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Originally Posted by SplatterMaster
Porn is an addiction. if you cant get it from pirate sites you will get it somewhere even if you have to join your favorite sites. Pirate sites post content as soon as it's released cause they know if they don't, people will join sites to get their fix. And people on pirate sites pay for their content. They just pay the file lockers instead of the producers. And of course file lockers pay the pirate sites...
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This pretty much sums it up. Why would anyone buy porn from a paysite when surfers can get it the same day or worst case the next day from a file locker? It's the original quality video and they may have to wait a little longer for the download but they don't care. These type of people have more time than money.
I use to see my latest content on file lockers a few days after they were posted on my site, now they appear within hours.
Yes, they are still paying for porn but now they have access to thousands of full HD videos
for half the price of the standard paysite price.
It's a business model for the file locker uploaders and even though they make peanuts of each download, it's still money. They get the porn they like and they can also resell it as a file locker affiliate. I think there's a small percentage of paysite members that are doing this but it's still damaging because one member downloads from the paysite, then uploads to the file locker. Other thieves then download that file and re-upload it under their own account so basically thieves are stealing from thieves and compounding the problem. They can all make money off it while getting their own porn fix.
The theft has to stop before anything will improve. I hate hearing people say "adapt or die" because no one says that with any other crime. Can you imagine having your house broken into and all your stuff stolen and the cop says "Hey, adapt or die".
We all know file lockers and tubes aren't going anywhere unless laws are changed so in the mean time paysite owners can use services that minimize the theft by catching the members who steal and share. I've been researching software that embeds a code with a user's info into each video that can't be removed or is at least extremely difficult to remove. I've been working on my own solution but also found a company that looks promising called
Xvid AutoGraph
It's a different approach to DRM and instead of punishing the majority who are honest, this approach focuses on catching the minority who steal. Thieves for the most part are lazy and will go for low hanging fruit so if it's too much work to steal content without getting caught they will move on to an easier target.