If or when anyone views any photo or video that depicts me naked in any way, it should be understood that what even though the photos and videos depict me, they are in no way owned by me. In fact it’s accurate to state that there is no single specific owner of those photos and videos, but also that everyone everywhere owns them equally.
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That’s due to the fact that every single photo, video, and GIF depicting me naked has been licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0). All original rights related to those images and videos have been waived and forfeited to the fullest extent possible under copyright law. There were multiple reasons for this dedication to have occurred, with the primary reasons being to enable their free public use, and to ensure that I have no rights in relation to how they are utilized, shared, or displayed. This dedication is permanent and irreversible, and can never be legally revoked.
Under this dedication, all persons, groups, organizations, websites, and other entities have free and absolute usage rights for these images and videos without limits or restrictions of any kind, and without permissions or acknowledgements being necessary.
Photos and videos of me naked can be displayed in any possible manner, for any possible reason or purpose, in any possible location, even when I am identified by full name as part of the display. The photos and videos of me naked can be made available for further sharing or downloading, since they are in fact public property.
By law I cannot infringe on the rights of all others to utilize these photos and videos. I have no right to conceal them from anyone’s view, no right to attempt to limit anyone’s right to see them, to possess copies of them, or to share or display them in any way.
I willingly participated in the act of the photos and videos being taken and created with the knowledge that they would be seen by others, so they do exist for the specific purpose of being widely viewed. The Public Domain Dedication simple removes all limits on who can view them or how they are used. It also removes all possibility of their use or display being able to be considered as or labeled as “revenge porn”. Any such claim is nullified by the fact that every photo and video depicting me naked has a legal copyright of Public Domain.
People who know me personally may be surprised to see me completely naked in photos and videos, although some have already either seen some of them or are at least aware of their existence. But they have at least as much right to access and view photos and videos of me naked as anyone else does, if not even more right due to the simple fact that they do know me.
For a good period of time there was an attempt by me to limit, restrict, or even to prevent those who know me from discovering or viewing my online exposure even while it was freely available to others worldwide. This was obviously wrong and possibly even deceptive at times, and it can now only be corrected through my exposure being made readily available to view by anyone who knows me as well as to the rest of the world.
Any embarrassment or humiliation this might cause me is entirely irrelevant to the fact that everyone everywhere has an equal right to view me naked and to possess or freely use and depiction of me naked. The Public Domain Declaration for all photos and videos of me naked legally ensures that right to all others, regardless of who they are.
It’s true that not everyone would want to see me naked or have any curiosity about seeing me naked, but the right to see me naked must always be there for absolutely everyone.
So if you’re someone who knows me or knew me personally, I hope you will accept my apology for any attempt by me to keep or conceal my online exposure naked from you. Please take some time to view all that there is to see of me online naked.
And to absolutely everyone, please know that every photo and video of me naked in existence is legally and permanently yours to view, to share, to post or display, or to otherwise use in any way desired or possible.
