We're Going The Extra Mile To Fight Piracy!

Sebastian's Studios and Amad Media Distribution, INC. have teamed up to fight piracy harder than ever!

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For Immediate Release;
April 16, 2011

Las Vegas, NV - We all know how tough fighting piracy is. It's the most gut wrenching thing out there when you find your videos. No given producer has the time to sit there and combat piracy!

We have hired Jason Rockwell to join our offices and his only duties are to hunt down pirated content.

As a search for our stolen content we have decided to also go out of our way, take a step ahead, and locate pirated videos. Our goal is to actively sending links containing pirated stolen content to the primary producers, PornGuardian.com, and the FSC's APAP Program.

We feel the industry needs to fight strong against piracy. I know we cannot make a difference but we feel we can "attack" the habitual pirating individuals, their hosts, credit card processors, and 3rd party downloading services.

We are sure we can make a very small difference in the continuous circle of piracy. I also feel we can bring back more revenue into the adult industry by working together.

We are certainly taking a loss in this grueling horrible battle against piracy. We feel the more impact we can make on these pirated sites, we can make a difference. We're hoping content producers will work with us and acknowledge our efforts to combat piracy.

At this time a site is in development which we will host where all pirated sites will be listed. The site will be password protected and passwords will only be given out to content producers within the industry.
The site will list the following information:
Website URL
Link to whois for the domain(s)
Studios and non-clickable links to the domain
SEO blocks so search engines can't crawl
Who the host is
Who the credit card processor is
A auto-filled DMCA form.

For further information regarding this press release, please contact: amad (at) amadvideos.com.

Good luck with that. This piracy thing is really getting bad. Hope it works out.

Jayden,

This sounds like a good project. I would be happy to assist by creating a special area on GWW for this, that way we could get the word out to content owners and they will be able to access it if they have a GWW account.

Let me know if you are interested.

cheers
Luke

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Originally Posted by HunkMoneyLuke

Jayden,

This sounds like a good project. I would be happy to assist by creating a special area on GWW for this, that way we could get the word out to content owners and they will be able to access it if they have a GWW account.

Let me know if you are interested.

cheers
Luke

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Absolutely Luke! This would be terrific! Maybe a thread or something of that nature that is static where we can post where piracy is. We currently have a list of about 50 websites and counting. Since our release, our email has been flooded (in a good way) of content owners, paysites, and studios wishing to join us in our effort to sweep what we can to battle this horrid growing epidemic.

Thanks Luke!

Kewl. I will PM you so that we can make this happen!

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Originally Posted by HunkMoneyLuke

Kewl. I will PM you so that we can make this happen!

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Got it, and replied!
Thanks for your support Luke!!!

Awesome Idea Luke. I am going to alot fo sites right now trying to find legit trades. i would def help post any pirate sites i find.

Hi guys :)

We have a conference call with Porn Guardian and Diane Duke from the FSC / Anti-Piracy Action Program.

We're also having a face to face meeting this week with Dominic Ford from Porn Guardian.

We'll be able to update you guys more this week on our plans. We might be able to offer more to content producers / paysite owners.

As our hunt continues, one thing I would like to suggest to paysite owners is to watermark your membersite videos.

For example, we're watermarking ours with a small "S" in the right bottom corner.
I wouldn't suggest a large watermark as members hate that. But somehow make an obvious watermark.

It's a suggestion because as our hunt continues, you can let us know what your watermarks are (a screen capture is best) as we come across them on tubes, torrents, blogs, etc. it would help us better alert you.

One thing I've discovered is EVEN IF YOU BUY CONTENT and you are not the primary content owner, you can report your videos with a watermark.

Let's say you have bought content from Adult Sex Content. A customer purchased a membership to your site and stole a scene and put it up on a site. With that watermark that identifies your site, the consumer stole it from your site, you can report it to have it taken down.

Our plans won't just affect the primary producer but also the secondary.

We also encourage producers / paysite owners / etc. to report pirate sites to us. We will share them with Porn Guardian and Diane at the FSC. APAP and Porn Guardian represent dozens of producers such as Titan, Hot House, Hot Desert Knights, etc. If the site you report has Titan, HDK, Hot House, I believe but cannot say definately gives the right to Porn Guardian and the APAP to have the content removed. This may not benefit you, but we believe the more attacks against pirate sites, their hosts, credit card processing, and any 3rd party service such as Files Monster will eventually create a hardship against the site.
I know for a fact there's nothing worse than spending time putting stuff up on a site to later take it down. We're hoping these piraters will eventually get tired of that. But some will take it down, then later add something different.

On a lot of sites, we're seeing them pirate content to build up traffic to their site. Once they get a large traffic flow, they're turning it into a legit affiliate site / paysite / etc. We are hoping to stop that. Why should we allow them to steal our hard work, money, and pocket from us to only later make some big cash on the traffic?

The site we're generating, when we find your content through the watermark, boxcover, promo images, site name, etc. The site will send you an automated email. When we add a site, we're going to have check boxes that we select by studio / website. When we check that box and click submit, it will shoot you an automated email alerting you where your content is.

Again, I strongly suggest everyone to join the FSC as a member. You receive extra benefits to Porn Guardian and APAP. You don't get the full benefits of their programs, but you get a lot of benefits to combat what is rightfully yours.
To be honest, we joined for as little as $250yr and our battle has decreased by about 15% thanks to their aid.

