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Spunk-Ransom.com is Now Paparazzi Free
July 25th, 2010 | filed in: Site News

Spunk-Ransom.com is now paparazzi-free. This video pushed me to change our policy. WARNING – THE FOLLOWING LINK IS THE REAL TIME FOOTAGE OF THE PAPARAZZI FOLLOWING ROB. http://tiny.cc/g4oc0 I don’t like seeing him feel violated. He was followed the entire day and did not feel he could return to his home without someone following him. This is something I can no longer feel comfortable supporting.

It will take some time to clean out the site of  paparazzi pictures. However, I am committed to cleaning them off the site and in our picture gallery.  Thank you for your patience and continued support of Spunk-Ransom.com.

UPDATED: An additional clause was added,

Television media outlets such as E! News, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, and Access Hollywood are not paparazzi businesses. Therefore, because their purpose is to merely report the news, it is not covered under our paparazzi-free policy.

Always refer to the sidebar under RESPECT ROB for the latest on our position surrounding our policy.

Comments (47)

Marilyn - July 25, 2010 @ 5:17 pm

Thank you

I watch it on x17 – and it’s just awful, and the paparzzi should be so ashamed of themselves. He has never been anything but nice to them. I’m really sad that even the police could not and would not help him. I hope we never have to see him hurt or her, and we all wonder why they won’t go public. Can you only imagine. I love and respect your website. Your respect is profound

Kathy - July 25, 2010 @ 5:46 pm

I watched the video, and it made me feel sick to my stomach. I’m very ashamed to admit that I’ve enjoyed the photos, tweets, & gossip that you’ve posted in the past. Now i fully support your position to remove all the past junk & to never post that kind of crap again. Nobody deserves this kind of relentless hounding, especially this sweet, pollte, private man who I doubt would ever intentionally hurt another human being. Mea culpa! I’m done watching it, and may all the paps rot in hell–but only after they go broke and end up living on the streets for not being able to sell this s*** to anybody ever again.

Valentina - July 25, 2010 @ 6:15 pm

An amazing decision, this shows how much you care about rob. I also saw the video, it’s terrible i mean those paparazzi followed him all day long! how can he possibly be cool with all the flashes on his face! He wasn’t yelling at the photographers like X17 stated, Rob didn’t even raise his voice and he was just trying to reason with them.
Leave him alone he didn’t ask for this, he is a very polite and decent person, he doesn’t deserve this. I absolutely love your website, good decision you guys have make, hope everyone can see how an amazing guy he is :)

Jean - July 25, 2010 @ 7:11 pm

I support this decision whole heartedly!

Lisa - July 25, 2010 @ 7:14 pm

Wow….just wow. He handled it well but you can tell he was just at the end of his rope. I wish the cops could have done something to help him out.

I♥Rob - July 25, 2010 @ 7:30 pm

Kudos to you spunkransom.com what a great decision. I watched the video and felt sick to my stomach. What is wrong with these people? He’s just a normal guy trying to get around on his own without any bodyguards, poor guy. yet he still showed how nice and polite he was, even when they kept blinding him with the flashes.

Kim E. - July 25, 2010 @ 7:47 pm

I just watched the video. Awful. I felt so bad for him. Couldn’t even go home for fear of being followed. Paps have no respect…Leave him alone. he handled it a lot better than I would.

Pat - July 25, 2010 @ 8:17 pm

I totally agree with your decision. I saw the video and I wanted to cry. I deleted X17 off my computer and wrote them an email telling them how disgusting they are. Poor robert! He was like a cornered animal. And the police…what happened there???? They didn’t do anything. I plan to recommend your site to my friends and I will check you out every day. Thank you for having the guts to do this. I’m sure Robert thanks you too. I just hope he doesn’t get so disgusted that he quits acting. Now that would be a shame. Thank you again.

Suz - July 25, 2010 @ 9:09 pm

Fantastic!!! I cant believe how bad they were over the weekend it. it was so horrible. poor rob :(

orion - July 25, 2010 @ 9:34 pm

i’M TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU…BUT WHAT MAKE ME ANGRY IS THE FACT x17 LIED, SAYING THAT Rob lost his cool…he never was aggressive, he was polite asking the papz to leave him alone….shame of you X17!!!

