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Originally Posted by BFT3K
Not really the same as MGP's, as MGP's generally offer a couple of 10 to 60 second low-res samples in hopes of driving traffic to the actual pay site.
Most tube sites are not redirecting traffic back to the pay sites they belong to, and many are now hiding the clip's watermark too, so there is no redirect.
Try to start a tube site with JUST 30 second clips, like a traditional MGP, and you will not have a very popular tube site.
You will have to compete by offering longer clips, more extreme clips, larger resolutions, etc.
You cannot compete within a business model that works best when you are offering bigger, faster and better free porn than your competition. It just doesn't make sense on any level.
My 2 cents anyway...
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I've said this before, but it's worth repeating.
You're right that the stolen content MASSIVE clip model is no business model. It's flat out theft.
At one time, movie galleries had a similiar evolution. You see, at first, it was impossible for affiliates to host movies for galleries. Bandwidth was way too expensive. What people did was use ISP webspace, hotlinking and various other methods to "steal" the bandwidth. Eventually, this got cleaned up, bandwidth prices came down and the modern day movie gallery model was borned. Most importantly, it worked.
So yes, it's going to be very, very, very hard to compete with people offering 10 minute + stolen clips. But that's going to have to end. Content producers will eventually land some big judgments against sites, hosts or even sponsors, and then that model will come down like a house of cards. Who will be left to pick up all those surfers now used to tube site content delivery? The moderate, legal tube sites, using clips longer than we're used to now, but much shorter than stolen content sites. Think around 2-5 minute range.
Now, if you want to hold on to the view that anything more than some arbitrary number of seconds simply can't make sales, then I guess we'll just have to disagree.