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"[redacted] and shutting down shop"
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This will be my last comment on this topic, but it should be reiterated again that the onus should not be on any content creators (especially not people starring in the vids they put out) to have to contend with someone illegally sharing their scenes elsewhere. It being "inevitable" doesn't make it okay or make any feelings of betrayal of trust invalid, especially not within a niche community. Anyone filming themselves is well-aware of how vulnerable they're making themselves online and they hardly need to be reminded of that when their content gets shared without their fucking permission.
Saturation Hall, Langstonedale
Lord of the Pies
WAMOptimist93 said: This will be my last comment on this topic, but it should be reiterated again that the onus should not be on any content creators (especially not people starring in the vids they put out) to have to contend with someone illegally sharing their scenes elsewhere. It being "inevitable" doesn't make it okay or make any feelings of betrayal of trust invalid, especially not within a niche community. Anyone filming themselves is well-aware of how vulnerable they're making themselves online and they hardly need to be reminded of that when their content gets shared without their fucking permission.
Agree with all of this, though would add: It seems Bratty was taken by surprise by this happening. Should we as a community do more to warn new producers about the realities of making fetish erotica available?
Saturation Hall - Forth! The Gungemaidens!
I think we as a community need to do a better job protecting each other. Today it was Bratty tomorrow who knows?
If you see it report it, period. We should be lifting each other up, supporting one another and helping each of us feel safe flying our freak flags. We should also work together to pick out the rotten apples before they ruin the bunch.
Just think for a moment if you were in her shoes how terrifying this would be. Think of it happening to you. We all are being vulnerable on here and yes it could happen but we can do something to prevent it if we work together and act like responsible adults in between pies to the face.
If you see it report it, period. We should be lifting each other up, supporting one another and helping each of us feel safe flying our freak flags. We should also work together to pick out the rotten apples before they ruin the bunch.
Just think for a moment if you were in her shoes how terrifying this would be. Think of it happening to you. We all are being vulnerable on here and yes it could happen but we can do something to prevent it if we work together and act like responsible adults in between pies to the face.
ericachronic said: So as someone who runs another "store" on a major clip site I fight them on a daily bases. A good majority of mine are stolen by people who use other peoples credit cards. They then post them online and earn revenue off of views or premium file links.
All you can really do is take down notices.
All you can really do is take down notices.
wait, what's your "another store"? besides the one listed on here?
DungeonMasterOne said:
Agree with all of this, though would add: It seems Bratty was taken by surprise by this happening. Should we as a community do more to warn new producers about the realities of making fetish erotica available?
WAMOptimist93 said: This will be my last comment on this topic, but it should be reiterated again that the onus should not be on any content creators (especially not people starring in the vids they put out) to have to contend with someone illegally sharing their scenes elsewhere. It being "inevitable" doesn't make it okay or make any feelings of betrayal of trust invalid, especially not within a niche community. Anyone filming themselves is well-aware of how vulnerable they're making themselves online and they hardly need to be reminded of that when their content gets shared without their fucking permission.
Agree with all of this, though would add: It seems Bratty was taken by surprise by this happening. Should we as a community do more to warn new producers about the realities of making fetish erotica available?
From talking to her/from her IG page, she always knew it was a risk, but she had warned months ago that she would be gone if her stuff leaked out. It's less surprise on her end than it is disappointment. While also wanting to stick to her word so that people know she was serious about it.
MikeHoncho47 said: There are two separate things happening here from my view point.
We should absolutely, positively, do things that protect WAM and its producers. In the long run, pirating only hurts the consumer. Don't share it. If you see it report it. And if you enjoy it, purchase more.
That being said, Bratty's porn content that was produced for the UMD crowd, ended up on a larger porn website via pirating. Yes WAM is niche, but at the end of the day, it's still porn. Whether it's PG or XXX, it's porn to someone.
I guess I view it as naive if she feels completely taken aback by the incident. If your concern is privacy, putting yourself out there in that capacity is perhaps reckless.
If you have family, careers, special interests, etc. that need to be protected, being a fetish/porn creator is certainly something you should think twice about doing.
Despite a group of douchers who think it's okay to pirate, there is a huge group of supportive consumers here. I guess by her taking down her content here, but leaving it up on OF seems like a loss of revenue for her. There will always be pirates, and she will certainly find more on OF. It's just the nature of the beast.
We should absolutely, positively, do things that protect WAM and its producers. In the long run, pirating only hurts the consumer. Don't share it. If you see it report it. And if you enjoy it, purchase more.
That being said, Bratty's porn content that was produced for the UMD crowd, ended up on a larger porn website via pirating. Yes WAM is niche, but at the end of the day, it's still porn. Whether it's PG or XXX, it's porn to someone.
I guess I view it as naive if she feels completely taken aback by the incident. If your concern is privacy, putting yourself out there in that capacity is perhaps reckless.
If you have family, careers, special interests, etc. that need to be protected, being a fetish/porn creator is certainly something you should think twice about doing.
Despite a group of douchers who think it's okay to pirate, there is a huge group of supportive consumers here. I guess by her taking down her content here, but leaving it up on OF seems like a loss of revenue for her. There will always be pirates, and she will certainly find more on OF. It's just the nature of the beast.
