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Questions and Answers
Here you can find out more about LeatherVideos, such as answers to the most common questions regarding the site, technical stuff and membership details. Whether you already know us for years or have just browsed by and wonder what this site is about, just take a minute and read on.
In case you cannot find an answer here, just turn to the contact page and ask your question directly; you will usually receive an answer within 12 to 24 hours.

General Questions
What is LeatherVideos.com?
LeatherVideos.com is a web site inspired by the community, and for the community of leather fashion lovers. We are a bunch of people with a passion for producing and sharing pictures and videos of women wearing all kinds of leather. Our site has been around since 1999, initially providing all content free of charge. However, quality web hosting and production of photo sessions would cost us more than we could afford. Therefore we decided to raise funds by producing content exclusively for our member's area, which has been online and and is continuously updated since summer 2001.
Thanks to our loyal members who support us with recurring memberships, we are still around today and publish new photo shoots and videos regularly.
Your opinion matters to us: We welcome all suggestions and criticism. Just turn to the contact page and let us know what you think about the photo sessions, a particular model or the site in general.
When will the next session come out?
The production of new photo sessions depends on different factors, perhaps the most important of them is a sufficient budget. We would like to encourage you to become a member even when there is currently no new session around. This will help a lot to raise the funds needed to make a new photo shoot.  
In other words: Don't wait, the faster you join, the faster we can produce the next session!
Is LeatherVideos an Adult Web Site?
First and foremost, LeatherVideos.com is a site dedicated to leather fashion. We are not an adult web site in the sense of displaying explicit nudity or pornography. Although our models show a lot of skin, there is still room left to imagine... But yes, they are sexy!  
Off course the term nudity varies somewhat depending on your cultural background, but we are sure that most of our members would agree there is no offending nudity at all.
Which languages do you speak?
Currently the web site is only available in English. But chances are that we also speak you language: Feel free to write to us in GB English, ES Spanish, DE German, FR French, or CN Chinese, and we will be happy to respond to you asap. The join page may be also available in many different languages.
Please let us know if you are having difficulty getting along with the English web pages, we will be happy to explain them to you in another language.

Membership Questions
What types of memberships are there?
There are currently 2 types of memberships: Onetime and Recurring memberships. If you sign up for a onetime membership, you will immediately receive 30 days of access to our member's area. After 30 days your login will expire and you will not be billed unless you sign up again.
If you opt for the recurring membership, you will receive immediate access to the member's area and your login will be valid as long as you do not cancel your membership.
We suggest you sign up for a recurring membership and decide if you would like to support us beyond the first month after seeing the member's area. If you cancel within the the first 4 weeks after signup, your recurring membership will be equivalent to a one time membership. However if you decide to stay, you will automatically get the benefit of a 5$ discount every following month. So you can only benefit by initially chosing a recurring membership!  
How much will it cost?
Both membership types cost 19 USD for the first 30 days. After that, the onetime membership will expire automatically.
The recurring membership has the benefit of a reduced monthly fee, starting 30 days after your initial signup. As long as you do not cancel your account, your credit card will be charged 14 USD every 30 days.
I have signed up for a recurring membership. How do I cancel?
You can cancel your recurring membership at any time by returning to the join page and clicking on the Unsubscribe button displayed on the following page. After cancelling, you will still have access until the end of the 30 day term you have paid for. You can not get a refund for any monthly payments you have already made.
Can I get a discount?
Off course you can! If you would like to become one of our long-term supporters, you will be eligible a discount. The amount you can save will depend on how long you decide to become a member. Just let us know if you want to become a member for 1/2 a year or longer and ask us for a special offer (onetime payment). Just send us an email: info@leathervideos.com
I am a senior citizen/boy scout/VIP/etc., how about a discount?
Off course you are also eligible for a discount, we are not discriminating, are we? As long as you want to become a long term member as stated in the previous answer, feel free to send us an email. We appreciate your support. And thanks for asking.