Gabriele - July 25, 2010 @ 10:16 pm

bRAVO, SPUNK-RANSOM!
nOT ONLY ARE YOU A SUPERB FAN-SITE, YOU HAVE ALSO PROVEN YOURSELVES TO TRULY CARE ABOUT rOBERT PATTINSON, THE HUMAN BEING. i WISH THAT ALL THE OTHER PATTINSON FAN-SITES WOULD FOLLOW YOUR LEAD AND NOT PUBLISH ANY MORE PAPARAZZI PICTURES OR VIDEOS.
i WILL NOT WATCH THIS PARTICULAR VIDEO – THE COMMENTS i READ HERE ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE ME SICK, ESPECIALLY A FEW DAYS AFTER THE DISGUSTING NEWS ABOUT THE ‘wHERE IS rOBERT pATTINSON’ iPHONE SOFTWARE.
iF THIS PAPARAZZI MADNESS CONTINUES ON, SOONER OR LATER SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN (i’M SURE MOST OF YOU REMEMBER PRINCESS DIANA!!!).
tHERE SHOULD BE LAWS AGAINST THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR. thE ONLY WAY WE (ROB’S FANS) CAN HELP HIM IS NOT TO SUPPORT ANYTHING COMING FROM PAPARAZZI SOURCES.
tHANKS AGAIN – YOU GUYS (GIRLS) ARE GREAT!

Ingrid - July 25, 2010 @ 10:19 pm

Great decision! Saw the video, and instantly decided to no look at paparazzi pics again. The paps are just too disrespectful.
Again, great decision to make spunk-ransom.com paparazzi-free!

brunie - July 26, 2010 @ 12:46 am

He looked so defenseless, it reminded me of princes Diana. Its disgusting. How is it possible that those cops cant do any thing? How can we protect this boy? Not viewing what these paparazzi do is not enough. Do we have to wait for another princes Diana disaster to happen? I am broken hearted and I am pissed.

kimberlyc - July 26, 2010 @ 8:28 am

I’d like to find out who those guys were and then follow them around day and night…just stalk them like they did Rob and harrass them every chance i get. Do they not understand that there comes a point when they are endangering his life?concentrating on evading them instead of traffic? And a plea for help from the cops yet they do nothing…lapd at their finest! Then the girl at the end wanting an autograph..what a dumb b****!
Thank you for this, although it was painful to watch..hope he got some rest.

Maja - July 26, 2010 @ 9:21 am

This is a very good decision!!!
THank you Spunk ransom!
No one needs awful pap-pictures….

Lori - July 26, 2010 @ 9:57 am

bravo to you-you just gained a follower. I have never followed x17 but watched the video and was compltely embarred he was treated this way in my country. I will follow your sight solely on the principle that you have principles-and integrity. i will gladly view pictures taken of him at his photoshoots and magazines with his authorization but will never again but a mag or read a blog that chases him around like this.
this was my line and they crossed it.
thank you for showing yourselves to your loyalty to robert pattinson first and foremost. that is a win-win for everyone.

Typical80s - July 26, 2010 @ 9:58 am

THANK YOU!!!

mary - July 26, 2010 @ 10:04 am

After watching that horrible video, I join you in vowing never to look at or buy paparazzi photos again. What a disgusting display that was.

lunarmax - July 26, 2010 @ 11:13 am

I commend you for your decision. I can’t imagine being in that situation and am so disappointed that the police wouldn’t help. hOW FRIGHTENING THAT MUST BE FOR SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

Mo - July 26, 2010 @ 12:10 pm

I understand that you linked the video so that others would see your logic on how you came to your conclusion to go to pap-free. I applaud you for that decision. However, I must also make the point that continuing to have the link up for others to view the video and continue to add to the site hits for them you are feeding the cycle. I implore you to rethink leaving up the link. At this juncture, we have all either seen it, heard about it, or have no desire to view the video. if folks really want to see the video there are plenty of other outlets to view it and frankly, by leaving it up it taints your new pledge to be pap-free. This is not meant as an attack as I stated above I applaud you for taking a stand and clearing your site of pap-pics. I’m just concerned with ending the cycle and NOT feeding in to the reprehensible actions of the outlet that taped this in the first place.

