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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
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Porn is video, to tease - and to sell the full product, once the full product will be availble for free there is no porn market anymore, the whole steady demand of those who NEED IT will not be there anymore.
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if a *tube site can't sell advertising then they will die a slow death of bandwidth charges. upsells to sponsor programs may bring in some cash, but its sponsored advertising that most likely pays the bills.
as long as there are ad sponsors, there will be funding for the free content.
the *tube sites don't seem to care about "the industry", they are operating a biz model to make money. if they do license content and give it away for free, in hopes that the eyeballs attract ad sponsors, then that is their angle.
as one poster and even myself commented that after looking at a *tube site, you really have no need to join a porn site.... so yes, *tube sites are bad for the industry as a whole, much like mainstream *tube sites are taking a dent in consumers watching tv/cable.
copyright infringement lawsuits will force the *tube sites to get with a legal model. at that point, they will be serving up legal, licensed content (with 2257 docs) and you will see alot less sales on paysites.
WHen content producers (dvd/video) finally get it and channel their frustrations of the internet side, they'll work with *tube sites to get revenue from content that paysites aren't wanting to buy.
Niche markets will grow strong. content like you see at kink.com will serve a market that wants consistant quality, and will join paysites to get it, rather than the random mix you find on a *tube site.
The future of the industry does look a little dimmer for the generic-load-up-with-content paysites and even more so for affiliates, but there is always opportunities for the next big thing.
look at the web 2.0 space.. friendster used to be top dog, then myspace, then facebook. there will be innovation, just from fewer players.
Fight the puddles of sky!