jayeff

If I remember correctly, you posted in several of the same threads as I did, so you will recall I made many similar observations here a year ago. The main difference was that, since I was looking ahead, I was warning of what would be likely to happen.

My biggest objection then and now, to FSC claiming to be this industry's representative, is that it cannot be. FSC is an organization originally started to further the interests of video producers which, presumably for funding reasons, began trying to straddle other sectors. But "adult entertainment" is not a homogenous whole, it is merely a convenient shorthand to cover a variety of industry sectors which have entirely different priorities.

My second issue was more specific, namely that FSC, despite repeated declarations that they will try harder, make almost no effort to involve themselves in the community at large. Here, if it were not for FTP, non-members would rarely have a clue what they might be up to. If an organisation wants to represent an industry it must talk to that industry. Regularly and openly. Not as a service, but because that is how such an organisation gets support and members.

Finally though, the fault isn't really with FSC at all. Online porn needs a professional association, one which covers much more than just legal issues. But it is at least 5 years away from being ready for one. Self interest will naturally and always be everyone's prime concern, but by and large right now that is all there is and short-term thinking is the rule rather than the exception, with some of the industry's best-known names the worst culprits. So long as that prevails, neither FSC nor anyone else really has a chance.