Originally Posted by mike-al

I am Anti-tube site as everyone else basically from an affiliate stand point though.. I dont have content, i dont sell content, and I dont sell memberships.. What we do do is generate traffic using sponsor provided content to that sponsor.
and for all the haters (yes I am creating TubeLand.com a tube site, but its just sponsor provided promo clips.. so please spare me the hate mail)

now onto the discussion I am curious of learning more about...

Tube Sites are a big threat to us as it has basically been a way to wipe out 10 years of our hard work, by simply giving away the cake, the batter, the frosting, using other peoples content (or in this case other peoples cake batter)

Now I dont want to get in the nitfit fight about this, we all know what
the story is, and everyones angles, and all that but as I always said to
my boss when we have a problem.. There is MORE than one way to skin a cat..

But What I don't see is people skinning cats..

For example..

You have content.... You complain it's being stolen... What are you doing to protect it? I see the exact opposite of protection being done..
I see full blown mega $$$ produced paysites going out of they way to say
COME INSIDE WE HAVE NO DRM, DRM FREE! DOWNLOAD & SAVE THE FILES ALL YOU WANT. NO BANDWIDTH RESTRICTIONS, more and more on sponsor sites than ever before..

If content is your bread and butter, why are you not protecting it?
Why are you not having software that runs thru your site that
validates /verifies it so it can only be played there?

It's just a thought that recently crossed my mind.. I am all against the content theft, but if the shit really is hitting the fan.. why are no steps being taken in this direction?


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(For those that dont know what DRM is, is Digital Rights Management) basically software that controls the media being played to make sure its licensed to said party.. and stuff like that)