The internet is for porn

[giandujakiss]

Pornstars who look like the cast of Supernatural tumblr. Some of these are downright eerie.

Warning - the pictures show porn stars ... doing their jobs.

(via missyjack)

Relatedly, Tumblr is being sued for copyright infringement over copyrighted pornographic images on the site. Normally, companies like Tumblr are immune from suits alleging that third party users have uploaded copyrighted material, as long as they comply with a few basic rules - like, taking down the infringing material when notified by the copyright owner. This lawsuit - by a company that has filed a lot of similar lawsuits against other websites - alleges that Tumblr has not taken down infringing material even when notified about it. But, as the article says, in past lawsuits, courts have found that this company does not send adequate notifications, so Tumblr may have a defense. If the allegations are true, though - if Tumblr really isn't processing takedown notices - that's a real legal problem for the company.

Comments

[ratcreature]

I wouldn't be surprised if Tumblr wasn't doing the takedown properly. I mean, you can't even really delete your own stuff once you uploaded something, because reblogs remain as they are, with the picture. So you can delete your post, but not the image. Similarly corrections don't work in reblogs (which is good and bad, bad if you accidentally uploaded the wrong version of your picture and someone was quick to reblog, good because bait-and-switch spam is not possible).

[kore]

Yeah, there doesn't seem any good way for them to take down contested images....

[on_verra]

OMG, that tumblr.

I won't be surprised if that gets taken down soon, in any case. Like, if someone manages to spin its "Being in bad taste" as a serious violation ;)