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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
For some of us company owners (and former owners) the "business side" of the industry includes all facets of it including production, casting, filming, advertising/promotion, program creation, et al.
As a program promoter you're a middleman, still reliant on those who actually create and produce the content, correct?
And by your own words, since you're no longer in the filming, casting, editing and producing end of the industry, your experience and knowledge in those areas could also be deemed by some as having no relevance to today's industry.
Look - I'm no fan of Paul Markham. But that said...simply dismissing him (and others like him who contributed to pioneering a significant amount of the online porn industry over the years) by labeling him "irrelevant" and "someone vomiting words on a keyboard" when yourself are no longer involved in many key aspects of the industry...comes across as rather haughty and gauche.
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a) Just because I'm not currently involved doesn't mean I still don't know whats going on. Its part of the reason I still frequent this board.
b) "Business side" might have been the wrong term I used. Maybe I should have said "Marketing side". Fair enough.
c) No, as a middleman I can have my own content created to promote someone else's product. Not all products in adult are paysites.
d) I generally don't try to be dismissive and I respect the experience Paul has. However, respect is also a two way street. When somebody doesn't reciprocate respect, I rescinder mine. In this case, Paul has been on a rampage of preaching what he THINKS the industry is like and takes into account absolutely nothing of what other people are saying. If calling him out on it makes me come across haughty and gauche, then so be it.