Originally Posted by Relentless

Releasing a movie like The Magnificent Seven which has already earned millions of dollars since its release decades ago makes sense. Not many people were going to Blockbuster to rent it or buying it and it's already been shown in its entirety on many public television channels over the years. A bomb like American Gladiator also makes sense.

The difference is not that intellectual property is worth less, it's that low grade property now has a meaningful outlet. High quality content isn't going to be free any time soon. You won't see Ironman2 on YouTube legally.

The same may well be true for porn. Posting free versions of outdated porn with ads to bring traffic to sites for more current content in higher quality makes good sense. Very few people will be jerking off to 300x200 blurry images of Kristara Barrington getting fucked in a 1980s VHS porn movie they saw 20 years ago... but it may be a great way to bring them to a quality classic porn movie site loaded with digitally remastered versions of their favorite pornstars from the 70s 80s and 90s in DVD quality online streaming videos.

The problem comes when illegal tube sites start sharing the 'good content' illegally. When someone at YouTube puts up a GOOD movie that isn't decades old or a current TV show with no commercials.... it will get yanked down just as fast as any protected porn video should be.