Maxpower's latest business model: stealing content and giving it away for free

Now that he's been banned on 2 boards, Max has surfaced on another board in which he's announcing that he's stealing content and uploading to Rapidshare:

http://forums.hotgaylist.com/index.p...77&#entry41377

Given that he was caught by Squirt a couple months ago with stolen (as well as highly questionable) content inside his site, I'd suggest that anyone with twink-oriented content might want to keep an eye out for Max's usernames and such in Rapidshare and other file sharing services and/or join his site and see if he's stealing any of your content.

What a douchebag.

So not only does he not listen to advice he is given on, and gets banned from the boards, he thanks everyone by threatening to take their content and use it illegally.. Well im glad he got banned after reading that, just another scumbag to add to the growing list.

Regards,

Lee

It's all a misunderstanding everyone. Squirt's just on a witch hunt. The people most vocal about something are guilty of doing it themselves.. etc etc.

Why do we still have a maxpower smiley? :maxpower:

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Originally Posted by Squirt

Why do we still have a maxpower smiley? :maxpower:

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Good question, need to get that fixed :)

I hear you though, its ALWAYS DRAMA or a WITCH HUNT never looking out for your friends, colleagues and peers LOL

Regards,

Lee

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Originally Posted by Lee

Good question, need to get that fixed :)

I hear you though, its ALWAYS DRAMA or a WITCH HUNT never looking out for your friends, colleagues and peers LOL

Regards,

Lee

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Right.. well for THEM it's drama as they are caught and have to reinvent themselves and hide again, for us it's just "here's another one to keep tabs on and check for stolen content."

BTW ~ great find GayBucksChip :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip

Now that he's been banned on 2 boards, Max has surfaced on another board in which he's announcing that he's stealing content and uploading to Rapidshare:

http://forums.hotgaylist.com/index.p...77&#entry41377

Given that he was caught by Squirt a couple months ago with stolen (as well as highly questionable) content inside his site, I'd suggest that anyone with twink-oriented content might want to keep an eye out for Max's usernames and such in Rapidshare and other file sharing services and/or join his site and see if he's stealing any of your content.

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Not to worry, here it is in all its glory..

http://forums.gaywidewebmasters.com/max.jpg

Regards,

Lee

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Originally Posted by Lee

Not to worry, here it is in all its glory..

http://forums.gaywidewebmasters.com/max.jpg

Regards,

Lee

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Well isn't that special. :(

He's a crusader fighting against the content "nazis" for what should be free for the masses ROFPML

He's so fucked in the head... why does he have paysites then? lol Whel they are full of stolen and questionable content so I guess it's not a total contradiction

I guess creating crappy websites with distorted thumbs and blind links didn't do him any good

I'd like to see the content owner rip his ass wide open and hang him high enough for everyone to see :D

i was wondering what happened to maxpower.

i'd assumed he'd been banned but didn't know the reason why.

someone's going to have to fill me in on the all the drama i apparently missed.

what happened? what is his site etc? :shithitfan:

You guys sure that's him? The avatar and pics in sig are of big studs and I thought he was really into twinks.

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Originally Posted by Matt 26z

You guys sure that's him? The avatar and pics in sig are of big studs and I thought he was really into twinks.

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Even though thats completely true, im sure someone will have contacted him to ask the quetion as to whether thats him before posting accusations on flakey evidence :toiletpaper:

Chip, as you know he posts on GMS why did you call him out here, where he is banned, but not on GMS where he could actually answer these allegations?

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Originally Posted by marcjacob

Chip, as you know he posts on GMS why did you call him out here, where he is banned, but not on GMS where he could actually answer these allegations?

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Who cares about Max?

I get the feeling this was posted more to alert other people on GWW that someone they *may* have trusted in the past is planning on posting stolen content of theirs.

There is nothing to answer either, its only an allegation if there is no proof to back it up... Otherwise, we call it 'fact'.

I must say though, im amazed at how blindly you seem to defend this guy, he was in contact with underage would-be models on MySpace trying to groom them for adult work once they were of legal age, you defended him, he was caught with stolen content in his site, you defended him, he's caught yet again talking about stealing peoples content and sharing it illegally and, yet again you are here defending him.. :eek:

Regards,

Lee

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Originally Posted by Squirt

He's a crusader fighting against the content "nazis" for what should be free for the masses ROFPML

He's so fucked in the head... why does he have paysites then? lol Whel they are full of stolen and questionable content so I guess it's not a total contradiction

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I obviouslly don't agree with him, but take 3 minutes and see his side of things. Think about Linux itself.

Think about all the fancy programs that NOW function beacuse of "freedom from softwear nazi's"

So your going to tell me that EVERY single bit of SOFTWEAR on your mashine is paid for correctly? no using teh same keys as someone else now =-)

well what say you?

or better yet if I were to say I dunno packet sniff ya what would I find? hrm...


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Originally Posted by Ounique

So your going to tell me that EVERY single bit of SOFTWEAR on your mashine is paid for correctly? no using teh same keys as someone else now =-)

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thanx ounique. thats the first good reply i read on this issue... i personally know of NO ONE (except for my 80 year old parents) who has NEVER ripped a piece of music, downloaded a software, etc.

arent u guys all overdoing it just a bit???

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Originally Posted by padabum

thanx ounique.

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Welcum:dog:

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Originally Posted by Ounique

Think about Linux itself.

Think about all the fancy programs that NOW function beacuse of "freedom from softwear nazi's"

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Linux and everything licensed under the GPL was WRITTEN AS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE to be shared freely with the community.

