Originally Posted by alf6300

My point is that I have been close to the music industry for many years, and I have watched the music majors go down to hell year after year, because they were ignoring the new reality of people downloading stuff from p2p.

Was that legal? No. Was that real? Yes.
Forgive me, but some of the attitudes here remind me of the attitude of several music executives in the 90's and beyond.

Like it or not, tubes are today one of largest, if not the single largest, form of adult entertainment. By considering them 'simply-devil' and 'cannot-even-mention', nobody gains anything on this board.

Don't get me wrong, I understand the frustration of people who see their bread spread for free, as I understood the frustration of music executives who saw revenues declining because of widespread illegal behavior.

Said this, in retrospect, it is clear now that what they should have done (instead or next to fighting expensive and ultimately useless legal battles), should have been asking themselves:
"Ok, people want digital music, and digital music is here to stay. Digital music gets copied easily, but maybe we can offer something that illegal p2p is not offering. Convenience, for example."
If they had opened such a discussion, maybe they could have built iTunes instead of Apple. They chose to close their eyes and ears, instead, hoping that the good ol' times would at some point return. They did not.

I don't know what is the next iTunes for the adult industry. However, I know for sure that if people who have been long in this industry decide to avoid a constructive discussion about the opportunities, then someone will come along and exploit them.

Sorry for the rant, it's meant constructively.