Sponsors, Do You Check...

[Gaystoryman]

Was doing some Google searching, and I noticed a lot of listings for site names, that are offering passwords, free access to by pass registration walls of several paysites, which got me thinking.

Do sponsors check their domain name to see what sites are pushing their stuff, and if they find these torrent or password sites, are they doing anything about it? Do you collect the names and send out DMCA notices, or do you just ignore them?

Or is it simply a case of any listing is good news, or just not worth the effort to check?

[RottenRay]

Gaystoryman -
(Love the name and the tag line!)

Weighing in as an affilate here...


Do sponsors check their domain name to see what sites are pushing their stuff, and if they find these torrent or password sites, are they doing anything about it? Do you collect the names and send out DMCA notices, or do you just ignore them?

Or is it simply a case of any listing is good news, or just not worth the effort to check?


Some sponsors care, others don't. I haven't been able to see a trend as far as the size of the organization, exclusivity, et cetera - just seems that some businesses are better managed than others.

In the last year, I've sent 34 notices to sponsors when I've seen their entire photosets, video streams, et cetera, posted on Tube sites or newsgroups.

I've gotten 11 replies, 10 thankyouverymuch, 2 notices of a follow-up, and one awful note that basically said "we know, we don't care, don't write again about this."

I've noticed that those who respond at all tend to be easier to promote, mainly, I think, because their stuff isn't available all over the web.

Gut tells me that those who don't follow up on U/P sharing or piracy of their content probably lose sales.

Why buy the cow when you can get the milk free?


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[roupen]

Its always a good idea to google for your members section link or your mainpage link just to see who is talking about you and what they're saying. In the best case you can see what people think about your sites and try to figure out ways to improve it. Whereas if some of those people talking about you are offering ways to take your content for free, then you can make countermeasures to seal up those site holes.

I have never encountered an issue where stolen content hurt my sales (probably my network not big enough to run into those problems yet) but we do have lawyers on standby in case something like this happens. If someone is going to cost me my business they are going to retret it :whip:

[Gaystoryman]

Gaystoryman -
(Love the name and the tag line!)

Weighing in as an affilate here...




Some sponsors care, others don't. I haven't been able to see a trend as far as the size of the organization, exclusivity, et cetera - just seems that some businesses are better managed than others.

In the last year, I've sent 34 notices to sponsors when I've seen their entire photosets, video streams, et cetera, posted on Tube sites or newsgroups.

I've gotten 11 replies, 10 thankyouverymuch, 2 notices of a follow-up, and one awful note that basically said "we know, we don't care, don't write again about this."

I've noticed that those who respond at all tend to be easier to promote, mainly, I think, because their stuff isn't available all over the web.

Gut tells me that those who don't follow up on U/P sharing or piracy of their content probably lose sales.

Why buy the cow when you can get the milk free?


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:love:

Makes sense to me, because if they do respond, and care, it shows they might care enough to help those pushing their products. Maybe there isn't much they can do, but at least it shows they are willing to try. That, to me, makes a huge difference.

[abostonboy]

Concerning PW sites. Proxy Pass blocks all traded PW's, so we don't worry about a PW getting leaked out.

Concerning the other "stolen" content issues. We do what we can. In all actuality, one could hire someone to do that full time and only begin to touch the surface.

Every site should protect their content as much as possible. However, there needs to be a balance. The need of an affiliate is my top priority. I don't think I could ever say to an affiliate, "I am too busy sending out DMCA's, do you mind waiting a week for that banner."

It's a jungle out there!

[HunkMoneyLuke]

paysites need a good password anti-sharing/anti-hacking script installed, there is no ifs/and/or/but about it. Strongbox, pennywize and proxy pass will stop those password trading sites.

As for other stolen content on torrents and such, it totally sucks but hard as hell to stop. We do what we can, but as Lloyd says, it really sucks up a lot of time which can be better spent elsewhere.