The idea that she didn't consider this and is somehow naive just reads like "mansplaining."
Of course she was aware of the risk...I know from chatting with her how concerned she was, but she was excited enough to share with felllow wammers in spite of it. That's how badly someone fucked this up. This whole "boys will be boys" philosophy isn't useful to anyone.
I don't know how much help it would do in this situation, but every instance of pirating takes us one step farther away from having ownership of media be the default again. I love the MP4 collection I've been curating for almost 20 years and would love to continue adding producer content to it for the foreseeable future. But if more platforms put in a system where we could only ever "buy" streaming rights with no ability to download or transfer media to other devices, can we really blame them?
Long-winded way of saying this is why we can't have nice things.
Long-winded way of saying this is why we can't have nice things.
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I was shocked to read this thread this morning and have thought about it ever since. Simply put, this in nothing sheer disrespect. Bratty trusted members here to not do this and it happened. I do not purchase any videos on here but hers would have been some i would have bought. I adored Bratty! She is a good lady and loved to have fun on here with each of us. Now she's gone for who knows how long. I enjoyed out chats however brief they were b/c I understood she could not be here all day. I loved her comments on my photos and will certainly miss her and hopes she comes back soon.
She hit it right on the head with her opening comment. "ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PIRATE!" And that is also what it is, piracy and theft! Bratty is certainly a woman of her word. She said she'd take it down if her videos were ever leaked and she did! Again, I hope she comes back soon!
She hit it right on the head with her opening comment. "ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PIRATE!" And that is also what it is, piracy and theft! Bratty is certainly a woman of her word. She said she'd take it down if her videos were ever leaked and she did! Again, I hope she comes back soon!
MikeHoncho47 said:
Lol mansplaining.
Being overly trustworthy to a group of total strangers is the absolute definition of naive. So if using words in their proper context and definition is mansplaining, I'll take it!
All kidding aside, it's a shame that she feels this way nonetheless. I hope that she can get passed the way she feels. I just don't agree with letting a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch thinking. Then again, I'm not in her shoes, so I really don't have a pot to piss in. I'm not the one putting myself out there. Props to her for ever doing it at all. That takes courage.
WAMOptimist93 said:
The idea that she didn't consider this and is somehow naive just reads like "mansplaining." Of course she was aware of the risk...I know from chatting with her how concerned she was, but she was excited enough to share with felllow wammers in spite of it. That's how badly someone fucked this up. This whole "boys will be boys" philosophy isn't useful to anyone.
The idea that she didn't consider this and is somehow naive just reads like "mansplaining."
Of course she was aware of the risk...I know from chatting with her how concerned she was, but she was excited enough to share with felllow wammers in spite of it. That's how badly someone fucked this up. This whole "boys will be boys" philosophy isn't useful to anyone. Lol mansplaining.
Being overly trustworthy to a group of total strangers is the absolute definition of naive. So if using words in their proper context and definition is mansplaining, I'll take it!
All kidding aside, it's a shame that she feels this way nonetheless. I hope that she can get passed the way she feels. I just don't agree with letting a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch thinking. Then again, I'm not in her shoes, so I really don't have a pot to piss in. I'm not the one putting myself out there. Props to her for ever doing it at all. That takes courage.
Oh, for fucks sake.
If a comment ever came off like someone smelling their own farts, it's this one. Some of you are fucking HOPELESS. I'm done.
MikeHoncho47 said: There are two separate things happening here from my view point.
We should absolutely, positively, do things that protect WAM and its producers. In the long run, pirating only hurts the consumer. Don't share it. If you see it report it. And if you enjoy it, purchase more.
That being said, Bratty's porn content that was produced for the UMD crowd, ended up on a larger porn website via pirating. Yes WAM is niche, but at the end of the day, it's still porn. Whether it's PG or XXX, it's porn to someone.
I guess I view it as naive if she feels completely taken aback by the incident. If your concern is privacy, putting yourself out there in that capacity is perhaps reckless.
If you have family, careers, special interests, etc. that need to be protected, being a fetish/porn creator is certainly something you should think twice about doing.
Despite a group of douchers who think it's okay to pirate, there is a huge group of supportive consumers here. I guess by her taking down her content here, but leaving it up on OF seems like a loss of revenue for her. There will always be pirates, and she will certainly find more on OF. It's just the nature of the beast.
We should absolutely, positively, do things that protect WAM and its producers. In the long run, pirating only hurts the consumer. Don't share it. If you see it report it. And if you enjoy it, purchase more.
That being said, Bratty's porn content that was produced for the UMD crowd, ended up on a larger porn website via pirating. Yes WAM is niche, but at the end of the day, it's still porn. Whether it's PG or XXX, it's porn to someone.
I guess I view it as naive if she feels completely taken aback by the incident. If your concern is privacy, putting yourself out there in that capacity is perhaps reckless.
If you have family, careers, special interests, etc. that need to be protected, being a fetish/porn creator is certainly something you should think twice about doing.
