Hey everyone,

This is Joel with GlobalMalePass, here to hopefully clear some things up and contribute to this discussion. I'll start with why we are asking for model releases. We are simply taking the advice of the lawyers and consultants we've had helping us with 2257 for years. They have told us to make sure we have both model releases and IDs for all qualifying images on our site. Because websites listed on our content page can be considered as part of our site, we need to have 2257 information for those sites. We are trying to work with each of our webmasters on this and have been contacting people for about a year now to set things up.

I'd like to make sure that no one is under the impression that we are in any way trying to steal your content by asking for your model releases. In our VIP area, we provide content from a number of different video and image providers, all of which we have deals with and pay fees to. I personally have known and worked with many webmasters in the Los Angeles area for years, and would not be with a company that is in the business of blatantly taking content from their own webmasters.

If you have any more specific questions pertaining to our current policy for this ever changing 2257 issue, please feel free to ask me here or email me directly at joel@gmpass.com.

Thanks

-Joel