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JBeagel · 07-04-2003, 02:12 PM

People are forgetting some basics about the way internet porn works...about how internet porn is produced.

Certainly Acacia can shake down the "easy" targets of "institutional" porn. And they (institutional porn) may occasionally settle to protect past profits. But, institutional porn is somewhat bloated with declining profit margins. Institutional porn has a fairly low profit margin compared to "noninstitutional" porn. Penthouse magazine will probably be gone inside of a year.

Internet porn is a very fluid medium, With very easy access to anyone with imagination, and a very level playing field.

UNTIL Acacia can force the issue on Microsoft, and web hosts and e-commerce companies, the internic, and Sony, any college kid with a $500 DV camera and a girlfriend that will suck him off can create the newest POV site, and take in $. And this is currently happening thousands of times every single day.

And surfers do respond to this personal approach. So Acacia shakes down the big guys, but they will be forever playing "whackamole" with the little guys who will continue to rake in fairly big numbers collectively, simply because they CAN produce good quality porn cheaply, get it online cheaply, and collect the money...and this is a kind of porn that surfers DO buy memberships to, and with fairly high conversion ratios---in fact, probably higher conversion ratios than less personal institutional porn can deliver.

In the end the surfers will level the playing field. Acacia will have to tackle Microsoft and wmv. and Sony. And, EVEN if they do, there will be only so much $ they can siphon off, because in the END it is the PURCHASERS of porn who will determine how much total $ there is to siphon off. You have to follow the $ trail.

As they say, the genie is already out of the bottle. IMO Acacia is about 10 years too late coming to the table.

CE might have stepped on their dick settling with Acacia. Because their vast affiliate bunch probably WILL not settle with Acacia. And because their affiliates will not settle with Acacia, they risk losing their affiliate base, or absorbing fees their affiliates would have paid. Most affiliates are not big players with long-term contracts. Most are not "married" to CE Cash. All it takes is the money dynamic to change a little bit, and they abandon ship.

Watch it happen if they are squeezed.

07-04-2003, 02:12 PM
JBeagel Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1	People are forgetting some basics about the way internet porn works...about how internet porn is produced. Certainly Acacia can shake down the "easy" targets of "institutional" porn. And they (institutional porn) may occasionally settle to protect past profits. But, institutional porn is somewhat bloated with declining profit margins. Institutional porn has a fairly low profit margin compared to "noninstitutional" porn. Penthouse magazine will probably be gone inside of a year. Internet porn is a very fluid medium, With very easy access to anyone with imagination, and a very level playing field. UNTIL Acacia can force the issue on Microsoft, and web hosts and e-commerce companies, the internic, and Sony, any college kid with a $500 DV camera and a girlfriend that will suck him off can create the newest POV site, and take in $. And this is currently happening thousands of times every single day. And surfers do respond to this personal approach. So Acacia shakes down the big guys, but they will be forever playing "whackamole" with the little guys who will continue to rake in fairly big numbers collectively, simply because they CAN produce good quality porn cheaply, get it online cheaply, and collect the money...and this is a kind of porn that surfers DO buy memberships to, and with fairly high conversion ratios---in fact, probably higher conversion ratios than less personal institutional porn can deliver. In the end the surfers will level the playing field. Acacia will have to tackle Microsoft and wmv. and Sony. And, EVEN if they do, there will be only so much $ they can siphon off, because in the END it is the PURCHASERS of porn who will determine how much total $ there is to siphon off. You have to follow the $ trail. As they say, the genie is already out of the bottle. IMO Acacia is about 10 years too late coming to the table. CE might have stepped on their dick settling with Acacia. Because their vast affiliate bunch probably WILL not settle with Acacia. And because their affiliates will not settle with Acacia, they risk losing their affiliate base, or absorbing fees their affiliates would have paid. Most affiliates are not big players with long-term contracts. Most are not "married" to CE Cash. All it takes is the money dynamic to change a little bit, and they abandon ship. Watch it happen if they are squeezed.