Despite a group of douchers who think it's okay to pirate, there is a huge group of supportive consumers here. I guess by her taking down her content here, but leaving it up on OF seems like a loss of revenue for her. There will always be pirates, and she will certainly find more on OF. It's just the nature of the beast.
Soooo if any of us have a life whatsoever we shouldn't be able to express ourselves sexually? Of course she knew there was some risk. You know that you posting on here and having a profile is a risk too, right? It's still devastating to have it happen and stumble across your own material on some porn site. And you have no idea what her thought process is so not really yours to decide what actions she should take. Also wondering how quickly the conversation would change if all of UMD data got leaked and all the customers got exposed.
Its an on-going problem I sent 8 DCMA emails out just today!
Phil
Phil
MikeHoncho47 said:
I guess I view it as naive if she feels completely taken aback by the incident. If your concern is privacy, putting yourself out there in that capacity is perhaps reckless.
If you have family, careers, special interests, etc. that need to be protected, being a fetish/porn creator is certainly something you should think twice about doing.
Despite a group of douchers who think it's okay to pirate, there is a huge group of supportive consumers here. I guess by her taking down her content here, but leaving it up on OF seems like a loss of revenue for her. There will always be pirates, and she will certainly find more on OF. It's just the nature of the beast.
I guess I view it as naive if she feels completely taken aback by the incident. If your concern is privacy, putting yourself out there in that capacity is perhaps reckless.
If you have family, careers, special interests, etc. that need to be protected, being a fetish/porn creator is certainly something you should think twice about doing.
Despite a group of douchers who think it's okay to pirate, there is a huge group of supportive consumers here. I guess by her taking down her content here, but leaving it up on OF seems like a loss of revenue for her. There will always be pirates, and she will certainly find more on OF. It's just the nature of the beast.
Revenue is secondary to one's principles. She said it clear as day that if there ever came the time it happened, her content and her store was going bye bye and good for her! I wouldn't put it past her to shut her OF down as well and if people keep pushing it, I hope she does. I salute her for standing by her laurels and following through. Maybe if more producers did the same, it would send a clear message that this shit is unacceptable.
Whether or not she was aware of the risks or not is irrelevant. It is her content. It is her image and if you fail to respect her work by spilling it on the internet knowing full well what it costs producers to make this stuff, well, don't be surprised when they say "fuck this!" and close up shop. There comes a certain point where the reward isn't worth the effort and if people continue making things harder for producers to continue making content by violating the rights to their material, image or likeness, I don't want to hear it when more shut stores down and people never see any improvement in content quality.
Making smut is easy. Making art takes more!
My heart goes out to Bratty Shortcakes, so sorry that she had to deal with this. Good for her for standing up for herself. It's unfortunate we all have to deal with the loss of her now, because someone decided to be selfish. She's a true wammer, and was a really bright presence here, she'll be missed. But I completely understand why she decided to do it. She knew her limit, she set her boundary, and she stuck to it.
It's really frustrating that it's so easy to pirate content. Isn't it illegal to post any nude content or sell content without filing a copy of the ID of the performer online? Isn't that considered revenge porn, or is that a state law and only in California?
Piracy is definitely a big reason I don't make creating content a priority anymore. It happens so much and a lot of it is people I undoubtedly piss off cause I can be a keyboard warrior. So I'm sure I'm making myself a target most of the time. But Bratty Shortcakes was really kind and friendly and didn't deserve to be treated this way. Bad curses upon thine heads who plagued her.
It's really frustrating that it's so easy to pirate content. Isn't it illegal to post any nude content or sell content without filing a copy of the ID of the performer online? Isn't that considered revenge porn, or is that a state law and only in California?
Piracy is definitely a big reason I don't make creating content a priority anymore. It happens so much and a lot of it is people I undoubtedly piss off cause I can be a keyboard warrior. So I'm sure I'm making myself a target most of the time. But Bratty Shortcakes was really kind and friendly and didn't deserve to be treated this way. Bad curses upon thine heads who plagued her.
It sucks that this happened. It sucks every time this happens. Producers don't deserve to have their content stolen and given away for free.
It takes one person one second to violate the trust that the community has collectively built over months/years/decades. This sucks. This is why I always subconsciously bristle at the "we have to do better" comments whenever this happens. Most of "us" pay our fair share and buy what we own. It's a minority of a minority of bad actors who ruin it for everyone, literally.
What can we do? Do we have to accept that piracy is inevitable? Is that a risk that people have to accept when they go into creating content? Do we as a community have to accept that this means there will be less content available, since less people will be willing to tolerate that risk going forward?
What's our alternative? Do we make UMD more exclusive? Do we do more to identify buyers? Do we encourage sellers to only sell here? It's not lost on me that the measures UMD might take to hamper piracy might not be very popular with the community. Would you upload a photo ID in order to be a customer of the UMD? Probably not.
I'm not adding anything to this conversation, really. I'm just saying that this has happened before, and will probably happen again unless something changes that makes it riskier to pirate content. It would suck to lose content producers over it, but I also don't share much of my content, for privacy reasons, so I completely understand.
