Originally Posted by c-lo

AlienQ: There's a difference between a dumb marketing plan (TGPs) and downright theft. There's also a difference between sites that distribute copyrighted content of all sorts vs sites that distribute only copyrighted adult content, as far as this industry is concerned.

Sadly, you were right that it is now the responsibility of content owners to get their content removed from thieving sites, however, that is not the way it should be. Content producers shouldn't have to play defense to an illegal, or at the very least immoral, business practice.

Of course, these sites aren't going to go away - and we will eventually have to adapt or feel the financial burden of having an outdated marketing principle. Unfortunately, it appears that our options are to make selling harder on ourselves and decrease the amount of companies we can work with OR become obsolete.

The TGP wasn't the deathnail for the industry, but who's to say that it will all come at once? As far as I can tell, the online adult industry has been slowly dying since it started.

I imagine that within a few years the main marketing strategy for this industry will be one of embarassing simplicity, extreme oversaturation, and quite questionable principles.

Just my opinion, though - only time will tell.