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Originally Posted by Splum
Does anyone know ALL the companies that Perfect 10 bought content from. I want to drop every single one of those sponsors.
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that's not exactly the right approach.
you should instead, contact every sponsor that you have received "free promo" content from so that you can verify with them that they have the full licensing rights to allow you (the affiliate) the right to display those images from your website.... and get that in writing (email).
you will probably need to tell them which sets/models you are using.
many sponsor programs have custom content shot for them for which they own the rights to the images. others include the affiliate in the licensing terms with the content producer.. but there are many content producers who do not allow for their content to be given out to affiliates... so it can be a paperwork mess for the sponsor to figure this out.
if the sponsor can't provide you with answers.. then you could have both a copyright and a 2257 issue (for those images that are "sexually explicit")
additionally, if you are using "sexually explicit" images on your website, then this would be a good time to double-check that you know which image belongs to which sponsor.. so that you can be up to speed on the 2257 regulations that have been around for last 10+ years.
this issue of copyright infringements has been brewing for a long time.. some, like P10, are making it a business model to sue for copyright infringements (and there are a few more out there like them).
So protect your business and your assets (especially if you are not incorporated) and be sure you know where you got all of your images from (for 2257) and to know which images you have the rights to display (copyright issue).
Any image where you don't have the answer for, take them down if you believe in better to be safe than sorry.
Fight the housecleaning!