I'll be able to let you guys know more later in the week after our meetings on our full 100% approach. We'll also be able to announce the site on Monday.

Wish us luck! :)

I now have what I call DMCA Mondays. its the first 3 to 6 hours of my week. Every week.

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Originally Posted by PornGuy

I now have what I call DMCA Mondays. its the first 3 to 6 hours of my week. Every week.

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THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! We can save you time! Visit one site, locate all your content, will kill a couple of hours of your "wasted" time.

Update... The domain is going to be: CombatPiracyNow.com. :square:

Content Producers may start sending pirate domains / URLS now by emailing them to: piracy (at) amadvideos.com and Jason will immediately add them to the list.

Have you and Dominic Ford been on the trail of gayheaven.org?

They won't approve my membership, so I can't look around.

Let me see what I can do. I'm not sure if PornGuardian has done anything yet. But I will. Or at least try. I will keep you posted on my findings.

We are very interested! Although our content site (paysite) is not up yet, we have begun filming, and plan to start the site in late august, hopefully loaded with content. I was originally thinking of not offering downloads on the site, but I would think many members would rather download the content for later use. But I know there is software out there that would allow them to capture the video, and haven't heard of anything we can do to block that. Keep me posted!

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We are very interested! Although our content site (paysite) is not up yet, we have begun filming, and plan to start the site in late august, hopefully loaded with content. I was originally thinking of not offering downloads on the site, but I would think many members would rather download the content for later use. But I know there is software out there that would allow them to capture the video, and haven't heard of anything we can do to block that. Keep me posted!

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This is from our research as well as speaking with others. We have spent probably a couple thousand dollars on this ourselves.

IF you offer Flash Videos, there are toolbars which will allow the user to download the FLV Video. Secondly there are free programs out there which will convert the FLV file to a WMV file. Third, your correct, there is software that captures. We use it on our live cam site.

Secondly, you have two types of customers...
Loyal Customers - Those who don't share your videos, but download and may watch them amongst their buddies.

Content Thieving Bastards - These are the ones that join at the cheapest price they can, download everything you've got, then run with it and share them.

Your loyal customers want videos in AT LEAST one if not both of these formats:
WMV
Flash Streaming.
The Mac users want flash, the PC users want WMV or vise versa and both.
If you don't offer downloads... You'll piss off your loyal customers. They'll leave, never come back. Remember, your competing with virtually millions of sites out there.

Now, if I may suggest a few things... This is from our research and speaking with dozens of other companies including the anti-piracy programs...

a) Watermark your videos and BE SURE your URL is on them! THIS IS A MUST!
There's millions of pirated sites out there. If your video goes up on a tube. Is this content theft, copyright violations, or a marketing strategy? ALL 3! Tubes get millions of views DAILY. Which means your video can get up to 1 million views every day which = more sales for you.

a-1) We have teamed up with Pornguardian. We ACTIVELY search the net. We know what is pirated, what is not. If we were to find your video(s) and they were watermarked with your URL on the video. The video is over let's say 10 minutes, WE KNOW that is stolen and shared! Who would put out a promo video over 10 minutes? I don't think many do. With that said...
THIS IS FOR EVERYONE!
JOIN THE DAMN FSC PROGRAM! NOBODY LISTENS TO ME! DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT! Pay them a membership fee! Their fees are based on your companies annual income!
ONE COMPANY PAID $150.00 to join! FOR $150 IN EXCHANGE THEY RECEIVED:
Industry Guardian (FREE!): Report your URLS, they remove them / Send DMCA's to have them removed.
APAP Monetization Program: IF YOUR VIDEOS GO ON TUBES... THE VIDEOS ARE REMOVED BEFORE THEY EVEN GO LIVE!
For $150 minimum for a ANNUAL Fee... YOU CAN FIGHT FOR WHAT IS YOURS AND HAVE MORE GUIDANCE!
LISTEN TO ME FOLKS! LISTEN UP! IF YOU DON'T, YOUR JUST STUPID! Sorry to put it so blunt, but it's the truth.

We have CombatPiracyNow.com. Producers / Content Owners / Consumers send us reports of Piracy DAILY! THEY ARE INVESTIGATED BY OUR TEAM! If we discover the content owner of the content is enrolled in Porn Guardian by asking Porn Guardian, WE WILL SEND THEM THE LINK TO REMOVE THE FILE(S).

With $150.00 a year, LOOK AT WHAT YOU GET!
FREE ANTI-PIRACY TECHNIQUES!

Everyone argues with me on that, well I'm sorry, your losing money, your losing time, and your giving yourself emotional distress, and your taking time away from what you could be doing to bring your company in more money by sending DMCA's or fighting with these bastards!

Hopefully I've got the point across! :deadhorse: :deadhorse: :deadhorse:


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Secondly, I suggest signing up to PhantomFrog.com. It's very affordable and meets anyone's budget large or small.

WITH PHANTOMFROG.COM YOU CAN PROTECT!
This is what we primarily use with them:
** Brute Force Attacks.
** Download Restrictions for Trial Members (We give them 1000MB - About 3 videos). It will block them for a time frame that you set which protects your videos.
** Password Traders - They can ruin you.
** Automated Customer Support
YOUR TAKING OVER THE THIEVES ON YOUR SITE AND PROTECTING IT.

Those are my suggestions. Please listen to me. I'm speaking from experience. These have been working for us for over a year now.

This will help you, I WILL NOT steer you wrong.