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@ianfontinell it's a pity they chose not to disclose this fact earlier or I might have left the site, for whatever reasons the owners chose to conceal how serious it was. As I previously mentioned, everything points to FW getting most of their info via hackings, hence the whole thing falls into a "fruit of the poisonous tree" case scenario. We shall see how it goes.
Thanks @mrmazda, I'm going to do that.
The biggest, and most interest part, about this updated lawsuit is they needed to acknoweledge they got their information in an indirect way, the site was going through a lot of hacks last year, and there is zero way for them to get any email from users unless you are either and admin or an owner. There is a reason why this information is always hidden in most places.
I don't know whether that is allowed in a court given the way it was obtained. We shall see how it goes but yes, it's arbitrary and they are basically trying to go all the way into this lawsuit and nail as much people down as possible.
We all should be very careful, just saying, they are reading forums trying to get more information. By now the ludicrious lawsuit is going to target users from their site whose email matches the ones in gay-torrents.org. There is a theory behind how they got this information but I cannot say more for the time being, TorrentFreak also hints the same. You can all connect the dots on your own.
The site owners are going to pay the price, or at least some of their assets will. The web is not coming back, ever, but at least the owners were able to protect a lot of the users by going dark when they did. "Thanking" someone from a torrent should not be done as it's pretty much an admission of guilt.
@dereksarte it's called Legion Boy, the movie is from 2007 and belongs to Eurocreme. It's included on this dead pack: https://www.gaytor.rent/details.php?id=753d484ea7d2ced517572d9a48310cd5685c0a2d7bc5ee42
https://gay.aebn.com/gay/movies/102734/legion-boy
You are welcome. 
This is actually big news and I think it should concern some users here who are also now likely ex-members of gay-torrents.org.
The site has been down for 2 days now and looking at the reporting it doesn't seem like it will come back. In a nutshell Flavaworks is suing the operators and mods of the site who were financially benefited by running the site, plus 325 users who were found to have uploaded and shared their videos.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/flava-works-goes-nuclear-in-new-piracy-6951261/
As of now not all documents are publicly available for free. But if anyone has access all the documents and exhibits, including the list of usernames included as defendants, can be downloaded from PACER:
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/64366446/FlavaWorks_Entertainment,_Inc_v_Deniau_et_al
From what I have just read Flavaworks has been launching a lot of copyright infringing cases and this new case will likely be watched by other producers if they're successful in extracting damages from users like us.
Some of you should get prepared, especially if you're in the US. They only know the usernames now and usually they will include as many as you could find at this stage. They may also know the email and IP addresses. It is however not difficult to track you down.
Anyway if anyone has access to PACER please download the documents and share.
The full lawsuit with the users' names can be accessed here, it is quoted in a link within the piece: https://torrentfreak.com/flavaworks-sues-operator-and-325-users-of-private-torrent-tracker-gay-torrents/
Hi, as per what we were told the situation is actually worse in terms of what FW might have one to get this info, it was believed they hacked into one of the mods accounts as to get it since they have no other way to access it, plus the old "thanks" to know who downloaded what, also they can't access the information of seeders/leechers, as it happens here, unless you are an admin.
I don't know what happens if you live outside the US, as it is my case. All this said, I don't believe it will be that easy for them to follow up with any of us, especially as what @ianfontinell since I never cared for their material either.
Sorry I can't be more specific but I would rather be safe than sorry.
@scartoonstar said in Personal Request:
@raphjd I believe this is mostly due to folks ripping videos from tube sites, where usually snippets of the videos are posted. I would also like to see more full-length videos uploaded
Yes, I noticed that too. I think studies are also suffering from the OF trend, most people get first a name there, and then they are contacted, I guess is good for sourcing new performers but bad for the business since they would demand better payment. I'm also curious how much money do they actually get by working for a studio, I guess not much.
I agree, nowadays they are even selling all the worth having videos as PPV, the rest are mostly teasers of seconds, that, and this bothers me hugely, are always downloaded in the torrents either way, the amount of ratio you lose by downloading those is appalling.
@flozen said in I participate here and yet my bonus points don't reflect that:
@raphjd I agree it's an "overall" loss to not have a posting bonus...
...but at the same time, it has virtually eliminated members who abused it, posting a single emoji or an insincere, one-word reply. Remember that chap, fun19 or whoever...?!
If jkonfuss wants a significant ratio boost, it really comes back to uploading a new clip / movie, or jumping on a Freeleech when it is very, very new and seeding a minimum of 72 hours, imho.
Yes, I imagined that was the case. Honestly it helped on those cases where I just needed half a point to exchange 350 or more, thanks for letting me know, I assumed it was the case.
It has been a while, months even, since I wrote something here and now my bonus don't get updated automatically like before, has anything changed?
I was 22, and I had just started my first gay relationship a month and half ago, talk me about burning bridges.
Walk away, people who don't know what they want usually end up hurting others.
I did, with my boyfriend, I used to work in a hotel, and we were horny most of the time but I wish I didn't do it. It was really risky.
Voy por el 5º, nadie me duró más de 2 años, espero esta vez haber elegido mejor, siento que sÃ. :love:
22, I fell in love with my boyfriends 2 months before so it was necessary, or at least, I felt so. It was difficult for a couple of years, especially with my mother but then she met my other boyfriends and she is OK with this.