Originally Posted by tony286

The porn industry you knew was alot smaller and alot more profitable. I think its going to go back to that. Porn isnt profitable at $2 a scene when you have pay production, affiliates, traffic ,etc etc.
Porn isnt mainstream. Run Run Shaw once said give me a movie with a beginning ,middle ,end and made under 5 million dollars and I will make a profit with it. That's because of licensing.
When you see a dvd for 50 million dollar movie can be so cheap because its been licensed in a dozen different ways and then there are the fancy accounting so even if it doesnt make money it makes money. In main stream you produce one hit tv series that shoots 100 episodes , if you never work again you are set for life. Getting checks til you die, porn doesnt work that way.

Music you have licensing in commercials, going on tour, selling t shirts and assorted bullshit to sell.
Its not as cut and dry.
Louis CK maybe selling online for $5 bucks but trust me that wont be the only way his people will sell it. First there is the tickets to the show, then the shit sold at the show, then the licensing for TV, maybe a cd ,itunes and then a dvd.