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Originally Posted by Sexy Rex
They are not going away, the only way out with them is up.
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or even just ONE content provider could sue both the tube sites AND their users who are stealing the content, same as the music industry did with napster.
The tube sites have deep pockets, the surfers probably don't. Force some tube sites to hand over their IP logs and start suing surfers.
When word gets out that visiting a tube site might land their ass in a lawsuit, you can bet their traffic will take a dive.
Financially, it probably makes more sense for content providers to recoup their income by pursuing litigation this way rather than hoping to convert at 1:5000 or whatever they're doing off of tube site traffic. Do you want a $15 cut from one signup out of every 100-400k visitors to your stolen video or would you prefer getting some money from 400k surfers who've received stolen goods? Which method will provide you with a greater revenue stream? Which method will help prevent oversaturation of unique content and be better for the long run?
All it's going to take is one content owner to set something like that in motion, not a concerted effort.