The Swedes who brought the world ‘The Pirate Bay’ have just launched bayimg, another assault on copyright which proudly refuses to recognize intellectual property or censor uploaders. That makes is a Flickr like dump of images with less elegant organization but a lot more porn.
In fact it’s almost all porn.
Navigation comes via a un-alphabetized tag cloud which challenges my intellect in ways only double bows on my shoes have before and, as you’d expect, finding scans on this months Playboy and other well protected material is pretty easy.
Their claim not to censor is easy to refute. Searches for tags like ‘lolita’ and ‘young’ thankfully draw a blank and shows they’re not interested in helping child-abusers. Unfortunately they don’t seem to be working too hard on their censorware as I found the ‘preteen’ tag in a few more clicks and, though it failed to pull any explicit child porn, it is well stocked with the ‘Little Model’ material which feeds paedophiles technically innocent shots of exploited kids.
CP’s a ‘know it when you see it’ deal and anyone re-posting shots of little girls in bikinis and lingerie branded with paysite URL’s should know exactly what’s going on and choose not to deal in abusive crap. I don’t think the guys behind bayimg site are trying to hurt anyone but seem too interested in making a buck to ensure they can do it with a clear conscience. They should have more banned tags and at allowed viewers to report abuse. Until they do they’ve built a cesspit without a drain so I’m hoping they’ll read this and take appropriate action before too many other people notice the stench.
An interesting idea let down by execution so poor it’s hard to justify. One to check back on when they’ve cleaned up their act.