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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
Well, at least you are right regarding being bad about getting your point across the right way. 
Don't worry, I won't post the stuff you e-mailed me about Dean when you two were on the outs, since that was private correspondence.
So, tell everyone what exactly have you done about Tube sites stealing content?
I don't recall seeing you at the anti-piracy meetings which I attended.
I honestly have nothing personal against you, and liked your ethics up until the cross-sell mess, however, I also believe that if the large companies such as yours, Playboy, Hustler, Vivid, RedLight, et al, had seriously united a few years ago to nip in the bud much of what we see today in terms of content theft, we would be a much healthier industry, and your profits would be better than what they are today.
Instead, it is starting to appear that it is the largest players behind many of the largest tunes, and directly and indirectly (think BS dating sites) perpetrating/underwriting much of the content theft.
I feel that there is still time to make things right, and that much of the content theft will eventually be legislated/prosecuted/sued out of business, however I would like to see the big players become a part of the solution instead of continuing to be a part of the problem.
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I appreciate your comments. The reality is our industry is and always has been about maximum ROI and looking out for yourself. If you look at the major programs in the past 10 years the majority of them didn't give a shit about the long term viability of the industry. All they cared about was what was in it for themselves today. The companies that usually take a stand and foot the bill are the mid level size companies.
When the tubes exploded a few years ago I decided to sit on the sidelines and see what happened. There were a number of people that approached me about forming a group to go after them and I always told them they could count me in. None of these groups ever got anywhere. I saw what HomeGrown went thru with Acacia. Time, energy, stress, and money spent for the industry's good. Does anyone of you promote HomeGrown now because of what they did for us? I don't think so. I don't have a 100+ staff. I don't have the ability to allocate those resources without suffering negative effects on my business. Effects that my members and affiliates would also suffer from. So at the end of the day I did nothing. I'm not proud of it but that's the decision we made. I would have gladly supported any group that would have made a move. But nothing ever materialized.
btw I wasn't at any meeting because I generally don't go to many shows. I remember hearing of one meeting that was in LA. I wasn't able to get to it. But I did inform people that I knew that were going to keep me posted. Unfortunately I'm not in the loop with those big companys. I don't know anyone at Vivid, RedLight, etc.