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Sad see you go! Don’t know what I’ll without you each week now :( is there any way we can still support you on your next journey?

I mean, I guess now is as good a time as any to plug my socials for the last time before Ru herself makes me walk the plank haha

Instagram: @justjulius

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Long post ahead, so please read the entire thing if you can.

I’ve been in charge of this blog since S6 of drag race back in 2014 and I never imagined this lil hobby of mine would’ve grown to become something this big. I’ve loved doing this for seven years because it felt really good to be able to share this queer form of media across the globe to those that wouldn’t normally be able to watch the show. I’ve talked to people from around the world and have made new friendships that I’ll always cherish.

However, I’ve known for as long as I’ve been doing this gig that it wasn’t technically legal. I’ve had posts get taken down before for violating copyright issues through tumblr, but yesterday was something different entirely. It wasn’t just a single post that set it off, but rather dozens and dozens of episode posts that I’ve personally uploaded that are attached to my name and IP address and can easily be traced to me. 

I was open to the idea of starting a twitter and/or discord server yesterday to continue posting these episodes but now I don’t think that’ll happen and I’ll tell you why. I woke up to an email this morning from someone who works as an Intellectual Property Enforcer for CBS and they made it very clear that they will pursue legal action if I continue to violate copyright infringement and upload further episodes for public use. This was sent separate from Tumblr’s usual copyright infringement email and I’m assuming they got my email through Tumblr to contact me personally. She made it crystal clear and my hands are figuratively tied as this is essentially a cease and desist, and I’d rather not risk posting on a different site if it means I could get sued or fined for doing so. 

So after seven long ass years I’m going to officially end emptycinema. I want to thank everyone that’s stuck around with me for this long. From the early leaked episodes, to me falling asleep and missing posting the finale (twice, I think?), to me just generally being a fuck-up and realizing I uploaded the wrong episode to begin with and have to start all over - thank you for still coming back here each week. You’ve all been very kind to me and for that I am thankful.

For the time being I’ve deleted any posts that contain episode links that weren’t included in the Tumblr’s initial deleting spree, but the blog will still remain open for viewing and maybe I’ll revisit every now and then to post some drag shit or something, I don’t know. I also have to delete all of the Google Drive videos in case the links are still floating around online somewhere.

Again, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

And in conclusion,

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Twitter will probs be worse bc Twitter tends to follow up on reports more and tbh the general Twitter population is more likely to report you period. I’d consider making a discord. Thanks for all the work you do!!

Ahh, I see

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Hey, so fun fact! Someone reported my blog for copyright infringement, and now a ton of the episodes I’ve posted have been taken down - S13, DRUK2, and many from earlier seasons. So that’s a lot of fun!

According to the email from Tumblr staff, I have one more “strike” until this blog is terminated so looks like I’ll be moving to a different social media platform. Any suggestions? Twitter? Something else I’m unfamiliar with?

Secondly, how does Twitter’s copyright infringement policy compare to Tumblr’s? Less strict/more strict?

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Google Drive links have been updated on the main post! 

We got lucky this week in that Untucked was included at the end of the episode, so I have no need to create a separate post just for it - enjoy!

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they really are putting you to work this season starting two seasons of drag race at almost the same time. we appreciate ur effort and i hope u can get some rest hun!! thank you for ur work :)

Thank you! Uploading DRUK is easy because it’s usually available by the time I get home from work on Thursdays due to the time difference. Now if only the US seasons aired early evenings in the middle of the week, that’d be a dream come true.

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First of all, THANK YOU for consistently uploading these episodes!! I don't know what what I would do without you. Secondly, I also wanted to let everyone know about a new workaround for the google drive playback/download quota. It looks like google finally got wise to the make-a-copy trick and that doesn't work any more. BUT, what you can now is save the file to your drive, right click it in your own drive, and then save a shortcut into a specific folder. Then just download the whole folder. :)

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Did you see Denali's YouTube vid where she makes up for her lip sync (On actual ice)?

She really left no crumbs

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Who are you rooting for this season?

Honest to god, I don’t even know. For the very first time I think imma pull a Miss Congeniality and say I’m rooting for everyone?

Pre-season I was very excited for Olivia Lux, Kandy Muse, Symone, LaLa Ri, and Denali. After watching the premiere I’m completely unsure if I could even pick a top 3 because every queen served it last night!

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Jesus Christ are you still alive?!?

Your hitman failed to take me out in the middle of the night, you fool

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Google Drive links have been updated on the original post - enjoy!

As for Untucked, I still haven’t been able to find it anywhere online but once I do I’ll let y’all know.

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Just a head-ups to any new followers that don’t know the usual posting routine:

In a minute I’m going to post streaming links to the main episode. I’ve confirmed that all of the episodes are working and in decent quality, however they are streaming sites so there may be popups. I don’t upload these links myself so I cannot personally attest to the full safety of visiting these sites, however I add them earlier in the night for people who want to watch the episode ASAP.

To combat popups, I highly recommend downloading an ad block for your internet browser. I’m currently using UBlock Origin on Google Chrome and I rarely have any popup ad issues.

With that being said, I will be including Google Drive links that I personally upload myself later on in the night once I can get my hands on a downloadable episode. For the time being, I will post streaming links for those that are okay with watching on streaming sites and I will update you when the Google Drive links are processing!

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To everyone that was just watching the episode live...

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Hey! Happy New Years!!! How are you holding up? We wanted to ask you if you are planning on posting this new season of Drag Race coming up or the new UK season? Either way cheers and have a great night! :)

Hey y’all, my apologies for my silence since the new season announcement but I absolutely do intend to be posting S13 every week!

As for tonight’s premiere, I will be posting it as soon as I can get my grubby lil hands on the episode! No promises as to what time it’ll be available as I’ll have to reorient myself since my previous source has since been shut down, but I can promise that I’ll be working on the episode after it airs tonight to the best of my ability.

I hope you’re all as excited as I am for the new season!

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i was watching rock's ig live w/ nicky from march and i got so shook when rock mentioned you!! how does it feel knowing she used to get her drag race streaming links from you hdfjghkljfkl

Hey y’all,

I’m not on tumblr much during off-season so I’m just scrolling through tons of messages when I see this. Just wondering if there’s videographic evidence of this that I may save, download, and play for myself while I fall asleep every night?

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Per usual, this blog will be spoiler free while I work on uploading the finale episode!

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Our power is finally back on, and I immediately started working on the episode so it should be up soon unless the the storm knocks out the power again!

For the sake of time because it is so late, I’ll post the episodes without the GD links soon and they’ll be updated once I’m able to upload them myself. I know some people prefer the streaming sites as there can be some issues with GD, so I’m just trying to get the episodes out ASAP one way or another!