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Originally Posted by Allison
I'll second this quote. In addition, the FSC spent months of time researching solutions, gathering legal experts and studios for opinions, and now spending time to educate people all while not even covering their costs in order to benefit many companies in this industry.
I have a feeling that any one here who would negatively comment on the FSC, must not own any content because if you really are a content owner here your choices are simple:
1) Continue as you do now and find content on these tubes & send DMCA notices (or however your operate)
2) Participate in the program & set up your rules and recommendations for how to automatically handle content uploaded. (Of course you can go direct to Vobile & pay significantly more money)
Or I guess you can invent your own solution, but it can't just be an idea you throw out on GFY, you actually have to do it.
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Allison, something I'm kinda wondering about...
I DO protect my stuff. Been doing it for a while. Haven't had even one of my high res/high quality streams ripped and put up on a pirate site. That's after two years (and dozens of "experts" on GFY telling my it wouldn't work and it would be hacked and blah-blah).
But the ongoing problem still concerns my older stuff that's out there. The stuff I put out on .wmv in the first place and that I foolishly released on DVD. I have to keep removeyourcontent searching for that all the time because it comes up over and over and over.
How does "fingerprinting" help you in that way? For instance...Pink Visual already has a huge DVD catalog out there. And tons of stuff that has been pirated, I'd dare say your entire catalog.
I'm assuming that the "fingerprinting" will only have effect on the files that you NOW have had processed (if someone rips one and uploads the "Fingerprinted" one). But everything up until now is still out there (your members areas, your DVD rips, etc.)
Also, it would seem to me that as long as you're still releasing hard copy DVD's and not taking measures to keep your content in the members area on the paysites...then any of the thousands of bit torrent, rapidshare, megaupload, fileshare, and tubes that don't play by the rules are still going to be pirating you and devaluing your content?
What's your specific strategy for Top Bucks to combat those aspects (which are even more damaging than even Pornhub)?
As a long time affiliate of Top Bucks I'd kinda like to know if there is a chance that I can start converting the sites again.
By the way...does Kevin still own Top Bucks? Last I heard his name was a couple of years ago when he was going to meet some friends of mine down in South America. Just curious if it's still his company and how he's doing. Haven't seen him in person since 2002.