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  • blackmonsters
    Making PHP work
    • Nov 2002
    • 21083

    #1

    Hosting companies! You're FUCKED!!!!

    Webmasters better start looking for a "back up" host.

    If 2257 comes down as hard as some think then a lot of webmasters are going to bail from their host and some host will have to close.

    Why?

    I was working with some ideas to comply with 2257 and almost nothing I did seemed worth doing. If I get rid of thumbs then I will be paying about 75% less for bandwidth. Guess who loses on that deal. But my banners will most likely suck so how will I make enough money to keep paying for hosting even with less bandwidth? Also if I go full softcore with thumbs that link to softcore galleries and softcore tours then non-adult companies don't have much grounds to not host me. Guess what; non-adult hosting is too too too cheap if I can get it.

    Conversions mostly likely will drop IMHO.
    Yes there will be less hardcore for free but I do think that hardcore pictures hook the surfer and eventually gets the sign up. Getting hooked on softcore seems like a long shot.

    Super cheap MoFo's will never sign up no matter what we show but they do provide a steady stream of traffic to trade. These cheapos may not surf as much if they only see softcore. Moderate cheapos will surf less too so less chance for them to finally get to the site that converts them.

    I can hear the arguments about that already but consider that the reason hardcore was posted in the first place was to make more people surf the site and surf for longer.

    I just don't see people surfing my interracial site for very long when all they see is interracial couples hugging when they can go to the Hun and get hardcore.

    I'm just not seeing how sponsors with 1000's of hosted galleries are going to look at the galleries and match the models back up to their documents and get all the 2257 info in place. They got the same model working with four photographers and they need to match the shoot to the photographer if they actually post the correct custodian of records. Plus some sponsors don't even have this info(anymore if ever) and photographers may not give a shit or even be alive to provide the info.
    I suspect a lot of galleries will simply be pulled.

    Click this link: http://gallery.1000facials.com/baby/4/index.htm

    Hmmmmmmm!! Were conversions not worth the bandwidth or did they look at 2257 and just said fuck it.

    Back to traffic trading: Surfers are not going to suffer thru blind links and circle jerks to get more softcore.


    There will finally be a reason again to go to the porn video store and rent some shit for $1.95...and copy it.
    Good luck.



  • adonthenet
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Feb 2005
    • 16753

    #2
    DAMN that must be sucks :P

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    • azguy
      Confirmed User
      • Nov 2004
      • 5167

      #3
      www.zentek-international.com for a quality Hong Kong-based solution. Anything goes, except for spam and CP of course.

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      • goBigtime
        Confirmed User
        • Nov 2002
        • 7761

        #4
        Blacmonsters.... you know that Ashcroft isn't the DA anymore right?

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        • chadglni
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2002
          • 6924

          #5
          You are correct. Just pack up and leave.


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          • iwantchixx
            Too lazy to set a custom title
            • Oct 2002
            • 12860

            #6
            You make it sound like web hosts only host TGPs. There's more the adult biz than TGP....

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            • blackmonsters
              Making PHP work
              • Nov 2002
              • 21083

              #7
              Originally posted by goBigtime
              Blacmonsters.... you know that Ashcroft isn't the DA anymore right?
              That doesn't really matter because what he started can continue and most likely will continue since his party likes these ideas.
              Good luck.



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              • blackmonsters
                Making PHP work
                • Nov 2002
                • 21083

                #8
                Originally posted by iwantchixx
                You make it sound like web hosts only host TGPs. There's more the adult biz than TGP....
                Yeah, and what besides TGPs burn enough bandwidth for the host to pay bills...please don't say galleries; they get it from the TGP.
                A hand full of link sites burn BW; but come on...most bandwidth is burned by webpages with free images or video and those are the ones to be affected.
                Good luck.



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                • Veterans Day
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 8403

                  #9
                  tgps and galleries are the only way to make money and hosts have no other clientel
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                  • Dirty Dane
                    Sick Fuck
                    • Feb 2004
                    • 9491

                    #10
                    Sooner or later they will start loosing money, and that has nothing to do with 2257;

                    Higher and cheaper internet speeds, better technology and better server software which anyone with a little computer interest can figure out, will result in companies (and porn webmasters) moving toward own hosting.

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                    Last edited by Dirty Dane; 06-05-2005, 12:01 PM.

