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In reply to the discussion: Women try to get recourse for revenge porn photo posts [View all]Xithras
(16,191 posts)The primary producer is the person who generates the original photograph. The secondary producer is a person who takes the photograph and places it into a location where it can be distributed (whether that's a magazine, a website, or whatever). If I take 5 nude photos, build an HTML page, and upload them to a web server, I'm a secondary producer. Both primary and secondary producers must be 2257 compliant.
The company running the web server, which is simply hosting the content produced by others, is considered a service provider and not a producer, and isn't liable.
If the FBI had a directive to do so, they could pursue the people uploading the photos criminally. It would only take a few convictions to get the majority of these sites shut down, as most people aren't going to risk prison just to get even with an ex.