I'd also like to live in a world where enjoying getting naked and smashing pies in your face isn't something that your life can be ruined over, but maybe this is too much to ask.
It takes one person one second to violate the trust that the community has collectively built over months/years/decades. This sucks. This is why I always subconsciously bristle at the "we have to do better" comments whenever this happens. Most of "us" pay our fair share and buy what we own. It's a minority of a minority of bad actors who ruin it for everyone, literally.
What can we do? Do we have to accept that piracy is inevitable? Is that a risk that people have to accept when they go into creating content? Do we as a community have to accept that this means there will be less content available, since less people will be willing to tolerate that risk going forward?
What's our alternative? Do we make UMD more exclusive? Do we do more to identify buyers? Do we encourage sellers to only sell here? It's not lost on me that the measures UMD might take to hamper piracy might not be very popular with the community. Would you upload a photo ID in order to be a customer of the UMD? Probably not.
I'm not adding anything to this conversation, really. I'm just saying that this has happened before, and will probably happen again unless something changes that makes it riskier to pirate content. It would suck to lose content producers over it, but I also don't share much of my content, for privacy reasons, so I completely understand.
I'd also like to live in a world where enjoying getting naked and smashing pies in your face isn't something that your life can be ruined over, but maybe this is too much to ask.
ldontknow said: It sucks that this happened. It sucks every time this happens. Producers don't deserve to have their content stolen and given away for free.
It takes one person one second to violate the trust that the community has collectively built over months/years/decades. This sucks. This is why I always subconsciously bristle at the "we have to do better" comments whenever this happens. Most of "us" pay our fair share and buy what we own. It's a minority of a minority of bad actors who ruin it for everyone, literally.
What can we do? Do we have to accept that piracy is inevitable? Is that a risk that people have to accept when they go into creating content? Do we as a community have to accept that this means there will be less content available, since less people will be willing to tolerate that risk going forward?
What's our alternative? Do we make UMD more exclusive? Do we do more to identify buyers? Do we encourage sellers to only sell here? It's not lost on me that the measures UMD might take to hamper piracy might not be very popular with the community. Would you upload a photo ID in order to be a customer of the UMD? Probably not.
I'm not adding anything to this conversation, really. I'm just saying that this has happened before, and will probably happen again unless something changes that makes it riskier to pirate content. It would suck to lose content producers over it, but I also don't share much of my content, for privacy reasons, so I completely understand.
I'd also like to live in a world where enjoying getting naked and smashing pies in your face isn't something that your life can be ruined over, but maybe this is too much to ask.
It takes one person one second to violate the trust that the community has collectively built over months/years/decades. This sucks. This is why I always subconsciously bristle at the "we have to do better" comments whenever this happens. Most of "us" pay our fair share and buy what we own. It's a minority of a minority of bad actors who ruin it for everyone, literally.
What can we do? Do we have to accept that piracy is inevitable? Is that a risk that people have to accept when they go into creating content? Do we as a community have to accept that this means there will be less content available, since less people will be willing to tolerate that risk going forward?
What's our alternative? Do we make UMD more exclusive? Do we do more to identify buyers? Do we encourage sellers to only sell here? It's not lost on me that the measures UMD might take to hamper piracy might not be very popular with the community. Would you upload a photo ID in order to be a customer of the UMD? Probably not.
I'm not adding anything to this conversation, really. I'm just saying that this has happened before, and will probably happen again unless something changes that makes it riskier to pirate content. It would suck to lose content producers over it, but I also don't share much of my content, for privacy reasons, so I completely understand.
I'd also like to live in a world where enjoying getting naked and smashing pies in your face isn't something that your life can be ruined over, but maybe this is too much to ask.
I've given this a lot of thought. I know others have said that maybe having an ID number for the private buyers just so we can establish a pattern. Imagine the data if everyone who had something leaked put all those ID numbers together and could come up with some culprits. It wouldn't solve everything and nothing probably ever will. But it could identify some who continuously do it. But other than that- I'm at a loss. Some pirate free trailers (which is mind boggling) or super discounted material so making content cheaper (if we even can bc that's a whole other convo about how expensive all this is) doesn't seem to be the answer. Raising prices may seem to work although Bratty talked to some asshat on insta today who said he trades content bc it's too expensive otherwise. So ya. There's no winning. And I can't come up with better solutions.
Chloe of PieroProductions said:
I've given this a lot of thought. I know others have said that maybe having an ID number for the private buyers just so we can establish a pattern. Imagine the data if everyone who had something leaked put all those ID numbers together and could come up with some culprits. It wouldn't solve everything and nothing probably ever will. But it could identify some who continuously do it. But other than that- I'm at a loss. Some pirate free trailers (which is mind boggling) or super discounted material so making content cheaper (if we even can bc that's a whole other convo about how expensive all this is) doesn't seem to be the answer. Raising prices may seem to work although Bratty talked to some asshat on insta today who said he trades content bc it's too expensive otherwise. So ya. There's no winning. And I can't come up with better solutions.
ldontknow said: It sucks that this happened. It sucks every time this happens. Producers don't deserve to have their content stolen and given away for free.
