Absolutely it should be taken down.

IMO, this is what gives pornographers a bad stigma.

Model comes to you for photoshoot to start site. You start site. She dies. You keep making money from the site. Her parents have to deal with her untimely death and the fact that people are jerking off to their dead daughters pics on the internet and you are still making money from that.

It's absoutely disgusting.

understood. But as an artist who plans on only being appreciated only after my death, I hope my work (and cock) live on. ;)

You have a message tho.. a manifesto if you will. Most of these solo sites have nothing of that nature. Even most site's diaries I have seen seem way to kinky for the model to have actually written.

I dont see the relationship between taking the site down and showing respect. Adult industry needs to learn to handle itself as it's not different from the rest world. I havent seen record labels stop selling albums after a singer passes away or studios do the same for the dead actors.

and no its not different, it would be different if you consider their job degrading, if you really do you are in the wrong business.

people are confusing this issue by putting the older girls like Vanilla, Tassy etc who enter this business for the right reasons more or less and the young girls who come into this business looking for easy money and attention in the same boat - they are apples and oranges.

Most people have as many updates upfront as they have in the member aera

no - you don't have to assume that the job is degrading - but in the event of a tragedy a decent person would consider the feelings and wishes of the parents and other family members. Do you think any parent or brother or sister of an 18 year old with her cooch spread for millions of people are actually proud or happy about it? When a girl's memory is all that is left behind - i think a brief career as an Internet porn star should not be the lasting testament to her life.

Uh what in the hell are you talking about? Are you really comparing record sales to internet pornography? Just when I think some of you can't possibly get any lower, you justify it like this.

I'm curious... if said photographer was really so concerned about the family and friends of said model, why did he take her pictures and videos to begin with? Very few family members are ever going to "approve" their baby being plastered online as "masturbation material".

Anyway, I can see how so many people think the situation is different because its a "solo girl", I just don't agree. Is anybody asking for Britney Madison's content to be taken down? She is ALL over the place, along with several other models that have passed on. Its a tragic thing to watch people die so young, but again, I just don't see how taking content down is suddenly supposed to earn respect from the families when nobody gave a rats ass about the families beforehand.

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good question and one I think about alot.

I agree with taking it down, Unless the family requests it be left up, because they need the money generated.

so what's the right reason if not the money?


I understand your concern, but I don't see how they really affect them, unless they search all day for nude pics of their daughter online. If they were not proud for their daughter decision to work in pornography is another thing takes a lot of discussion. Personally if you tell me they failed to accept it I would tell you they do not deserve to have another last testament of her life either.

I'm not confusing anything.

Taking a site down does not equal respect. Get real. If anybody really expected these girls they would never take their pictures in the first place. These girls are young, they want attention, and they want money... a typical photographer is very charismatic, they prey on the weaknesses of this girl. Then they suddenly have a heart and *I'm* the prick because I don't agree with pulling a site.

L fucking OL.

No mother is sitting at her coffee table telling her friends "at least the man took down her horrible site." Instead, that mother is probably hating that man for tainting every memory she's ever had of her baby.

friends, boyfriends - couldn't care less about them - they are a transient part of their lives - family does concern me - good family anyway.

i have the answer for myself - one day i will have a blog up where i explain the world of 'barely legal' nude modeling as I see it.

You'll get a real shitty site for that ammount...

I don't directly compare them, but I don't discriminate the 2nd one either. When I entered this business I did that by having accepted and perceiving certain things. If you want the world to change opinion about this business you must treated it no differently. If you find this hitting a low level can only tell me you have not truly accepted what's the industry you are in.

photographers are NOT by and large charismatic. they have little to do with how or why a girl ends up naked on the Net.

we are talking about a situation that is TRAGIC - your mistake is seeing this as black and white - it's doing what's best or what's nice in the event of a horrible tragedy. if you really want to get into it - don't blame a photographer or webmaster waving hundred dollar bills for luring a girl into Internet porn stardom - it's that mother and that father who are ultimately responsible - so don't feel too bad about them. But we're talking about a tragedy here - your daughter being naked on the Internet at 19 isn't a tragedy and it's not forever - a sudden death changes things.