Of all people, you, as someone who licenses the copyrighted content held by photographers, should respect the value of intellectual property and be against intellectual property theft.

If everyone simply swiped Ounique's content and uploaded it to Rapidshare for free, you wouldn't have a job.

That is exactly what Max is talking about doing in the posting, and what Squirt found when he joined Max's site.

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Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip

Linux and everything licensed under the GPL was WRITTEN AS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE to be shared freely with the community.

Of all people, you, as someone who licenses the copyrighted content held by photographers, should respect the value of intellectual property and be against intellectual property theft.

If everyone simply swiped Ounique's content and uploaded it to Rapidshare for free, you wouldn't have a job.

That is exactly what Max is talking about doing in the posting, and what Squirt found when he joined Max's site.

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Umm I stated that I didn't agree I just wanted us to take a moment and see what his point of view was.

harsh =-p

gaqybucks THATS not the point... the point is.. if YOU take a look at your computer... is it free of any ripped software? free of ripped movies? ripped music? have you never visited youtube and watched free videos that were probably uploaded without copyright? When you started off your business, did you buy photoshop directly or did you use a "crack"??? but please be honest! i dont know ANYONE who has no cracks at all on his pc...

i am NOT saying its right to steal content BUT arent you guys going a bit over the edge at the moment? maybe instead of allways nagging about how bad business is becoming you should think of different business models. maybe the classical splash-tour-pay site isnt converting anymore... but there are million different ideas out there.

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i dont know ANYONE who has no cracks at all on his pc...

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We do exist.

I have NO unlicensed software on my computer AT ALL. When possible, I do reinstall software on my laptop that I've licensed for my desktop. But when a second license is required for the laptop, I pay for the second license.

i dsont have any cracks anymore either... but a couple of years ago i did

Due to a recent computer crash, still weeping at some data lost,
I am a proud owner of the lastest bell-and-whistling Vista.

Let me assure you. I remain one of the silly dumb people that pay for programs, expecting support. Years ago I purchased NETSCAPE when it became available - arrived in a 3 floppy set.

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Originally Posted by padabum

gaqybucks maybe instead of allways nagging about how bad business is becoming you should think of different business models. maybe the classical splash-tour-pay site isnt converting anymore... but there are million different ideas out there.

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Actually, Max is the one who is always complaining about how bad business is becoming.

We're on track to have one of our best years ever, and not only are we working on a major upgrade to our existing sites, we have a totally new project in the works with an alternate revenue model, as well as some non-adult projects. There are many different business models and ways of monetizing content, surfers, members, and the point that I and others have been attempting to make to Max over time was simply that you can't continue to bitch about how the models are changing, you just need to roll with it.

However, adapting to changing business models and actively supporting and contributing to the theft of copyrighted intellectual property are two entirely different things.

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Originally Posted by Ounique

I obviouslly don't agree with him, but take 3 minutes and see his side of things. Think about Linux itself.

Think about all the fancy programs that NOW function beacuse of "freedom from softwear nazi's"

So your going to tell me that EVERY single bit of SOFTWEAR on your mashine is paid for correctly? no using teh same keys as someone else now =-)

well what say you?

or better yet if I were to say I dunno packet sniff ya what would I find? hrm

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We have different views.

You think it's ok. I don't.

You have nothing to lose. We do.

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Originally Posted by Squirt

We have different views.

You think it's ok. I don't.

You have nothing to lose. We do.

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hey hey wait a second here.

I said I don't agree with him.

I just want us to take a look at a point of view here.

yeah right I am a content nazi.

if someone uses a producers content do you this the producer deals with it? no he calls me at 3am and tells me to take care of it.


I do what my job requires me to do to the letter.

In fact when Chazing Papis was taking content from max pixels and ounique.

I went down to the listed address!

not to sound or crass.

But I do what is legally right.

And if me showing up at some mother fuckers door who's stealing content and if i have to put the fear of god damned god into his heart to get that to stop.

I will.


so tell me is every bit of softwear on your computer lic'ed to YOU?

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Originally Posted by wnc

Due to a recent computer crash, still weeping at some data lost,
I am a proud owner of the lastest bell-and-whistling Vista.

Let me assure you. I remain one of the silly dumb people that pay for programs, expecting support. Years ago I purchased NETSCAPE when it became available - arrived in a 3 floppy set.

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Same here. The last thing you need is dodgy stolen software hacking your system or setting something off in windows ;)

God I'm glad the floppy days are over! Now they just need to phase out CD's and convert to flash cards for everything :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Ounique

I just want us to take a look at a point of view here.

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I've told you my point of view. And threatening to "packet sniff" my computer and being a dick wont get you an answer to your question.

It's obvious you think people with no pirated software on their computer don't exist, or are rare, which says a lot about what's propably on your computer. No packet sniff needed, just deductive logic ;)

And NONE of this has anything to do with Maxpower stealing content and publishing it for a profit, or no profit. No matter how you spin it Ounique IT'S WRONG!

I am not sure what a packet sniff is, but it sounds totally hot.

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Originally Posted by TropixxxStudios

I am not sure what a packet sniff is, but it sounds totally hot.

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Oh you're thinking of package sniff! which is totally hot :D

Hackers use programs called packet sniffers to view traffic coming and going from a computer and compile data, including private data like passwords, etc. So when someone says they're going to packet sniff you.. they are saying they're going to hack your computer and compile all your private data. Hence Ounique is threatening to hack a computer and steal information, kind of along the same lines as what Maxpower does... steals ;)