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                    • exportyourbiz-com
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2005
                      • 141

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Dirty Dane
                      Sooner or later they will start loosing money, and that has nothing to do with 2257;

                      Higher and cheaper internet speeds, better technology and better server software which anyone with a little computer interest can figure out, will result in companies (and porn webmasters) moving toward own hosting.
                      Until you are digging the holes in your front yard to install the line yourself you will be at the mercy of the telecom companies.

                      As long as the telecom companies are running the show there will be no 'self-hosting' on the scale that adult bandwidth can burn through.

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                      • baddog
                        So Fucking Banned
                        • Apr 2001
                        • 107089

                        #12
                        Originally posted by blackmonsters
                        Yeah, and what besides TGPs burn enough bandwidth for the host to pay bills...please don't say galleries; they get it from the TGP.
                        A hand full of link sites burn BW; but come on...most bandwidth is burned by webpages with free images or video and those are the ones to be affected.

                        hmmm, I don't think any of our clients do TGP

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                        • Dirty Dane
                          Sick Fuck
                          • Feb 2004
                          • 9491

                          #13
                          Originally posted by exportyourbiz-com
                          Until you are digging the holes in your front yard to install the line yourself you will be at the mercy of the telecom companies.

                          As long as the telecom companies are running the show there will be no 'self-hosting' on the scale that adult bandwidth can burn through.
                          Digging holes is not the future. Space man, space

                          Btw, private customers are already offered 1GB lines in Sweden for prices as low as 120-150$ per month. Same in Japan.

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                          • Gottis
                            Confirmed User
                            • May 2004
                            • 1746

                            #14
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                            • Johny Traffic
                              Confirmed User
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 5461

                              #15
                              Maybe thumb TGP's, will use text links, the traffic will be the same, there wont be as much free porn, we will all make more money?


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                              • polle54
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jul 2004
                                • 4626

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Dirty Dane
                                Digging holes is not the future. Space man, space

                                Btw, private customers are already offered 1GB lines in Sweden for prices as low as 120-150$ per month. Same in Japan.

                                Hi dirty dane could you also hit me up on 143561781 thanks
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                                • Nismo
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • May 2002
                                  • 4977

                                  #17
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                                  • s9ann0
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Sep 2001
                                    • 4873

                                    #18
                                    its all over people please return to your normal lives!

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                                    • Paraskass
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • May 2002
                                      • 5829

                                      #19
                                      yes, please quit the business.

                                      for somebody who registered here in 2002, you are a dumbass.

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                                      • Machete_
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                                        • Oct 2002
                                        • 14579

                                        #20
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                                        • Violetta
                                          Affiliate
                                          • Jul 2004
                                          • 28735

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by iwantchixx
                                          You make it sound like web hosts only host TGPs. There's more the adult biz than TGP....
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                                          • pornguy
                                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                                            • Mar 2003
                                            • 62910

                                            #22
                                            He has some points, as a lot of people will be lowering their hosting bills in the next few months. But this is not all doom and gloom!
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                                            • seeric
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                                              • Aug 2004
                                              • 41917

                                              #23


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                                              • pr0
                                                rockin tha trailerpark
                                                • May 2001
                                                • 23088

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by iwantchixx
                                                You make it sound like web hosts only host TGPs. There's more the adult biz than TGP....
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                                                • detoxed
                                                  vip member
                                                  • Jan 2003
                                                  • 17798

                                                  #25
                                                  surfers will do whatever the fuck you tell them to. they dont have choices

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                                                  • blackmonsters
                                                    Making PHP work
                                                    • Nov 2002
                                                    • 21083

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Paraskass
                                                    yes, please quit the business.

                                                    for somebody who registered here in 2002, you are a dumbass.
                                                    May you're the dumbass that doesn't know the meaning of "if".
                                                    I did say "IF 2257 comes down as has as some think".

                                                    May be "IF" being the first fucking word in the explanation was too much for you to handle logically.
                                                    Good luck.



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                                                    • iwantchixx
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Oct 2002
                                                      • 12860

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by blackmonsters
                                                      Yeah, and what besides TGPs burn enough bandwidth for the host to pay bills...please don't say galleries; they get it from the TGP.
                                                      A hand full of link sites burn BW; but come on...most bandwidth is burned by webpages with free images or video and those are the ones to be affected.

                                                      There is more to adult biz than TGP.