It takes one person one second to violate the trust that the community has collectively built over months/years/decades. This sucks. This is why I always subconsciously bristle at the "we have to do better" comments whenever this happens. Most of "us" pay our fair share and buy what we own. It's a minority of a minority of bad actors who ruin it for everyone, literally.
What can we do? Do we have to accept that piracy is inevitable? Is that a risk that people have to accept when they go into creating content? Do we as a community have to accept that this means there will be less content available, since less people will be willing to tolerate that risk going forward?
What's our alternative? Do we make UMD more exclusive? Do we do more to identify buyers? Do we encourage sellers to only sell here? It's not lost on me that the measures UMD might take to hamper piracy might not be very popular with the community. Would you upload a photo ID in order to be a customer of the UMD? Probably not.
I'm not adding anything to this conversation, really. I'm just saying that this has happened before, and will probably happen again unless something changes that makes it riskier to pirate content. It would suck to lose content producers over it, but I also don't share much of my content, for privacy reasons, so I completely understand.
I'd also like to live in a world where enjoying getting naked and smashing pies in your face isn't something that your life can be ruined over, but maybe this is too much to ask.
It takes one person one second to violate the trust that the community has collectively built over months/years/decades. This sucks. This is why I always subconsciously bristle at the "we have to do better" comments whenever this happens. Most of "us" pay our fair share and buy what we own. It's a minority of a minority of bad actors who ruin it for everyone, literally.
What can we do? Do we have to accept that piracy is inevitable? Is that a risk that people have to accept when they go into creating content? Do we as a community have to accept that this means there will be less content available, since less people will be willing to tolerate that risk going forward?
What's our alternative? Do we make UMD more exclusive? Do we do more to identify buyers? Do we encourage sellers to only sell here? It's not lost on me that the measures UMD might take to hamper piracy might not be very popular with the community. Would you upload a photo ID in order to be a customer of the UMD? Probably not.
I'm not adding anything to this conversation, really. I'm just saying that this has happened before, and will probably happen again unless something changes that makes it riskier to pirate content. It would suck to lose content producers over it, but I also don't share much of my content, for privacy reasons, so I completely understand.
I'd also like to live in a world where enjoying getting naked and smashing pies in your face isn't something that your life can be ruined over, but maybe this is too much to ask.
I've given this a lot of thought. I know others have said that maybe having an ID number for the private buyers just so we can establish a pattern. Imagine the data if everyone who had something leaked put all those ID numbers together and could come up with some culprits. It wouldn't solve everything and nothing probably ever will. But it could identify some who continuously do it. But other than that- I'm at a loss. Some pirate free trailers (which is mind boggling) or super discounted material so making content cheaper (if we even can bc that's a whole other convo about how expensive all this is) doesn't seem to be the answer. Raising prices may seem to work although Bratty talked to some asshat on insta today who said he trades content bc it's too expensive otherwise. So ya. There's no winning. And I can't come up with better solutions.
What if every clip bought had a dynamically-inserted watermark that includes the username of the original purchaser? Or at the very least, the exact timestamp of the purchase? The watermark would be small enough so as to not distract from the clip, but it would also move around the frame as the video played, so it couldn't be easily cropped out (think TikTok watermarks).
This system could be built and it doesn't have to be super-expensive, though it might mean some quality of life changes for UMD shoppers.
This wouldn't stop piracy of UMD-sourced content, but it would significantly increase the barrier to entry and effort required to pirate content anonymously. It can be done. I'm happy to help.
Fuck, not Bratty... Not only did she feel like she needed to close the stored, but just completely peaced out as well. She was a great and fun addition to this place.
Why does it feel like every time I come back, things go to shit.
Why does it feel like every time I come back, things go to shit.
Damn fool of a tuber
Man, this is a bummer. Keep this community thriving everyone.
Report pirated content when you see it
Buy content - support the creators and models covering themselves in slop for you!
Don't be a jerk
It's not complicated. If you want to keep the community going strong, do your part. Buy the scene, don't share it.
Report pirated content when you see it
Buy content - support the creators and models covering themselves in slop for you!
Don't be a jerk
It's not complicated. If you want to keep the community going strong, do your part. Buy the scene, don't share it.
luvs2pie said: So far that sight or any can u report a video of u don't know whose it is on umd? Or think it's an old producer but don't remember the name assuming someone here would know?
Report the piracy here: https://umd.net/contact/label/piracy . Do not use the tube site to report it.
That will notify producers and they will issue a dmca takedown.
If you don't remember the name, don't worry about it. Don't ask for people here to identify it. Just give your best effort, Especially for producers that you enjoy the most and want to see them continue here. There is nothing stopping them from retiring, shutting down here, and even removing all of their content.
DungeonMasterOne said:
Agree with all of this, though would add: It seems Bratty was taken by surprise by this happening. Should we as a community do more to warn new producers about the realities of making fetish erotica available?
WAMOptimist93 said: This will be my last comment on this topic, but it should be reiterated again that the onus should not be on any content creators (especially not people starring in the vids they put out) to have to contend with someone illegally sharing their scenes elsewhere. It being "inevitable" doesn't make it okay or make any feelings of betrayal of trust invalid, especially not within a niche community. Anyone filming themselves is well-aware of how vulnerable they're making themselves online and they hardly need to be reminded of that when their content gets shared without their fucking permission.
