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Originally Posted by Far-L
I always wonder why you don't have a longer view here since you go way back. The truth is that back in the day CE and CEN etc. also benefited hugely from content that was not exactly in their rights to use and tgp, lists, etc. all were rife with misappropriated content... and people made the exact same arguments then about the death of industry, free content, blah blah blah. Back then, the go-to adage was "Content doesn't matter, traffic is king" and that belief opened the door to widespread abuse of rights.
The fact is that your involvement in AL4A or whatever meant you were part of that same content theft apparatus that you now chide Manwin over. I think only when you became a content producer - targeting a niche you knew from your experience would sell - did you start to see things from that ownership/authorship side of the fence.  |
First off...I ran Ampland, Al was my partner.
Secondly...we weren't stealing any content. When it first started we linked to stuff we shouldn't have because we didn't know any better. But we got set straight real fast.
Thirdly...we made millions of dollars with the people who owned content (paysites). We didn't devalue their content in any way. We worked with them and it was mutually advantageous (i.e. the golden years of the adult industry online)
Fourth (and last)...I owned and shot every bit of content for the content company we owned. One of the many companies we ran in adult: Pure Candy Images.
Started shooting for that in 1997 and opened the doors to it in 1998.
Sold it in 2002.
So there goes your theory that I was some kind of thief who only saw the light when I opened Claudia-Marie.Com (in 2007)
I was never a thief. Never devalued anyone's content. And never used anything without permission. Hell, we bought disc after disc of non-exlclusive content to make galleries.
Then around 2002, I stopped taking any submissions and went 100% hosted galleries.
Sorry pal...but your feeble attempt to make ME the bad guy doesn't fly.
But I'll remember that you did try it, so if I happen to run into you at a show I can tell you to kiss my ass in person.