July 07, 2000 09:49am
Suze Randall - Most Pirated U.S. Erotic Photographer Using New Technology To Bust Internet Theives
Source: BayTSP.com
by: Company Press Release
(SAN JOSE, CA) -- Suze Randall, the most pirated U.S. erotic photographer is using new technology provided by BayTSP.com to bust internet thieves and vows to donate the proceeds to AIM Healthcare Foundation, a non-profit AIDS organization.
Photographer Suze Randall, whose glamorous nude pictures are downloaded thousands of times a day from unauthorized web sites and news groups, has declared war on Internet piracy of her work and says she will donate initial legal profits to AIM, a non-profit AIDS service that screens adult models in the Los Angeles area.
Suze Randall, whose www.suzerandall.com <http://www.suzerandall.com> won Best Photography Site at the Adult Video News Online awards in January, estimates that copyright infringement is costing her millions of dollars a year. “It isn’t just the financial loss,” she said. “I’m going after pirates and hackers mainly because they are posting my pictures in unprotected areas where anyone can download them. This undoes all the work we put into ensuring that my images are available to adults only.”
She believes that her legal campaign will be successful because she has signed with BayTSP.com, Inc., the cutting-edge creator of Internet security applications for online content that patrols the Internet for copyright infringers and identifies web sites and news groups that are illegally using copyrighted content.
“There were a number of security applications we considered”, said Humphry Knipe, Suze Randall’s business manager and husband. “We selected BayTSP because of the wide reach of their spidering program and the ability to track previously stolen images and images which have been cropped or otherwise altered. By extracting the “DNA” from each image they can identify a picture even if only a fragment is used, in artwork for example. The BayTSP spider has already caused newsgroup services to delete over 12,000 of our images from their databases and this is just the beginning.”
“We are honored that Suze Randall has selected BayTSP.com to protect her valuable library of online photographs,” said Mark Ishikawa, CEO and cofounder of BayTSP.com. “It is our goal to get the estimated 5,000 sites illegally profiting from her work to comply with federal copyright laws and assist Ms. Randall in removing her images from web sites that are easily accessible to underage viewers.”
About Suze Randall Playboy flew British born Suze Randall to the US in 1975 where she spent two years as a staff photographer at Playboy Studio West. She went on to join the photo department at Larry Flynt’s Hustler and then went freelance. Although she is currently a regular contributor to men’s magazines worldwide, she is devoting most of her time to shooting for her web site. She lives and works in the Los Angeles area.
Steve Easton, director of the adult-oriented Association for the Protection of Internet Copyright (APIC) http://www.apic-adult.com estimates that Suze Randall is the most infringed photographer on the Internet.
About AIM
The Sherman Oaks, California-based AIM HealthCare Foundation is the premier AIDS screening service for models, actors and actresses working in the Los Angeles area adult film industry. Most adult photographers, video and film producers now require actors to produce a current, negative AIDS test before engaging in sexual situations, and 90% of these tests are conducted by AIM. For more information visit their web site http://aim-med.org.
About BayTSP.com
BayTSP.com, a San Jose, California-based corporation, is the developer of a patent-pending solution and provider of the only effective service for tracking online content to deter its theft, prosecute those engaged in copyright infringement, and ensure compliance with Federal child pornography laws. Developed with the assistance of one of the nation’s top internet and intellectual property law firms, Brull, Piccionelli, Sarno, Braun, and Vradenburgh, 2257Brand and its array of applications helps owners of intellectual property to receive maximum protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. To learn more about BayTSP.com and its products and services, visit the Company’s web site at www.baytsp.com <http://www.baytsp.com>.
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