I love this industry, but unfortunately, there's a bad stigma attached to it. Shit like leaving up a solo girl paysite of a model that is dead because you're still getting paid every month from it feeds the machine.

I guess im in the minority when I say I would feel dirty for continuing to profit from solo site that the star died recently and the parents were having a real hard time dealing with their daughters untimely death.

I'm not blaming anyone. I'm hardly blaming the photographer or webmaster. The girl made her choice. HER choice. And it is "what's nice", I agree. I see that just fine.

You are kidding right? Business is business.

At first, I thought yes, you should remove a site but then I thought about what others said - about mainstream actresses and singers who passed away. The best comparision would be, I suppose, a mainstream model's site - would you close that if she died?

I guess I'm not sure how being an adult model makes the difference in this scenario.

If her family came in and objected, then I'd take it down to meet their wishes. If they don't know or don't care - I'd probably leave it up - with no updates, I assume it would fade out over time anyway. . .

Cyn

I understand where you're coming from, I really do. I'm just trying to understand more how and why people feel the way they do.

You mentioned solo site specifically. Why is a solo site girl different from a regular porn girl? By regular porn girl I'm not referring to a Jenna, I'm referring to one of the regulars who goes studio to studio for work. If she dies, why is that easier to let go?

Therein lies your answer.

That's why it's always best to have a will, and have things like this specifically outlined in it. Things like "If I die, I want my website(s) to remain up and working, and all income from them that's mine will go to __________ and _________, to be divided equaly"

This is yet another fine time to tell people to get a will drawn up. If this girl had one this would be a non-issue.

I didn't think of it like that. If its the profit in the middle I can tell you I would donate all the earnings to their family, if there was a need of it but I wouldnt take the site down. I would treat it the exact say way if there was a contract discontinue.

btw, this is personal opinion, not DA policy and I wish none of us will be in such dillema

While I intellectually agree with Sly. If the family asked or in anyway implied they wanted the site closed. I guess I would. I do not need money that badly.

I think all of us who are at introspective have to wonder if we are making cash off of misery. The fact that many models come here and post is helpful. At least some of them just view this as a business.

That would work if the site was actually hers, as in, she owned it. How often is that the reality? Jordan Capri does not own or have control over her site. When she "wanted out", her site stayed online.

I see a few issues in all of this myself.

If its a pre-packaged solo site where the webmaster pre shot everything and paid it all in advance, where the model is now long gone for the most part. Then really it is up to the webmaster of the site. If for some reason he or she feels the need to try to cleanse thier soul and seek some redemption for what they had did when she was alive, then so be it and take it down. In your eyes you may be showing respect to the model, yet dis-respect to all those that trusted in you to promote your site. This choice though would be the webmasters to make.

If it is a partnership with the model everything gets a great deal more tricky. Most partnerships do not disolve at death unless that is stipulated in the initial contract. So I would think that this makes things a lot more tricky. I would think that the site and the partnership suddenly becomes basicly an asset that is now guarded by the estate of the model. I would then imagine that the webmaster can not just sever such an object because they wanted to. Since I am pretty sure you can not just dispose of assets beloging to the deceased when the deceased still basicly owns a portion of it. I am not a lawyer at all, yet I would think this is how it would be. So potentially I do not think the webmaster would be allowed to be the only one to make this choice.

I mentiond solo site, because it focuses around the main model and the main model only. The surfer's fantasy is that girl. (i.e. www.modelsname.com vs www.cumdrinkers.com where said model is featured along with hundreds more).

The issue im trying to convey is you were profiting off of someones career in the adult industry, just like they were. Now, they are dead. Only you are profiting off of it now, a dead person's 15minutes in the porn industry. Isn't that a bit disgusting? Shit like that is what makes people hate this industry. That is what I call exploitation.

Now, if said model has been featured on other sites, I would, as an act of morality, take down her content. I know the content of the deceased would still be available but atleast noone would be profiting off of it.

And just why do you consider someone "low" simply because they compared adult entertainment to record sales?

Business is business. Period.

Its a rather simple formula. A photographer makes an investment in hiring a model. Add to that the funding for camera and lighting gear, studio space, props, costumes, assistants....whatnot. Webhosting, transaction processing fees, administration, advertising & marketing, etc. In exchange, the model gets paid for the modeling gig she contracted for.

