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Originally Posted by Lenny2
Ok I see your point, but when did theft become part of a viable business model?
IF these sites had to pay for licensing rights to use the content in this way, their profit would be gone. (because standard licenses don't allow content to be used in this way, so they would have to negotiate a broader, much more expensive license)
Also, MOST of the content that they're using isn't available for license, it's owned exclusively by the paysite. This is content they would never have on their site were they to obey the law (and if they did have it, it would be in much smaller amounts and not used to promote other products)
This would never be a viable business model if they weren't stealing content, and the fact that you're basically saying the theives are smarter than those of us that play by the rules is a little insulting.  |
Clearly the 'right answer' is somewhere in the middle. The only point I was trying to make is that there is a 'value scale' of content - non-exlcusive porn video is low on that value scale (and is in decline), and interactive, x-rated webcam chat is high onthe value scale. These existnce of tube sites are an extreme example of this disparity.
Forgetting these sites for a second, can we not agree that there is less willingness on the part of consumers to pay for normal, non-exclusive video? The market is commoditized and not because of the tube sites, I mean there are lots of sites out there where you can download thousands and thousands of DVDs with no DRM for less than $10 a month....
I don't personally believe the these types of sites are the disease, I believe they are a symptom, but that is just my