Reposting content on X is a DMCA Violation.

[Warren Faidley]

The profiting ripoff comes from X only allowing their top and "favored" monetizers to profit from reposts. Small potato contributors like me, will never profit from reposting because X will not allow me to reach "profiting" points as it would dilute their best performers. Every single time I've reached the point of monetization, X removes several thousand followers to drop me below the pay points. I would normally sue the hell out of them, but as previously discussed they are well protected. Personally, it irriates me to hell and back that some of the most notoriously misleading, disrespectful chasers could profit from my work.

The only way to combat this is to post your best work as links and not directly plastered onto X. If someone extracts a picture from a webpage post, then you can nuke them because the repost safe haven X hides under does not apply to outside copyright violations.

 

[Dan Robinson]

All of the platforms are literal mafias, doing whatever they can to siphon money anywhere they can, both committing and turning a blind eye to all manner of malfeasance and laughing at anyone who tries to complain. The only way anything changes is via either major media attention or individuals using the legal system.

 

[Jamie H]

All of the platforms are literal mafias, doing whatever they can to siphon money anywhere they can, both committing and turning a blind eye to all manner of malfeasance and laughing at anyone who tries to complain. The only way anything changes is via either major media attention or individuals using the legal system.

Or, we can hope, that there's some seismic shift in society away from these platforms. I've noted younger people are getting back into physical media like CDs and DVDs because streaming platforms add and remove content so often. One younger friend has a new phone which, while offering smart features, makes them awkward to use, and suddenly she's off Instagram and TikTok after spending many hours a day on them. It gives me hope!

 

[Warren Faidley]

All of the platforms are literal mafias, doing whatever they can to siphon money anywhere they can, both committing and turning a blind eye to all manner of malfeasance and laughing at anyone who tries to complain. The only way anything changes is via either major media attention or individuals using the legal system.

100% correct. Hiding behind legal loopholes and safe haven laws is wrong. Photographers and other creators have no other viable options for displaying their work to the masses, so they fall into the pit of doom by giving their work away for free. Photographers are also mostly non-aggressive minded individuals, as we witnessed during the Oklahoma Anti-chasing legislation. You can forget any type of organized efforts to quash social media abuse.

The only hope is that AI (which I am posting more of), overwhelms and short-circuits the system, especially if it quickly gains a foothold and photographers get fed-up and stop posting. The other savior would be some type of complete collapse of the monetization algorithm that rewards only favored individuals. This is very unlikely. A competing social media platform based on copyright protection and fairness could come along, but that's also unlikely. If enough commercial interests banned together, I suppose they could pursue a class action lawsuit.

The best way to stop this would be for photographers to stop posting their work for free and realize they are only slaves to a corrupt system.

 

[Jamie H]

X has made a change to Grok, so people cannot use it to edit photos of people to make them undressed. I would expect this means no ban will be coming in the UK.

Elon Musk's X to block Grok from undressing images of real people

Grok will no longer allow users to remove clothing from images of real people in jurisdictions where it is illegal.

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