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Old 10-26-2008, 12:30 PM  
tony286
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Originally Posted by GUNNER View Post
Like many others, I also read your blog and agree with a lot of what you have to say. It's very informative and I learn something every time I visit. Thank you.


No offense, I just wanted to respectfully disagree with this one point. I was completely with you on this post up until the tubes and piracy comment. Tube traffic/sites are most definitely a problem and although their certainly not the only factor contributing to a decline in sales, I do think they are a valid reason - not just an excuse.

Yes, it's true piracy has been around far before tubes, and it was rampant in many different forms. However, what tubes have done, in my opinion, is remove ALL of the technical barriers from accessing pirated content, and made the delivery method equally or even more attractive than conventional paysites.

Before tubes:
Downloading and installing a file-sharing program or a newsgroup reader, and then spend hours learning how to operate said programs or system. Risk getting infected, bogus, or low-quality files. Risk being targeted by some piracy sting operation or have to worry about taking your PC, laptop in for repairs because you have illegal software installed. Very difficult to organize or access the exact type of files you're looking for because so much of the content is incorrectly named or intentionally mislalbeled.


After tubes:
Click play - watch high-quality porn for free - shoot yer load
Well said, my grandma can use a tube.
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