So then said model unfortunately passes away. So now, by your logic - the photographer is expected to take down the 'product' from the shelf and no longer make a return on his investment?

That's confusing business with personal affairs.

The comparison between record sales and model photos is quite suitable IMO - as such both are a business commodity...a product. Others have already said that removing the images wouldn't take them out of internet circulation anyways. Same as if you took - let's say all Queen albums off the shelves since Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991 - the music would still live on through radio, personal collections, libraries & archives.

People have to take responsibility for their own actions. If they decide to enter the adult entertainment industry - they're responsible for understanding the full magnitude of their decision.

Nismo, while I respect and appreciate the passion from which you state your opinion - I find myself totally in disagreement here.

You say "you were profiting off of someone's career in the adult industry." Almost as if to imply a pimp/whore relationship. It denegrates the skill and investment of the photographer.

People die all the time - but the world doesn't grind to a halt because someone passes away. If an employee of a company dies, the company doesn't pull all the product off their shelves that the employee produced during their employment. Photography is the product produced by the combination of a model and photographer working together.

Let's turn this around hypothetically. Let's say the photographer dies. Should the model take down all the images from the website that he shot for her?

Yes, but you can usually will any existing ongoing income to your family at least.

I guess my point is that aggreements such as what to do with a site like this have to be made and in place before something tragic happens. These solo girls (where their site is under the control of another company) really need to nail down these details from the get-go.

I think the site should stay up to honor the dead, but all profits off the site should go to close ones and relatives. I think profitting off a dead porn model where she is exposing her nude body (which is no longer with us) is a little distasteful. Comparing it to painter's works is a little bit different in my opinion.

Always do what's right. Since "right" will vary from situation to situation discretion and respect are mandatory.

I personally don't think it would be disrespectful to honor and commemorate them after an untimely passing it the continuation of her business were done as such. Artists like others sometimes pass prematurely and their work continues to live on. This is common in music. The situation depends on the person.

Taken down? ... no way!

If anything, work the site harder ... and try to salvage as much as one can before the content runs out...

Though it would be considerate to explain to members that due to unforeseen circumstances (or get specific about what happened, if one feels that's appropriate) there will be little to no new content available...

In regards to the future of the site, the webmaster could do one or more of the following to maintain a revenue stream...

1. Setup / partner with some other sites and refer the paid members to them.

2. Basically do nothing... just keep collect the remaining rebills each month until they trickle down to zero.

3. Find another model and simply rebrand the site; most of the "rebills" won't mind (some may not even notice a difference) if the new model is hot too.

This is business ... the model did it for money ... so it's only fair for the website operator to recoup their investment; maximize profits.

Ron

Yep, it's just business

[QUOTE=Sly] Is anybody asking for Britney Madison's content to be taken down? She is ALL over the place, along with several other models that have passed on.[QUOTE]

Exactly! Noone has, with Britney's or Julie Robbins, and everything has been worked out, as I stated sbove. Taking the sites down for a time, and then restructuring them as to not imply the girls were still alive, etc...example: "E-Mail Me Personally", or "See Me Live On Cam-Chat"-type things are all removed.

Now, realizing that these two examples are a bit different due to their popularity and porn careers, I would say that for example a new model, whose family would maybe be upset it would be the right choice to remove the site...

The bottom line is however, that as far back as models and model releases go...the girls know (or should know) what they are signing and doing. They are the ones that make the choice for this work - for whatever reasons they have - and the industry itself isn't :doing anything" to their family...if the family would be so upset AFTER the model passed awy, would they not have been equally as upset when the model was alive? The model made the decision to do the work...and if her family WAS an issue, she knew that beforehand.

Fitz

It has nothing to do with porn its called business:
During the filming of the movie "The Crow" Brandon Lee is shot directly in the chest with a large calibur handgun they thought they put blanks in. He dies instantly , they still release the movie.
During the filming of one of the scenes from the Twilight zone movie, Actor Vic Morrow has head chopped off and a asian kid is killed during a helicoper crash. THey still released the movie.
HBO THe actress playing Tony Sopranos Mom dies before they start filming the next season. THey take parts she said before she died and digitally put her in scenes.
THis has nothing to do with porn its called business.