Agree with all of this, though would add: It seems Bratty was taken by surprise by this happening. Should we as a community do more to warn new producers about the realities of making fetish erotica available?
I think it boils down to whether or not one can trust the wam community and while I would like to say "yes" in most cases, it will always be the few assholes who feel entitled to do whatever they feel like that will put the entire community into question. Just like previous events in this forums history, the fact is that this reflects poorly on all of us.
Is there a risk involved? Yes. Of course there is. She knew that. She even said it herself and acknowledged it when she stated that if any of her scenes were found to be pirated, she's done.
Does that give anyone license to go ahead and do it just because "it's to be expected". Absolutely not.
In this case, it's the breach in trust with the community as a whole that she is upset about and I can't blame her. Doesn't matter who did it. What matters is it happened in the first place.
Can we do better at telling models of the risks? I don't think that's a mystery. The mystery is the fact that people will claim to love a community and it's creators while going above and beyond to ruin it for everyone for internet clout from strangers on a tube site.
Making smut is easy. Making art takes more!
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Lord of the Pies
Nostalgic Erotica Prod said:
I think it boils down to whether or not one can trust the wam community and while I would like to say "yes" in most cases, it will always be the few assholes who feel entitled to do whatever they feel like that will put the entire community into question. Just like previous events in this forums history, the fact is that this reflects poorly on all of us.
Is there a risk involved? Yes. Of course there is. She knew that. She even said it herself and acknowledged it when she stated that if any of her scenes were found to be pirated, she's done.
DungeonMasterOne said:
Agree with all of this, though would add: It seems Bratty was taken by surprise by this happening. Should we as a community do more to warn new producers about the realities of making fetish erotica available?
WAMOptimist93 said: This will be my last comment on this topic, but it should be reiterated again that the onus should not be on any content creators (especially not people starring in the vids they put out) to have to contend with someone illegally sharing their scenes elsewhere. It being "inevitable" doesn't make it okay or make any feelings of betrayal of trust invalid, especially not within a niche community. Anyone filming themselves is well-aware of how vulnerable they're making themselves online and they hardly need to be reminded of that when their content gets shared without their fucking permission.
Agree with all of this, though would add: It seems Bratty was taken by surprise by this happening. Should we as a community do more to warn new producers about the realities of making fetish erotica available?
I think it boils down to whether or not one can trust the wam community and while I would like to say "yes" in most cases, it will always be the few assholes who feel entitled to do whatever they feel like that will put the entire community into question. Just like previous events in this forums history, the fact is that this reflects poorly on all of us.
Is there a risk involved? Yes. Of course there is. She knew that. She even said it herself and acknowledged it when she stated that if any of her scenes were found to be pirated, she's done.
I'd missed that, I thought she was taken by surprise that piracy of scenes was a thing at all, hence wondering if newbies should be warned it might happen. It's one of the things I warn all new models here about, that once images are out there, they are there forever, because pirates.
I gather now in fact she knew all about it and had set it as a line in the sand.
Nostalgic Erotica Prod said: Does that give anyone license to go ahead and do it just because "it's to be expected". Absolutely not.
In this case, it's the breach in trust with the community as a whole that she is upset about and I can't blame her. Doesn't matter who did it. What matters is it happened in the first place.
Can we do better at telling models of the risks? I don't think that's a mystery. The mystery is the fact that people will claim to love a community and it's creators while going above and beyond to ruin it for everyone for internet clout from strangers on a tube site.
In this case, it's the breach in trust with the community as a whole that she is upset about and I can't blame her. Doesn't matter who did it. What matters is it happened in the first place.
Can we do better at telling models of the risks? I don't think that's a mystery. The mystery is the fact that people will claim to love a community and it's creators while going above and beyond to ruin it for everyone for internet clout from strangers on a tube site.
Agree completely. Sadly I don't see it stopping any time soon. Technical solutions are not the solution, because anything technical can be worked round - what's needed is a paradigm shift in how people, globally, think, from "I'll take what I can get" to "I'll respect creators and chose not to rip them off", and that's part of a much larger cultural shift that will take generations to achieve.
Something I came to realise some years ago, customers buy not because producers make it hard to steal, but because customers are decent people and willing to pay for content even though they could steal it instead. Yay for the good people, which is probably a message that needs to be transmitted harder.
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Only caught on this now. A friend of mine who works in content creation, they watermark their content, but also to identify if anyone is stealing it, they add something subtle to illustrate the source and in essence get the thief.
As people have been sadly stealing for years with content creation, my friend regularly has to work with people and help address this problem, but feel like it is hurting a lot of people, so can sympathise with bratty and everyone in here affected and could be a suggestion for anyone if feel worried about content being stolen is adopt a similar matter and allows you to pinpoint the thieves in this regard.
