I tried to correct myself
Those videos he has on Xhamster account are videos widely available from other sites
When I posted earlier in the thread, I was referring to content he uploaded back around 2019. WGs complained at the time that he was uploading their content without their consent. He was then forced to remove some of that content. He has also admitted as much himself in his own posts.
I don't know if he's still uploading to sites like XHamster without permission, but it
did happen in the past. The issue in question is whether he is still doing this
now. This thread raises alarm bells that he might be. As has been pointed out already, the law and rules on most content websites have changed and many now require evidence of consent for any adult content being uploaded.
I get you might be trying to defend a friend here, but have you personally been monitoring all his uploads and checking with WGs where he got it all and whether he had permission to use it? If you have and can say without a shadow of doubt that what he's doing is both legal and not screwing over WGs who create content, then fair enough. But what he's done in the past is wrong - my concern is whether he is still at it.
I contributed what I know to this thread so it would be taken into consideration should anything dodgy transpire and a "paper-trail" is needed. It's important to let dickheads know that their behaviour isn't acceptable and that some of us are well aware of it, otherwise they think they can do whatever they want.
People like him are the reason we have free porn. Someone uploads a video online and people like OP reshare it
People like him are the reason content creators have a nightmare time trying to keep track of their content online. It's just taking the absolute piss out of creators
and out of the people who do actually pay for our content (of which there are many on UKP).
