I wish they didn't make it... It's unwanted publicity that benefits nobody on here.. Only Vice wins. Now the site is pigeonholed as extreme fetish but in a comical way, and of course nobody wants to set the record straight later. Frankly, I'm surprised MeetFighters went along with it.
Looks like it was just individual members of the site who agreed to work with the documentary makers. I see no evidence that the people who run MF participated in any way.
This kind of journalistic/documentary material is probably entitled to fair use exemptions in most jurisdictions. They are not claiming endorsement or trying to rip off the logo or content for use in their own services.
But let's be honest, would it really be a battle worth fighting? I suspect the admin and site supporters have enough on their plate, and it could end up being counter productive (Streisand effect)
Have heard about this, I agree it does seem to portray only a small element of the site and doesn't really capture why the site was created or the typical site member. But hey, trashy media sells right?
I normally like VICE Documentaries. They're pretty well done; and the interviews they do with real people all over the world are pretty good.
But this one I feel like it's cherry picked only a handful of people from MeetFighters and kind of gave it a bad wrap and made it seem like it was purely for fetish wrestling, despite a lot of guys on here not into anything like that at all.
litewt78 (95)
7/13/2018 7:48 PMI wish they didn't make it... It's unwanted publicity that benefits nobody on here.. Only Vice wins. Now the site is pigeonholed as extreme fetish but in a comical way, and of course nobody wants to set the record straight later. Frankly, I'm surprised MeetFighters went along with it.
grappleruk (120)
7/17/2018 7:24 AM(In reply to this)
Looks like it was just individual members of the site who agreed to work with the documentary makers. I see no evidence that the people who run MF participated in any way.
litewt78 (95)
7/17/2018 1:15 PM(In reply to this)
Well, I assume the site could object to having its website and logo featured on the documentary... They specifically showed profile pages and things.
grappleruk (120)
7/17/2018 1:39 PM(In reply to this)
This kind of journalistic/documentary material is probably entitled to fair use exemptions in most jurisdictions. They are not claiming endorsement or trying to rip off the logo or content for use in their own services.
But let's be honest, would it really be a battle worth fighting? I suspect the admin and site supporters have enough on their plate, and it could end up being counter productive (Streisand effect)
frenchprowrestler (128)
7/22/2018 9:33 PM(In reply to this)
Maybe it is some indirect publicity for MF and for more opponents to come for us !
;-)
frenchprowrestler (128)
4/18/2018 10:20 PMi loved it.
Great
Rocket (3 )
4/18/2018 11:03 AMI would have used more hoods and blindfolds.
Dont show everything. Imagine what it is behind the screem.
Rocket (3 )
4/18/2018 11:00 AMYa I can come up with some fetish wrestling and fighting.
Submission Guy 82 (60 )
4/07/2018 11:05 AMHave heard about this, I agree it does seem to portray only a small element of the site and doesn't really capture why the site was created or the typical site member. But hey, trashy media sells right?
stormwrestle (6)
4/07/2018 9:52 AMHas anyone seen this?
I normally like VICE Documentaries. They're pretty well done; and the interviews they do with real people all over the world are pretty good.
But this one I feel like it's cherry picked only a handful of people from MeetFighters and kind of gave it a bad wrap and made it seem like it was purely for fetish wrestling, despite a lot of guys on here not into anything like that at all.
WrestlerGoias (29 )
3/01/2021 7:12 AM(In reply to this)
With all respect, the guy on that interview looks kinda weird