GOROB - July 26, 2010 @ 12:23 pm

I wish all of the fan sites were paps free! Thank you!

sabella - July 26, 2010 @ 2:25 pm

thank you, is a good decision, I feel terrible for him, i just can’t understand how that situation is possible in the States, how the police,did nothing about it, is perhaps because is just a foreign worker?, are the americans not free to go were they want?

We don’t want to see pictures like that, we love him free and happy everywhere he want to go, we don’t need to see him in that way, and we don’t like the people who don’t respect him…. please, remove that pics. Thanks, again.

Roxx - July 26, 2010 @ 2:52 pm

I am really glad you have decided to go pap free! I understand linking to the video on x-17 so people can see it is simply so that others can see how wrong it was and get more people on-board with going pap-free. But at the same time keeping the link up is only keeping this horrid story alive. everyone has seen it that needs to, if they didnt, thats ok too. The people that shot this video do not deserve to gain anymore hits to their site. its over now, so taking the link down only solidified your new stance at being pap-free :)

STELLINA - July 26, 2010 @ 3:48 pm

I hate the papz that don’t have respect of people. Poor Rob, he need lives his life like a normal guy sometimes. ROB is a great guy.

twilightcougar - July 26, 2010 @ 9:14 pm

good its, better not to see his sweetness being violated.

Bella Stewart - July 27, 2010 @ 1:16 am

Ok I am completely confused!!! Pap free but here is the link to the HIDEOUS THING THAT HAPPENED TO rOB? sORRY BUT THAT DOESN’T CONSTITUTE PAP FREE TO ME. jUST TAKE THE STAND BE PROUD OF IT WITHOUT HAVING TO HYPE IT UP AND DRAWING MORE ATTENTION TO IT THAN THERE ALREADY IS. YOU DON’T NEED TO PROVE WHY YOU ARE PAP FREE JUST TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND STAND BUY IT. SIMPLE. BY LINKING THE OFFENSIVE VIDEO AND PHOTOS YOU ARE SIMPLY GIVING MORE HITS TO THE PAP SITE WHICH SHOWS THEM THAT THEY SHOULD GET MORE OF THIS FOOTAGE AS IT GETS THEM HITS ON THEIR SITE. IT ISN’T DIFFICULT TO SEE THAT THE SO CALLED “FANS” ARE PART OF THIS PROBLEM. iT IS SIMPLE GUYS, DON’T BUY THE MAGS AND DEFINATELY do NOT GIVE THE PAPZ HITS ON THEIR SITE BY WATCHING, and don’t support sites that use this stuff as their own crusade and in fact promote themselves at the same time. there are plenty of fantastic sites that steer clear of this kind of self promotion go and find them you will be so glad you did.

Bella Stewart - July 27, 2010 @ 1:16 am

sorry about the caps my keyboard is busted ;)

Shana - July 27, 2010 @ 1:59 am

tHANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING rOB AND TRYING TO HELP STOP THIS INSANITY. Rob is such an amazing actor and a sincerely nice person, why would anyone do this? It really made me sick watching it. I hope he knows that there are alot of us who love him and would never do that to him. The Pap. needs to get a life and learn to respect others. Thanks again!

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Blanch - July 27, 2010 @ 5:45 am

bravo Spunk! We support you and your wonderful site 100%

Meg - July 27, 2010 @ 8:21 am

awesome stand you’re taking and I applaud you.

Shellie - July 27, 2010 @ 10:52 am

YEAH! that’s great news!!! <3 u guys **muah**

Monica - July 27, 2010 @ 6:13 pm

Gosh, he was so sick and tired of all that! why can’t they just stop following him? give him a break, he’s always so freakin nice! he deserves some peace…

Twi-Hearted - July 27, 2010 @ 7:51 pm

I am so glad this site has made this decision. I hate seeing him or any celebrity violated in such a way. I support your decision 100%!!!!!!!!!

