
I met Prostock separately and unknowingly here on GFY. He was on my ICQ months ago and nothing ever resulted back then. We get to talking on ICQ this week and I discover he's the photographer of the exclusive phone sex content I just purchased... I say cool! I like your work and it is good to know the guy shooting for my new supplier I'm using is you.
...Well then, things got weird...
All that I can tell currently is that from the sound of things Fuel might not have fulfilled his obligation to Prostock. I've already purchased the content from Fuel and I have a license in hand. However, it's entirely possible that he never had the right to sell the content if he didn't fulfill his agreement with Prostock by paying him for the content. This would make my license agreement worthless and the money spent a complete loss. I would have a potential liability with Prostock if this is true.
See the possible problem? This is a perfect example of how ANYONE that buys content could have a liability without even knowing it. Fuck, the only reason I know is basically dumb luck.
What do I do now?
Well, in good conscience all I can do is wait to hear from both parties (Producer, Seller) that with regards to MY content that yes, I'm the owner and there is no dispute about that. I give fuck-all about their other issues and as far as I'm concerned they're both nice guys and I don't care about their problems with one another. In the mean time I will publish nothing.
Whatever happened... they both seem like decent people but obviously something in the relationship went wrong somewhere. It seems to me that they should just both resolve their issues amicably so that it doesn't have to get aired on GFY more than it has been already.
Fuel, Prostock - please contact me privately to resolve this. I suspect there might be lingering curiousity here on GFY so you're welcome to post publicly if you wish.
Everyone else, chew on that!
Brad