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Originally Posted by xxxjay
1. If the content is uploaded by the people who own the site, aren't they already in violation of DMCA?
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no they are not in violation of the DMCA, they are however not protected by the safe harbor provision of the DMCA IF you can prove that is the case.
That being said, trading uploads/scraping uploads would still be protected by the Safe harbor provisions so only a world class moron would upload the content themselves.
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2. How are you supposed to sell something you've already given away?
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you don't you sell something related, or USP
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3. Can porn ever go ad supported and just be 100% free?
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everything free will never happen, there will always be an upsell, there will be a USP that justifies paying (live interactions etc) however for all the rest absolutely yes.
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4. How do you feel about tube sites that use stolen content to feed the "premium" members areas?
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I have no problem with it, but i am a traffic guy and i am not a whiney little bitch.
the fact is if you turned your content into a traffic source then, you would profit when they did this
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5. Will they be the death of our business?
Discuss...
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no. If fact it will lead to even more money and more profits.