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I can't be bothered reading 8 pages of replies but I thought Shap's post was a great one.
There are so many clueless old-school webbies around who just dream about the day tube sites go away. Ain't gonna happen. It's about surfer behavior. Remember those guys? I love the early post where someone says "Fuck the surfer!". Er...right.
I also love the people who think it's now up to Twisties to police the theft of THEIR content. Your content, your problem.
I think the more you fight it, the harder it gets. You've gotta try and keep it in-house. Work with them, see what might happen. You can't deny the direction the surfers are taking.
Personally I think it's a storm in a teacup anyway. With more tube sites comes more competition. They won't be able to sustain using stolen content forever. Same way the early TGPs couldn't. Tubes sites are here to stay and you need to learn about them. But they won't destroy the industry.
The only thing I disagree with is the idea the free-sites are dying. That hasn't been my experience. And as far as I can see, it's pretty hard to SEO a tube site ;)
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