As people have been sadly stealing for years with content creation, my friend regularly has to work with people and help address this problem, but feel like it is hurting a lot of people, so can sympathise with bratty and everyone in here affected and could be a suggestion for anyone if feel worried about content being stolen is adopt a similar matter and allows you to pinpoint the thieves in this regard.
ldontknow said:
What if every clip bought had a dynamically-inserted watermark that includes the username of the original purchaser? Or at the very least, the exact timestamp of the purchase? The watermark would be small enough so as to not distract from the clip, but it would also move around the frame as the video played, so it couldn't be easily cropped out (think TikTok watermarks).
This system could be built and it doesn't have to be super-expensive, though it might mean some quality of life changes for UMD shoppers.
This wouldn't stop piracy of UMD-sourced content, but it would significantly increase the barrier to entry and effort required to pirate content anonymously. It can be done. I'm happy to help.
Chloe of PieroProductions said:
I've given this a lot of thought. I know others have said that maybe having an ID number for the private buyers just so we can establish a pattern. Imagine the data if everyone who had something leaked put all those ID numbers together and could come up with some culprits. It wouldn't solve everything and nothing probably ever will. But it could identify some who continuously do it. But other than that- I'm at a loss. Some pirate free trailers (which is mind boggling) or super discounted material so making content cheaper (if we even can bc that's a whole other convo about how expensive all this is) doesn't seem to be the answer. Raising prices may seem to work although Bratty talked to some asshat on insta today who said he trades content bc it's too expensive otherwise. So ya. There's no winning. And I can't come up with better solutions.
ldontknow said: It sucks that this happened. It sucks every time this happens. Producers don't deserve to have their content stolen and given away for free.
It takes one person one second to violate the trust that the community has collectively built over months/years/decades. This sucks. This is why I always subconsciously bristle at the "we have to do better" comments whenever this happens. Most of "us" pay our fair share and buy what we own. It's a minority of a minority of bad actors who ruin it for everyone, literally.
What can we do? Do we have to accept that piracy is inevitable? Is that a risk that people have to accept when they go into creating content? Do we as a community have to accept that this means there will be less content available, since less people will be willing to tolerate that risk going forward?
What's our alternative? Do we make UMD more exclusive? Do we do more to identify buyers? Do we encourage sellers to only sell here? It's not lost on me that the measures UMD might take to hamper piracy might not be very popular with the community. Would you upload a photo ID in order to be a customer of the UMD? Probably not.
I'm not adding anything to this conversation, really. I'm just saying that this has happened before, and will probably happen again unless something changes that makes it riskier to pirate content. It would suck to lose content producers over it, but I also don't share much of my content, for privacy reasons, so I completely understand.
I'd also like to live in a world where enjoying getting naked and smashing pies in your face isn't something that your life can be ruined over, but maybe this is too much to ask.
It takes one person one second to violate the trust that the community has collectively built over months/years/decades. This sucks. This is why I always subconsciously bristle at the "we have to do better" comments whenever this happens. Most of "us" pay our fair share and buy what we own. It's a minority of a minority of bad actors who ruin it for everyone, literally.
What can we do? Do we have to accept that piracy is inevitable? Is that a risk that people have to accept when they go into creating content? Do we as a community have to accept that this means there will be less content available, since less people will be willing to tolerate that risk going forward?
What's our alternative? Do we make UMD more exclusive? Do we do more to identify buyers? Do we encourage sellers to only sell here? It's not lost on me that the measures UMD might take to hamper piracy might not be very popular with the community. Would you upload a photo ID in order to be a customer of the UMD? Probably not.
I'm not adding anything to this conversation, really. I'm just saying that this has happened before, and will probably happen again unless something changes that makes it riskier to pirate content. It would suck to lose content producers over it, but I also don't share much of my content, for privacy reasons, so I completely understand.
I'd also like to live in a world where enjoying getting naked and smashing pies in your face isn't something that your life can be ruined over, but maybe this is too much to ask.
I've given this a lot of thought. I know others have said that maybe having an ID number for the private buyers just so we can establish a pattern. Imagine the data if everyone who had something leaked put all those ID numbers together and could come up with some culprits. It wouldn't solve everything and nothing probably ever will. But it could identify some who continuously do it. But other than that- I'm at a loss. Some pirate free trailers (which is mind boggling) or super discounted material so making content cheaper (if we even can bc that's a whole other convo about how expensive all this is) doesn't seem to be the answer. Raising prices may seem to work although Bratty talked to some asshat on insta today who said he trades content bc it's too expensive otherwise. So ya. There's no winning. And I can't come up with better solutions.
What if every clip bought had a dynamically-inserted watermark that includes the username of the original purchaser? Or at the very least, the exact timestamp of the purchase? The watermark would be small enough so as to not distract from the clip, but it would also move around the frame as the video played, so it couldn't be easily cropped out (think TikTok watermarks).
This system could be built and it doesn't have to be super-expensive, though it might mean some quality of life changes for UMD shoppers.
This wouldn't stop piracy of UMD-sourced content, but it would significantly increase the barrier to entry and effort required to pirate content anonymously. It can be done. I'm happy to help.