I feel your membership fee is too expensive...
LeatherVideos is essentially a project we are running in our spare time. We are not making our living from the membership fees, they just allow us to operate a good web server and organize new photo shoots with clothes, models etc. 
Nobody is getting rich from this web site. We just like to do what we do. And we hope you like it as well and support us so we can bring you more and more pictures and videos in the future. 

Member's Area

I have logged into the Member's Area before, but now I cannot get in
Please check that you have typed your user name and password correctly. Both are case sensitive!
If you have signed up for a onetime membership, please ensure your account has not expired. In all other cases you should contact us, stating your account name and e-mail address.
If you have shared your user name and password with another person, your account might have been deactivated automatically. Please do not share your login.
I forgot my password, how can I get in?
No worries, these things happen. Just send us an email and mention your username (or your given name and surname) and we will reset your password. To avoid abuse, the new password is always sent to the email address you have signed up with. You may change your password to another one that is easier to remember. Just use the change password link on the bottom of the Member's Main page.
What is the purpose of the 'last login' information?
The purpose of this information is to make it easy for you to track your logins to the member's area. Some of our users have been avictim of account theft, which means that a malicious person has found a way to log into the member's area using the user name and password of one of our members. There are numerous ways for this to happen, e.g. when his/her computer has contracted a spyware program that will log passwords.
The easiest way of finding out if somebody has abused your password is to check if your last login date and place seem reasonable.
However you shouldn't be overly concerned if the city shown is not identical with the place you live in. This usually reflects only the information your internet provider has supplied. Please let us know immediately if you find anything suspicious. We will try to help you change your password and provide advice for checking your computer for malware programs.

Questions Regarding Pictures & Videos
Where do the pictures and videos come from?
Most of the content on our site was produced by LeatherVideos.com. We are organizing photoshoots with models that can be found exclusively on LeatherVideos.com. A smaller part of pictures are from television broadcasts and others have been contributed by supporters of our site.
Are LeatherVideos.com models over 18 years old?
Despite we don't show explicit nudity in our site, we don't work with girls under 18 years old. Hence, the models shown in our originals pictures and videos are all over 18 years old. There are absolutely no exceptions.
What about copyright?
We respect copyright and will only publish content of which we own copyright or which we believe to be in public domain.
We expect our members to respect copyright as well. A membership at LeatherVideos grants you the right to download pictures and videos for your private usage only, which does not cover any form of sharing them with others.
There is a copyrighted picture/video in the Gallery
We have a policy of only hosting media of which we own copyright or which we believe to be in public domain. We try our best to enforce this policy, but it is very difficult to investigate the source of all digital media. Please let us know which file you are referring to and we will remove it immediately.
Can I contribute pictures and videos to your web site?
You are most welcome to do so. Exceptional contributions will usually get rewarded with free access to unreleased pictures or videos or will even get a free membership! We would just ask you to ensure the following:
  • You are either the copyright owner of the media, or you are sure it is in public domain, meaning the usage and sharing is unrestricted and free.
  • The pictures or videos are not showing any form of sexual contact, violence or illegal practices. And... we are looking for girls, not guys.
  • The quality and size is decent, meaning no letter-stamp size videos etc.
Downloaded videos don't play.
The videos in our video gallery are encoded using different compression algorithms. While we are trying to publish our videos in formats that are widely accepted by video players, there may be cases where you cannot play back a file from the video gallery.
If you are running the Windows operating system, we recommend you download the following free video player: Media Player Classic It is one of the most compatible (and still simple) video players available. Besides it is completely free. You should download a separate version of MPC depending on your Windows version.
On Linux operating systems, the videolan player is a good choice. If you would like to find a video player for another operating system, please contact us and we will assist you.
Videos still don't play, even with Media Player Classic.
Don't worry, in rare cases there might be a video which needs a special codec (software) to play. In these cases we recommend you download and install the ffdshow package, e.g. from one of these sites. It is free.
We also recomment Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative for playback. All above software is free and does not contain adware or spyware.