LadyCheeky.com would like to remain alive and free. To aid in this battle, funds need to kept in a legal client account with the law firm.
For the past 6 years LadyCheeky.com has been using Tumblr to share curated passionate, feminist and body positive erotic images for free in the hopes that viewers would recognize within themselves what is projected on the site … that we are all inherently sexual beings who are desired, vital and passionate people.
LadyCheeky exists because all of you continue to visit, follow and enjoy it's content ... because more than 133,000 Tumblr followers share its images and because the message that desire and passion is universal and recognizable regardless of expression, gender, physical appearance or physical ability … and it's available to all of us.
Because of your generous donations, the lawyer was able to remove one of the compaints from my record and is negotiating the second.To repeat ... It has never been my intention to steal material or re-blog images or gifs against the wishes of its owners. In the past, when someone has asked to be taken off my site, I have done so immediately and with sincerest apologies.
However, because of DMCA laws and Tumblr's own Terms of Service and policies, Tumblr's policy is to permanently take down any site that receives 3 complaints within an 18 month period. To aid in the speedy resolution in any future complaints, a lawyer has been retained to communicate with all parties for amicable resolution.
When a site is taken down from Tumblr it is permanently erased without any avenue for appeal. If this happens to LadyCheeky, not only will it lose all its archives, but I will lose all the amazing Tumblr feeds I re-blog from, and all of the followers I've accrued and treasured over the last 6 years.
So, why is LadyCheeky in this situation at all?
In the spirit of complete transparency,
LadyCheeky's first complaint was in
error, and after contacting the complainant for resolution, they
emailed Tumblr (twice) asking for the grievence to be stricken from my
Tumblr record to no avail, and without receiving a response from
Tumblr at all. This has since been cleared up and taken off my record.
The second complaint happened in the last couple of months by a
company I'd never heard of. Not only was I not allowed to see the
offending photo that I allegedly infringed upon, but I wasn’t able to
appeal it or even verify it existed on my account, and my efforts to
resolve the matter with all parties were ignored.
As it stands, we are working with Tumblr and the second complainat to resolve the matter so it can be stricken from LadyCheeky's record.
So, what can you do to help? Glad you asked!
I have a top intellectual property and copyright law firm ready to deal directly with Tumblr on my behalf so that we can do all we can, to keep LadyCheeky up and running.
However ...
A continuous $1,000 retainer is required to keep the legal ball rolling.
The first $1000 that we raised has been used to deal with the two
aforementioned complaints, sor far resulting in one complaint being
erased - thank goodness! To keep the lawyer on retainer and active
requires more money in the client account ... $1000.
$1000 is a lot of money for one person, but not a lot if it's
split amongst many. I would be immeasurably grateful if you
donated to the Lady Cheeky Legal Fund to help
protect six years of dedication to sexual freedom and exploration, as
well as my own inspiration and labor of love.
If I am fortunate to bring in more than $1,000 in this effort, it will go into the LadyCheeky escrow account at the law firm to aid LadyCheeky.com in staying available on Tumblr and free for all that visit.
Thank you in advance for your generosity and good wishes.
All my best,
Elle Chase aka "Lady Cheeky"
www.LadyCheeky.com