FYI about Uploading
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Just an FYI about uploading, because nowhere on the site does it say and if you're like me you are screwed, kinda.
So, when you upload porn (and come on, we all know we upload without asking for permission.....)
anyway, if you upload and you get copy strikes, too many, you end up getting your upload privileges as it says having revoked for 90 days.So I just had one, the 90 days were over, I got another two torrents I uploaded months ago copy strike, and boom only a few days after I waited the 90 days my upload privileges have been revoked, AGAIN.
And I can't even delete the old torrents from studios I now know pretty well who take this copyright seriously and actively searches for their material uploaded on here.
So here's my tip so you don't end up like me, if you upload so you can get ratio credit, I'd advise you to either search for the specific studios that actively send out copy strikes, and simply avoid uploading from them, OR you immeadeatly delete your torrents after uploading them, this way you won't risk getting copy strikes unless the studio is quick to give you one while uploading.
There is no point in me having upload privilege any longer anyway, since I keep getting strikes from studios I back then had no idea were actively sending copy strikes.
And sadly you can't delete your torrents, which I don't really understand why. -
@davis94 This is a subject that has reared it's head several times in the forum in the past, and I have to agree that there does seem to be a lack of information for uploaders in the rules and FAQ. Ihave left comments in the past asking for mods to provide links the section of the rules that warns users of this possibility but have never had a reply.
I'm not an uploader and as such haven't fallen found of this myself, but it seems genuinely unfair to receive multiple bans in this manner. If someone is banned for something they upload this year and then get a second ban for something from 5 years ago I think that's excessive. A second ban for new uploads would still be fair as it could be said the user hasn't learned their lesson. It's not unlike getting written up at work for a mistake, and then getting written up again for making the same mistake years ago when being trained.
The very fact that you got a second strike mere days after your first ban was up does seem suspiciously coincidental though. It's almost as if the person making the DMCA claim was deliberately waiting to issue the next strike, but that's the kind of paranoid thinking probably best left to the P&D forums.
Sadly I don't see things changing anytime soon. DMCA seems like a bit of tightrope to walk, and I rather suspect that the lack of truly open discussion and accessible information pertaining to it's enforcement on the site is intended to protect the site from legal troubles. If so then I'd have to reluctantly support the decision, but it still results in bans for unlucky users which detracts from the site as a whole. Either way you put a target on your back when you upload.
As for deleting your own torrents I don't know if that would be a good thing to allow or not. I could see it being abused. However, you might be able to get the helpdesk to delete them for you, especially if you can show that certain creators are targeting their content. I'd even go so far as to suggest that when you receive a ban notification it could include a list of your past uploads and ask you if you'd like any or all of them removed to avoid further problems.
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@frostycab well the person issuing the DMCA strike doesn't see who uploaded the torrent, so I'd say it's just coincidence. I mean it's almost always the same studio that repeatedly gives you a copy strike, and I have avoided uploading from their studio a long time ago, I'm getting strikes from very old torrents not any new ones so it kind of seems unfair at least for this site to keep taking away my upload rights every few copy strikes.
I mean I get it, the torrents uploaded are 'copyrighted', and it's a burden for the site to deal with those strikes, but then why not just allow me to delete the specific videos from the studio I know issues strikes?but also, come on, how many actually upload professional porn where with 'permission'?
I mean there's no need for the site to pretend to believe people uploading professional porn here have permission to do so... -
@frostycab I don't see how deleting your own stuff could be used abusively. I mean if you decide to delete it, you should be allowed to.
Ok, it might be unfair if a user is downloading at the moment you decide to delete, but this can happen in the first 6 days as well.
If we're allowed to delete a torrent within 6 days, we should be allowed to delete it whenever, I would say. -
@davis94 don't you see this an exploit for infinite ratio? You post something, gets some ratio, deletes, post again, gets some more ratio, deletes, post again, gets more ratio, deletes... This way your torrent will always have much more demand because it'll continuously be seen by people who are not activelly searching for it.
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@ianfontinell I totally agree. It would allow for unlimited bumping of uploads and create an utter mess.
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@davis94 I understand perfectly why you want the ability to delete. I also understand that the ability can lead to an exploit.
I recently asked for stuff to be deleted (link) that I had posted because my violations were stacking up from one model. I'm on my third suspension. You can make a list of what you want removed and the mods or helpdesk will delete it for you.