Originally Posted by signupdamnit

Yes. Brazzers was small time compared to the other players of the time. But they didn't want to shoot themselves in the foot or spoil their reputations in the industry. There was also the risk of being sued. Mansef in fact hid that they owned the tubes for a long time for this reason.

There was nothing innovative or original about it. Youtube was the original innovator. The adult tubes basically just took the youtube idea and those with the balls (or little to lose) to try it, did it. That is why it is still called "tubes" after "youtube".