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Reality is they are making a fortune. They also leave a shitload of money on the table by not doing targeted advertising (signing up for affiliate programs and putting a link to the site that the content actually goes to).
Problem is...when the hammer finally comes down and they get shut down...that's gonna be a LOT of money that suddenly stops coming in. That's when it will hurt real bad. And no matter what anybody says, just because you make a shitload for a couple of years you are NOT happy when the faucet is turned off on you.
Having said that...I'd still rather be in their shoes to be making a few million a year and then having it stopped than to have not made it at all.
I suppose we will see if it's sooner or later that they get shut down according to what happens with the copyright treaty that all these countries are working on getting signed.
I would think that Pornhub and Redtube and the rest will be in a good enough spot at that point to just go full legit in the free area with bought content. When you have 10 million uniques a day, you can pretty much keep on keeping on without the "user upload" option. Just keep a bunch of bought content up there and keep upselling to your "premium" area. Which would just be Brazzers network re-skinned.
Yep, they are still gonna be making money hand over fist. But they aren't doing it with MY stuff. And the people who are getting their stuff stolen can stop it whenever they want. Or they can continue to let Brazzers get richer and richer off of their hard work. Whichever.
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