Re: Is this stuff really HACKED?
[QUOTE=RateTheseGuys Wayne;105662]With RateTheseGuys.com all models are hired and paid.
With HackedJocks.com all the images used are sourced from the public domain.
We can verify their age from their original profiles, but certainly there is no ‘stealing’ since the images are uploaded by them with the understanding that they are sharing those images and the use of those images with the public domain.
If I may copy and paste a line from the world’s biggest social network website’s ‘Statement of Rights and Responsibilities’, paragraph 2.4 it says “When you publish content or information using the Public setting, it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of Facebook, to access and use that information, and to associate it with you (i.e., your name and profile picture).”
This is just one example of many websites where guys upload these photos, and relinquish permission over them.
So what we have done with HackedJocks.com is aggregate this public domain content, provide editorial and sell our publication just the same as a tabloid newspaper or gossip magazine. If Lindsay Lohan gets her tits out in public, or Britney Spears forgets to wear panties, you can bet your bottom dollar the papers will run that image.
So for clarification, we haven’t hacked and/or stolen any images whatsoever. By uploading these images to Public profiles these guys have made them wholly available for use in the public domain, as stated by these sites t&c.
For those who still believe using images uploaded freely to the public domain by sane, able-minded adults is morally wrong, then I can’t convince you to promote the site.
For all others who want to make money off a compelling new site, welcome on board.[/QUOTE]
Before I say anything about this, it’s good to see that you’re honest and open about this.
In short, I think it’s a very bad idea.
I doubt seriously that you can use that “Statement” to justify the right to use their images or that it actually applies to you. Fair enough if you’re using one or two images on your own personal blog and say you fancy them but it’s a whole different ballgame when you charge money for accessing it. Ignoring that fact, you’re using the images on a porn site… personally I couldn’t justify that morally. God knows what consequences that potentially could have for these guys you feature. What if their friends, work colleagues, fellow students or employers see them on a porn site? What would the impact be for them, losing a job, being outcast for appearing on a porn site…? We all know how narrow-minded and stupid people can be. Most people would assume that anyone who’s images are on porn site have consented to them being there.
In the end, it doesn’t matter how you put it. You’ve taken innocent people’s photos and using them without consent on a porn site for your own profit. Unfortunately you’re not the only site who does it. There was a whole flurry of the ex-boyfriend sites last year that done exactly what you’re doing. Some of them have now cleaned up their act though… which is maybe a important fact for you to take into consideration.