There's definitely a way to do it. I've bought some videos from Clippershave, and when I watch them, my name is a small watermark that jumps around the screen every few seconds. If I were to share that video illegally, it would literally have my full name written all over it as having been the one to share it, and he could match that up with the transaction records and take the appropriate actions. And since it jumps around, you couldn't just crop it out. I'm sure someone with a lot of know-how could figure out how to completely get rid of it, but the general public wouldn't. It's kind of annoying, but I'm sure there's a way to make it less intrusive.
We got tired of banging out take-down requests and its the main reason we stopped making videos.
I still have to send them out to this day.
There is a HUGE amount of content from in here out there... that website is pretty bad, but by far not the worst. I know of quite a lot of full UMD content out there, but quite a lot is hidden as it's not under a keyword with regards to messy/wet, so it's difficult to find.
I have a list of people in here who pirate stuff (yes you donkeys, there is a way to find out who you are), and some of them are stupid enough to use the same name out there and they do in here.
We looked into a system where a specific download number was shown on the video once in every 25 frames. If you ran the clip through a frame by frame software editor, you could retrieve the number.
But then, you have to 'burn' each sold video individually with a number and track who you sold it to.
And even then.... what are you going to do about it? Highly doubt that would stand up in court.
Live with it or bail. You will NEVER stop it
I still have to send them out to this day.
There is a HUGE amount of content from in here out there... that website is pretty bad, but by far not the worst. I know of quite a lot of full UMD content out there, but quite a lot is hidden as it's not under a keyword with regards to messy/wet, so it's difficult to find.
I have a list of people in here who pirate stuff (yes you donkeys, there is a way to find out who you are), and some of them are stupid enough to use the same name out there and they do in here.
We looked into a system where a specific download number was shown on the video once in every 25 frames. If you ran the clip through a frame by frame software editor, you could retrieve the number.
But then, you have to 'burn' each sold video individually with a number and track who you sold it to.
And even then.... what are you going to do about it? Highly doubt that would stand up in court.
Live with it or bail. You will NEVER stop it
From Bratty
Haha! I miss my fellow wam weirdos, the banter, the virtual wam sessions, all of it! OF is fine, but it's not the same feel, which is fine, but we have to let that tiny portion of content r*pers that this isn't ok, I have to feel safe to be a freak, we all do! I'm not saying I'll stop it completely, I'm no fool, but I'm saying we're starting somewhere by decreasing it. The whole community is stronger than a few basement dwellers
Haha! I miss my fellow wam weirdos, the banter, the virtual wam sessions, all of it! OF is fine, but it's not the same feel, which is fine, but we have to let that tiny portion of content r*pers that this isn't ok, I have to feel safe to be a freak, we all do! I'm not saying I'll stop it completely, I'm no fool, but I'm saying we're starting somewhere by decreasing it. The whole community is stronger than a few basement dwellers
wetjennie said: Ugh. That sucks. I am also very concerned something I post may get leaked and I've chosen only two places to post on purpose. We have families and careers and friends that we never want to see this stuff, yet we still have passions we want to keep safe. I hope he gets banned. Brutal. I hope it comes down. Good luck
That's why i choose not to reveal my face, even if my stuff doesn't get pirated what's to say that a coworker or friend isn't a fellow UMD'er here as well. All in all it sucks to see yet another wammer vanish, pirates really do suck.
Gooeyandsticky said: We got tired of banging out take-down requests and its the main reason we stopped making videos.
I still have to send them out to this day.
There is a HUGE amount of content from in here out there... that website is pretty bad, but by far not the worst. I know of quite a lot of full UMD content out there, but quite a lot is hidden as it's not under a keyword with regards to messy/wet, so it's difficult to find.
I have a list of people in here who pirate stuff (yes you donkeys, there is a way to find out who you are), and some of them are stupid enough to use the same name out there and they do in here.
We looked into a system where a specific download number was shown on the video once in every 25 frames. If you ran the clip through a frame by frame software editor, you could retrieve the number.
But then, you have to 'burn' each sold video individually with a number and track who you sold it to.
And even then.... what are you going to do about it? Highly doubt that would stand up in court.
Live with it or bail. You will NEVER stop it
I still have to send them out to this day.
There is a HUGE amount of content from in here out there... that website is pretty bad, but by far not the worst. I know of quite a lot of full UMD content out there, but quite a lot is hidden as it's not under a keyword with regards to messy/wet, so it's difficult to find.
I have a list of people in here who pirate stuff (yes you donkeys, there is a way to find out who you are), and some of them are stupid enough to use the same name out there and they do in here.
We looked into a system where a specific download number was shown on the video once in every 25 frames. If you ran the clip through a frame by frame software editor, you could retrieve the number.
But then, you have to 'burn' each sold video individually with a number and track who you sold it to.
And even then.... what are you going to do about it? Highly doubt that would stand up in court.
Live with it or bail. You will NEVER stop it
Only addressing the following:
You have a list of member names (ones that are reused in particular) - please, tell me you've sent that to MessMaster so moderators can do something with it...
Sadly many of these pierates are outside of the country. Good luck trying to take legal action against someone in Egypt or whatever country the scoundrel claims to be from.
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