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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
So maybe you can come up with an idea that will work to stop pirates.
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No I can't and neither can industries with much more money to spend on the problem than porn. People keep yelling that you can't compare porn to games / movies / whatever but they are missing the point entirely. It is the new delivery methods and price points that sucked up all of the customers that are available. If someone did something with porn that addressed price and experience they would see the benefits. This is already being done with the DVD sites that were $8.95 per month, easy to browse and hassle free.
Again, it might be something completely different or it might be something damn near the same. I guess we'll have to wait on Manwin to do it because it seems not many others care to even try to break away from their $29.95 per month gameplan.
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I understand the price argument and it has grounds. This is the model.
Buy cheap content, DVD stuff and old stuff being sold for rock bottom prices.
Do away with all marketing. No affiliates, no traffic merchants, etc. Then sell packages on a $1 to $5 price scale. Let's say 20 Gigs for $1 and 100 Gigs for $5. Of course this pricing would need adjusting to suit
So what would be your job online? 
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First of all, I would do the same thing I've always done. Until you can pirate the user experience of talking to a real person webcams will always sell. Second, just because the price point goes down does not mean traffic is not required. It might be purchased directly or it might be revshare of small purchases for life but someone will take all the traffic they can get. The cost of porn content is so tiny in comparison to most things, it's not like you need to be a multi millionaire to do something non standard.
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Piracy effects everyone working in online porn except those pirating and earning from it. It effects affiliates, ad sellers, traffic brokers, site owners and billing companies, except those like Paypal. 
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Sure it does, and if they ever figure out how to get rid of it sensibly it will be a great day.
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Because it brings down the value of the products sold. This has hurt online porn, music, films and many more. Are films made today for a quick killing or to produce master pieces that are timeless, cost money and need a long time to bring a return. Or need a high profit of one, to enable a gamble on another?
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The entertainment industry has actually grown during all of this "devastating piracy", they just don't like to tell you that.