Additional remarks from O.P.
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DVDs (just the DVD duping part) cost near $5 a unit at the beginning of the decade-disc, duping cost with master, authoring, printed insert and plastic cover. Now they are around $1. $4 difference in the manufacturing price equals $8 to $20 lower retail price. The Adult bookstore-previously the number 1 retail point of sale for adult-I can't find the figures but I'm certain their significance in the supply chain has diminished in the United States to the point that if they closed up shop tomorrow, their sales would immediately be made up through other sources to the point they wouldn't be missed.
Has the industry adjusted like other industries do when the supply chain changes?
Rentals-this was a huge income source-the video rental of adult materials. Do the kiosk machines pay ASCAP fees? Do people rent any more? Pay per view was supposed to replace the rental model part of the business. Has it? What has the industry done to adjust for the change in this huge industry income source.
Many people talk about how the adult industry is the big innovator on the net-creating all the new outlets for revenue streams-WHAT HAPPENED? Did main stream retailing steal all the innovation?
As a businessman I studied numerous companies that were "In Search of Excellence"-they find innovative ways to add value to their products-again people pay what you show them your product is worth. What value added innovations has the adult industry used to maintain the price point of its product? Free 30 second clips? Stealing people's bandwidth with exit traffic consoles?
Met Art became a giant on the net because they put up any shit that is submitted because they can buy it for "cheap"
Twisties lowered their standards and started to buy crap because they had to lower their membership price to get members?
"The value of the product has fallen in the market"
Not for quality. Not for the small percentage of companies that continue to search for excellence. Not for sites that treat their clients like clients instead of Johns. Not for adult companies that behave like businessmen instead of tainted hookers.
I've gotten into fistfights when I threw pirated copies of my production on the floor in adult bookstores and started stomping on them. I do know very well what it is to be stolen from. Tube sites and pirates aren't the adult industry's big problem-the adult industry's whore mentality is its own worse enemy. The businessmen in the industry make money and will continue to make money. Excellent companies always do.
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