Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 17657790)

Some people will never realise Tubes changed the business 100%. In 2010 the customer is KING. And unless you deliver what he will pay for it's not going to work. And you have to protect it.

I think you're wrong about all members not wanting to visit porn shoots. In Europe on satellite TV we have a program called Euro Porn. It's documentary style on what goes on in the porn business. The Internet angle is very very small, it's mostly DVD producers. One of the serials is about people visiting porn shoots and meeting all involved. Even couples turn up. The shoots are run by Private and I'm sure something like this would work for the Internet. Maybe not on a monthly basis, maybe by getting people to act as surfers. But the interaction you promote, what can be better than real one to one interaction?

The problem is as always affording it. After promotion costs what's left?

Originally Posted by SZNY (Post 17658155)

Here is one of the episodes
http://www.mediahoneys.cz/euro-porn-exposed-part-2/

Originally Posted by DamianJ (Post 17658198)

How did you get permission from ITV to put up their copyrighted content on that site?

Originally Posted by SZNY (Post 17658594)

When they shot that interview I asked if I could use the footage and they gave me permission for it

Originally Posted by DamianJ (Post 17657864)

The customer ALWAYS was king Paul. That's the problem here. Years and years of thinking the customer is an open wallet and trying to rinse him for as much as possible.

If we as in industry hadn't done hidden prechecked xsales, carb banging, dialers, hard to cancel sites, etc etc we wouldn't be where we are now.

Piracy has always existed. The problem we face now is down to our own making.

Maybe if people thought the customer was king 20 years ago things would be different.

Originally Posted by DamianJ (Post 17658963)

Really? And cleared all world wide rights?

That was very nice of them. It's amazing production companies make such a fuss about rights if you can just get the broadcaster to give you the OK to put their content online for anyone to see.