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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
We'll we're living in times when everything that can be digitalized can get and gets stolen on a massive level.
One thing is for sure - the definition of copyright and copyright protection needs to be changed in order to reflect this. Somebody is losing a lot of money and porn is only a minimal fraction of the total volume, although its wild west environment may sure help speeding up its downsizing.
Logically - the first step would be to put more responsibility on the site owners publishing "any" content on internet in order to make profit, this would also have to be respected on all levels - cooperating billers, ad networks, hosting providers etc. otherwise it won't work.
Not so easy to imagine in the post Viacom vs. Youtube era.
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The problem is that you are looking at this from the old school angle. "I paid $2000 for this content and someone stole it, they are costing me money!"
They didn't pay $2000 and they are diluting how much you'll make on $2000 worth of content, sure. Based on the OLD way of doing business.
Problem being, the new way of delivering content has been tested in mainstream and adult and results are in. If it's worth paying for content, putting up a site, billing $30 per month and paying affiliates a good revshare or PPS it is also worth buying content, throwing it up on a free tube that you own, upselling a CHEAP membership to see more of that content or letting them buy an entire scene or group of scenes for a few bucks.
In the near future the content you pay $2000 for and end up clearing $10,000 on won't be enough to break even because the new delivery methods will be utilized by smart companies regardless of what the laws are and you'll have the same kind of competition anyhow.
Yes they need to stop people from outright stealing your stuff but it will not be the magic bullet that fixes this industry like most assume.