                                                      There's paysites, link lists, freesites, search engine sites, other various types of sites, Dude, tgp is small in comparison to how many other sites there are out there. Admitdly, yes TGPs burn the most bandwidth per site (usually) but there are many clients burning just as much if not more doing oher things. There's always text based tgps as well. Lots of people burned mega bandwidth with them. Your "the sky is falling" demeanor about losing hardcore thumbs is rediculous. Have you ever actually ran a TGP before? Text is more productive. Sure thumbs generate more "clicks" but is it as productive as text clicks? NO. Most thumb tgp's send their traffic away on the first click anyways and only get back the same quality of traffic. Poeple with straight up text based TGPs do damn well.. now back to the loss of ahrdcore, big deal. If you know how to sell a product (which msot TGPers don't and simply rely on hardcore freebies to chance the sale) you would realize that just simple text like "Like this girl? She's hot isn't she?! Click Here to join and see the living crap fucked out of her in explicit ahrdcore videos and pictures!"

                                                      Surfers do know how to read you know..

                                                      Oh, and for those thinking that a cropped softcore thumb is fine, think again, if it used to be en explicit photo before being cropped, it's still subject to 2257.

                                                      Guys the sky is not falling, just evolve and make the best of it.

                                                      Sure it's a pain in the ass and a major invasion or rights and privacies but in the long run will weed out all the chicken little's and leave more room for people who know what they are doing.

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                                                      • Basic_man
                                                        Programming King Pin
                                                        • Oct 2003
                                                        • 27360

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by azguy
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                                                        • azguy
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Nov 2004
                                                          • 5167

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by Basic_man
                                                          Isn't porn illegal in Hong-kong ?
                                                          Nope.

                                                          8chars

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                                                          • ukblue
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Apr 2002
                                                            • 1365

                                                            #30
                                                            Good hosts do BOTH mainstream and adult in my opinion. Like webair

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                                                            • rezdesign
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Feb 2004
                                                              • 1502

                                                              #31
                                                              I have been MIA this past month, I come back and there's all this talk about 2257 shit, which I don't know jack about.

                                                              What does our hosting company have to do to comply with new 2257 rules? Does anyone have links to good posts and reading material, specifically for hosting companies?

                                                              I thought new 2257 regs only have to do with content providers and TGPs, etc. If I understand, it is only my customers that need be worried and liable, not myself, correct?

                                                              Should I consider buying some rack space in offshore data centers for my adult industry customers?
                                                              Professional Web Design and Programming: xDesignStudio.com

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                                                              • azguy
                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                • Nov 2004
                                                                • 5167

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by rezdesign
                                                                I have been MIA this past month, I come back and there's all this talk about 2257 shit, which I don't know jack about.

                                                                What does our hosting company have to do to comply with new 2257 rules? Does anyone have links to good posts and reading material, specifically for hosting companies?

                                                                I thought new 2257 regs only have to do with content providers and TGPs, etc. If I understand, it is only my customers that need be worried and liable, not myself, correct?

                                                                Should I consider buying some rack space in offshore data centers for my adult industry customers?
                                                                I'm sure others will fill you in on the details, but hit me up if you're considering getting some space at the Hong Kong DC. I know the guy.

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                                                                • tranza
                                                                  ICQ: 197-556-237
                                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                                  • 57559

                                                                  #33
                                                                  This is getting boring...
                                                                  I'm just a newbie.

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                                                                  • reynold
                                                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                                    • 51271

                                                                    #34
                                                                    I'm not one wihth that guy.

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                                                                    • baddog
                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                                      • 107089

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by rezdesign

                                                                      What does our hosting company have to do to comply with new 2257 rules?

                                                                      Absolutely nothing. GFY attorneys are very good in speculation, but we have no additional responsibilities as a result of 2257.

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                                                                      • rezdesign
                                                                        Confirmed User
                                                                        • Feb 2004
                                                                        • 1502

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Thanks dude!

                                                                        Also, found proof of that too:

                                                                        (4) Producer does not include persons whose activities relating to
                                                                        the visual depiction of actual sexually explicit conduct are limited to
                                                                        the following:

                                                                        ...

                                                                        (iv) A provider of web-hosting services who does not, and
                                                                        reasonably cannot, manage the sexually explicit content of the computer
                                                                        site or service; or
                                                                        (v) A provider of an electronic communication service or remote
                                                                        computing service who does not, and reasonably cannot, manage the
                                                                        sexually explicit content of the computer site or service.
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