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Originally Posted by DVTimes
An interesting take.
I disagree with you, and do you have a time limit? I mean lets say you shoot a model and do a lot of content. And the next day you start a site with her content, but she wants it removed.
Do you remove it and just think, oh well, it only cost me $100k.
In that case will not all models shoots then get paid, then demand it is removed.
What if I shoot a model for her site and she asks me to do lesbian shoots and I arrange it. But the model then wants it removed. So not only have I paid a model for the shoot, but then the other model sues me because she cannot have that content on her site.
But then again, what stops you going to prison for hosting the content, simply because she complains to the police and has never contacted you.
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If you shot thousands of pictures and 50-100 scenes, then it could be very easily claimed that you were business partners, and that the talent wasn't duped as much as a one-time performer, or someone who did a couple of scenes.
You would likely be sued for a better percentage in the former scenario, but in the latter scenario, you would be sued for damages and for content removal.
Context matters, because:
1. Have you paid her (or him) a lump sum?
2. Is the content vanilla, or is it something very extreme, or shameful?
3. Can you prove how much you made off of her (or his) content?
If it cost you approximately $2000 to shoot a scene, and most of your members tuned in to watch that particular scene, then you could argue that you paid very little, but gained quite a lot.
You can't go to prison for something like that, it would be a civil matter entirely.
This law is to do with something criminal, i.e. publishing someone's images or videos without their consent, or creating fake explicit pictures, etc. which should land you in prison regardless.