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if its on your page, you are responsible for it...

Don't worry, anyone with a brain knows where you are coming from. Good move.

www.ihop.com is also amusing.

Madthumbs: I congratulate your foresight and integrity.

I for one think all free content that minors might have access to should be softcore. Our site is very hardcore but we have always done better with soft ads anyway.

Softcore is not a solution ..
"it is not safe to assume that your content is immune from prosecution merely because it involves ?simple? nudity or heterosexual content. Simply stated: There is no ?safe harbor.?"

But I think each webmaster know about own legal risks. I will follow the new mad rules :thumbsup

Felix

use the JC Penny catalog as your benchmark...

You're right. I think I'll start a thumb tgp that only shows triple penetration on the thumbs...since it's just as risky as softcore and all.

maybe a bit too quick but all thumb tgp's will have to do the same(if they're US based)

I think its a good idea to increase clickthroughs.

is it possible to get a partner account on madthumbs and network?

How does one get a partner account on MadThumbs :-)

BMF

Sounds like a good idea anyways.. more softcore and less hardcore means more slaes for everyone. :2 cents:

Well I have so many sponsors I use, and so many sites I submit to, PARDON ME for not remembering off top of my head that you allow 30 outbound links :(

I thought I had a very legitamate query ... most sites have very strict limits on the number of out-going links, and I think if site owners are going to DEMAND that we place this on our galleries (even though we do not even begin to qualify as "secondary publishers"), that it is only fair that the outgoing link total be increased on sites that only allow 6 outgoing links to begin with.

To be honest, if a site I submit to cannot do at least that for me, then I would be inclined to remove them from my submit list.
Can you please explain to me why that makes me an asshole?

You hurt my feelings Mike :sadcrying

If your not going to submit anymore I'll replace you:Graucho

Mike has put alot of thought into this decision and trust me it was not a quick one.

I think the measures that he is instituting will set a trend in the TGP thumb market and most likely several other sites will follow suit.

If any advertisers on Madthumbs have any questions in regards to these policies please feel free to contact myself or Cameron. We would be glad to answer any questions you may have :)

Thanks,
DH

it will be interesting to see what will happen in the next 6 months

Good move giving webmasters some time to adjust to the new rules. :thumbsup

Hopefully more TGP owners will start adjusting rules as well to allow for the 2257 link at the bottom.

:1orglaugh

you're incorrect . . . but that is because you are using a dictionary instead of a lawyer to define "secondary publisher."

Yea anyone who inserts content onto a website is classified as a secondary producer now.

And there is the rub. Non Us based TGPs and websites are quickly becoming advantaged over US based companies and sites. Watch the traffic flow offshore if this trend is the wave of the future.

But good for mike for taking the first leap into the void, I applaud his integrity !

Totally smart.

The regs don't go in effect tomorrow, but the Feds would love to push the secondary producer thing in someplace like Kentucky.

How about censored hardcore (the good bits pixilated out) like the Japanese use, would that sort of thing be acceptable?

yap. that's what he means. :2 cents:

I could be wrong on this but I don't believe that will make any difference.

I see nothing wrong with this decision.
Softcore thumbs give better prod too.
Good decision :thumbsup

yet another advantage of living in KY :1orglaugh

yep and yep

This is a great move :2 cents:

I don't think anywhere did Mike state that this would make him immune..he's taking extra precautions and that's a good thing for everyone involved.. Better softcore thumbs with a MUCH decreased chance of being the victim of a witchhunt, fly below the radar than potentially losing everything, not only for himself but for his partners and paid listings, no? :)

1) softcore or hardcore - who cares? It would really help a TGP if the thumbs are not explicit at all. I mean simply innocent faces on them.
2) what about linking to explicit galleries? That is also prosecuted. Gallery makers with no docs proving 2257 compliance will be the next target?
3) why not host ur sites in europe?

Exactly it doesn?t change anything:

http://ynotnews.ynotmasters.com/issu...904/page4.html