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Originally Posted by fluffygrrl
What, don't tell me, somebody hacked your account ?
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b.t.w. I was just fucking with ya.....I know closing down a few sites doesn't
solve the problem......but at least it's a start.....it's too easy to bash every
attempt from people who are at least willing to take some kind of action.
It won't be an easy fight and it won't go quick.....but at least there's a few
people who seem willing to at least do something......without those nothing
will happen at all and things will only get worse.
I don't even agree with everything brein does or the way they do it......it has
flaws and some things make me frown.......that said the damage caused by
piracy I hate more than the way organisations like Brein use to fight it.
Their tactics will change along the way as they're also pionering and exploring
the options they have.....Holland used to be piracy paradise because of our
liberal legislation and strong protection of privacy........something the Dutch
are very proud of but we also realised that those liberties were being
exploited and abused......
Also hunting for piracy sites and going after them legaly is just part of a way
to the solution.....we also have to look at ourselves and improve the way
we protect our business and content as frankly it's way too easy to grab
our content and distribute it.
I don't have the illusion that I'm able to put a stop to all of this and it's
certainly not the time for cheers of victory.......I am willing though to take
part in the action that's required to do something about it.......that's the
first thing we need to accomplish anything at all.......sitting back watching
things get worse and moan about it doesn't change anything except that
things will get worse.......till now we haven't done anyting at all than let
people rob our content and give it away for free........that's part of the
reason why it gets worse so fast coz everybody knows that till now not
a single soul does anything about it to stop it.
All the recent attention on the boards resulted in a bunch of people that
are ready to change that and take some form of action but to be honest
with all the noise we've made I'm still shocked how hard it is to get people
mobilized.......at times I wonder how nuts I am for convincing people who
their business is hurt by this to do something........most seem to have the
idea that it's a lost battle before they even try to do something about it.
The way I see it at this moment that apart from the fact that we can't
stop people to do illegal things or that we're not responsible to police the
internet the fact that we just sit like sitting ducks and let those rob us
and take advantage of it is at least 50% of the reason why it's as bad
as it is now.........we may never be able to stop piracy but defenitely be
able to reduce it drastically if we stand up and at least make it less easy
for people to do and everytime get away with it.
If we can reduce or stop the growth of this trend, and show the public
that we do care and try to improve our products and services that will
defenitely at some point have a positive effect on our business and our
reputation as an industry........there's numerous of other examples that
proof this...........ASCAP, Freedom of Speech Coalition, etc, etc
Showing the public and the authorities we care is equally important in getting
results than the amount of sites we're able to get closed. Showing we feel
responsible and that we're taking action towards bad effects that are the
result of any form of abuse of our business will get us support at some point
instead of more legislation that hurts our business and is created and isn't
made to ban out porn as a good responsible industry but as an effective
way to get rid of the problems that arise from not being able to keep
our content safe and accessible from anyone except our paying clients.
I'm confident that a lot of negative legislation is the direct result of things
like torrents and free porn because kids and people who aren't interested
in our products are confronted and harassed with it.......coz anyone
can access porn through these channels.....without any verification of
their age, without having to pay and regardless if the nature of the content
is legal.........
2257 is imho for a big part about this......coz if it was just to get rid of the
adult industry as a whole there's a lot better things you can come with to
accomplish that.......governments mostly don't consider our industry as
the biggest problems.......but the negative effects that our business causes
and for doing too little to control it ourselves. Apart from the financial damage
this causes to ourselves we seem to forget about the problems this causes
to children and anyone who doesn't want to get confronted with anything
our business provides.........
Ignoring those things by saying......well I can't help if others steal my shit
give it to kids isn't going to fly........it IS our responsibility to prevent those
things from happening as much as we can.......if we do show we feel
responsible and attempt to do something about we may be able to get
rid of the destructive image our industry currently has.
So you all can keep bashing every initiative that people take to improve our
situation as a whole coz I really don't care......I know that whatever I come
up with is better than doing nothing........apart from the fact that bashing
only shows that you have no interest in this business coz if you do then
this and every other thing that's related to our industry also affect you.
Even if you're an affiliate and don't run any sites yourself.....you will be
effected too......it's a matter of time that before you're not able to
make galleries anymore using pictures you do not own yourself and have
the required documents for to be able to use them.
So anyone laughing and ridiculing these things must be people who don't
have anything todo with this business....if they would they'd think twice
before bashing and making fun of it.......
I won't defend or respond to haters again after this......you can hate all
you want, you can ridicule all you want......It won't hurt my feelings and
it won't hurt my motivation for doing what I do........the only thing that
would bother me.......is realising when it's too late that I didn't do anything
while I still had the chance.......if at some point we still lose then at least
I know that I did my part to prevent it........going under without putting up
a fight is the only thing I'd ever regret.......to fail doesn't bother me at all
especially not when I know I've tried the best to make it work.......coz then
failure is a valuable learning experience.....doing nothing is 10 times worse
than failing....doing nothing will never get you ahead......
Flame away GFY........I'm sure you already noticed....I'm stoned as fuck today
which for some reason makes me posts complete novels......so to hurt my
feelings is even more difficult than usual......so if that's your objective at
least make sure you give it your best shot......
