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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
well as you pointed out its impossible to compare as you arent making the majority of your profit from album sales , and porn is.. you make your money from merchandising ( not applicable ) and shows ( not applicable again ) , neither of these things are available or applicable to porn
but you do have a point. in being creative.. 
drm , ppv shows , streaming videos not downloadable ones , etc etc |
agreed - if it was my primary source of income, i suppose i might feel differently.
i think a malleable business model is absolutely crucial in the adult industry - realistically, at the beginning of the internet people consistently bitched about free porn ruining the industry. i don't see this as much different - the people who are downloading the torrents and are smart enough to understand the technology generally are broke college students anyway. as with anything else, you need to incentivize your product. girls gone wild has made an absolute killing and their shit is pirated to hell and back - how they market and their selling model is what created their capital.
that said, i turned over all of my adult sites to my partners for personal reasons and now focus primarily in mainstream arenas. most of what i deal in can't simply be downloaded off the internet en masse, so again my perspective is one of hindsight.