Sorry for reviving an old post, but does anyone know if this is just an affiliate or actually Streamate? Got a similar response to a DMCA request.
All the domains I can find are hosted on that flyingcroc nameservers:
streamate.com
streamaterecruiting.com
cambuilder.com
mtree.com
livecamclips is on Mojo Host.
Pretty much every site in the TOS / User Agreement (camming or otherwise) will use language like that. It's so that way they're protected from liability. For example; someone grabs a YouTube embed code and puts in a website. That's all legal because
YouTube has the right and YouTube
allows for embed codes.
How it would work in cam land (and we'll use Streamate, as this is the example) would be their MTree marketing material they give affiliates.
That doesn't mean that this affiliate has expressed permission from Streamate to syndicate those shows. "Contracted Promoter" could basically mean "affiliate". Hell, you look at the clips and it even tells you who it's submitted by. All of this is user generated content!
There's a .net and a .com too. Look at the source code of the .net and it's Cambuilder code.
Pretty much answered my own question just writing this.
As for whether they have expressed permission from SM to allow recorded shows to be uploaded by members that register to their site, I highly doubt it.
The only thing in
MTrees terms that kind of made it seem like a violation is:
- Webmaster agrees to refrain from any and all illegal activities in promotion of Sextracker MoneyTree programs/products. Webmasters promoting Sextracker MoneyTree are expected to adhere to acceptable usage policies for any sites used to promote the program. Abuse reports recieved are logged and investigated by Sextracker MoneyTree, and if found to be valid, accounts may be suspended or terminated without prior notice and payments withheld.
And for
Cambuilder's TOS:
- Affiliate agrees to refrain from any and all illegal activities in promotion of Cambuilder’s sites. Affiliates promoting Cambuilder sites are expected to adhere to acceptable usage policies for any sites used to promote the program.
- Any activities, illegal or otherwise, which Cambuilder deems to be inappropriate at its sole discretion, will result in immediate termination of affiliate's account. Affiliate agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Cambuilder for all liability and damages arising out of affiliate's activities, including attorney's fees. Any disputes between Cambuilder and affiliate relating to these Terms of Use shall be interpreted and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, U.S.A., without giving effect to provisions thereof relating to conflict of laws. The parties agree the venue for any such dispute shall be exclusively in the state court or federal court in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
But of course that is protected via the livecamclips TOS:
3. You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the User Submission to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Service. For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. By submitting the User Submissions to Live Cam Clips, you hereby grant Live Cam Clips a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Live Cam Clips Website and Live Cam Clips's (and its successor's) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Live Cam Clips Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the Live Cam Clips Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service. The foregoing license granted by you terminates once you remove or delete a User Submission from the Live Cam Clips Website.
I've got the contact information of the person in charge of all SMs marketing email, if anyone wants me to follow-up with him and ask if SM has given expressed permission to syndicate these shows or not, I can.
If the model decides she does want the content removed, I can let you guys all know how they responded to the DMCA request as well.