In regards to companies like Fleshlight, and Fling, and other non-porn companies advertising on torrent/pirate sites, I'm afraid that hoping, praying, asking, and posturing will do no good.
As it has been stated many times before, these are companies that cannot have their content stolen by a torrent site. You cannot pirate a super-ribbed Pink Lady. As far as they are concerned it's another source of traffic and therefore another source of customers. I'm always shocked at these contradicting messages that I see on this board... "it's all about business, so make that money" vs. "let's try not to be money grabbing flesh peddlers, and put your morals at the forefront". It appears that the former is winning out over the latter, and dating/cams/product companies have nothing to wake up to except another pile of cash.
When we chip away all the bullshit, the remaining moral of every story (at least so far) is that "money talks". If you want to produce change, if you want to send a message, if you want to get something done, then you create a financial impact. Stop promoting these people who advertise and fund torrent/pirate sites. Take money out of their pockets. Show them that it isn't fiscally viable to have their cake and eat it too. I'm quite sure, though, this will never happen because to make a large enough dent would require a unifying force. It would require a sum total of individual sacrifices, and I'm quite skeptical that many would be willing to sacrifice some of their income for a cause. Certainly not just affiliates, paysite owners as well.
A question for you, Airek... do you offer upsells in your paysites? Does one of them happen to be Fleshlight, or Fling, or AFF, or any other company that has been shown to repeatedly and consistently fund torrent/piracy sites by advertising on them? If so, would you be willing to cease offering them as an upsell, even if you could not find a suitable alternative and lose that chunk of income altogether? Would you do this, not only knowing you'd lose money, but also knowing that you may alienate these people since I'm sure you have some personal contact with them? And would you urge your friends and fellow paysite owners to do the same, ask them to make the same sacrifices? These companies are, after all, profiting from you and your compatrots twice over... the content in your site, and the content stolen from it, while only paying you once.
This is purely a rhetorical question that you don't need to answer, but one that I propose for the sake of furthering the discussion.
And people on this board do give a shit about this. The vocal few are usually berated, or ignored, or chastised for beating a dead horse. "Oh look, it's Will76 again, booooring." It always becomes more provacative and interesting when it lands on your doorstep