RE - July 28, 2010 @ 2:20 pm

I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT IT STARTS WITH US, THE FANS. AND, I SUPPORT YOUR DECISION!! ROB PATTINSON ALL HE WANTED TO DO WAS TO ENJOY HIS DAY. BUT, WHEN SAW THAT THE PAPARAZZI WASN’T GOING TO LEAVE HIM ALONE. THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT HE HAD TO OUT SMART THEM AND GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANTED, PICTURES AND TALK TO THEM. HE IS VERY SMART, SO IF THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM OFF HIS BACK. HE KNEW HE HAD TO DO IT. I LOVED HOW HE KEEPED HIS COMPOSURE. BUT, THE PAPARAZZI NEED TO LEARN HOW TO RESPECT!!! I GIVE HIM SO MUCH CREDIT FOR NOT LETTING THEM GET TO HIM. GOOD FOR YOU MR. PATTINSON. WE NEED TO BLACKLIST ALL ARTICLES AND PICTURES THAT BELONG TO THE PAPARAZZI. WE NEED TO SUPPORT ROB PATTINSON!!!

deb - July 28, 2010 @ 6:29 pm

Thank you. The thought occurred to me that by visiting fansites, I am fueling the pap’s industry. I care about these individuals enough to stop going to favorite sites if it makes their lives easier. I stopped going to Celebrity baby blog, for this reason, it just had not occurred to me that everyone deserves a degree of privacy.. I would love to go round and nail the paps of the world right in the balls!

Gina - July 28, 2010 @ 7:52 pm

I am really happy you have decided to go paparazzi-free. I wish more sites would do the same.

I will say, though, that going “paparazzi-free” does not mean “paparazzi-free except for those cool set shots that we really want to see”.

by posting the paparazzi shots from the water for elephants set, you are proving that you are not really paparazzi free. you should not state you are.

invasion is invasion. whether it’s rob’s private time on a break on the set or his private time on a break at the movies…it’s all the same.

sara - July 29, 2010 @ 11:50 am

i agree with Gina. but i think paparazzis on the set can be even worse because he can even concentrate in the scene he is doing.

rush - July 30, 2010 @ 1:45 am

poor guy!! he just wants to go home!!!

Shannon - July 31, 2010 @ 6:49 pm

Kudos to you Spunk-ransom! I love your decision to go pap-free! I hope more mags/rags and sites follow your lead, for all celebrities of course. Enough is enough, someone else is going to get hurt or killed (princess diana?) My hat is off to you, very brave decision!

Jeannie - August 1, 2010 @ 8:07 am

I support your decision. This is not something i want to see anyway. spunk ransom is the only site i go to for Rob news because i know how respectful you are toward him. thanks for that.

Jennifer - August 1, 2010 @ 11:06 am

i’m glad to see fansites joining the anti-paparazzi cause. We love seeing pictures of Robert, but not pictures that he didn’t consent to. hopefully we’ll be able to make a change by boycotting magazines that use photos that were taken without permission. robert needs his fans!

Karine - August 2, 2010 @ 1:36 am

Thank you very much for Rob, it took you a long time to understand but you finally did and that’s what’s important in the end :)

Adiux - August 2, 2010 @ 3:17 am

omg! Paparazzi are really foolish! I love Rob and i feel so sorry for him! sorry for my English, but I’m Polish and I know the language just a little ;p Dobra decyzja z tym zrezygnowaniem ze zdjęć paparazzi! popieram w 100% :) Greetings from Poland :)

Carlie1105 - August 4, 2010 @ 11:33 pm

I’m 100% agree with your paparazzi free decision, this video makes me cry, Thank you. Greetings from France

Alicia Peck - August 7, 2010 @ 11:11 am

I noticed this post a few days ago, but I just clicked on it now, as soon as I saw the title, I knew it was something I was going to be happy about.
I appreciate that someone, especially this site, is finally trying to take steps against these crazy Paparazzi…

Even before, when I went through the pictures and to see the ones that I wanted to keep I refused to even look at the paparazzi ones.

Chelz - August 7, 2010 @ 12:15 pm

I support this decision 100%. I have no intention of watching that vid. I don’t know what i’D DO IF I DID. i GET SO DEFENSIVE OVER THIS MAN, IT’S CRAZY. THIS IS WHY i CAN’T WAIT FOR THE WHOLE TWILIGHT FRANCHISE TO BE OVER. i LOVE IT JUST AS MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON HERE, BUT AS LONG AS THIS MADNESS DOESN’T DIE DOWN, ROB’S GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS MORE OFTEN THAN NECESSARY. aND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH pRINCESS DIANA, DON’T WE? tHERE SHOULD BE SOME SORTA LAW ABOUT THIS STALKING SHIT. i WISH US FANS COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. i’D GIVE A LOT TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THOSE PAPZ, I’D TORTURE THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR MISERABLE LIVES.

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