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........"we host very few sites which receive DMCAs and I can count the clients on one hand who receive more than one per month.
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Brad, If you have tube clients that receive one DMCA notice a month - what does that mean? That they steal content once a month? That they "accidently" uploaded something that wasn't theirs - once a month? Or maybe they are full time thieves but only one person a month takes the time to submit a DMCA???
What it looks like to me is that you stood up for something that you believed in. You followed your heart and your morals. Then when none of your competitors would step up to the plate to join you, you crumpled and decided that you would do business with the scum of the earth because if you didn't, they would go to your competitors. Does that about sum it up?
I can appreciate you being so honest and saying that you can't fight the good fight alone. That you'll do business with questionable companies because if you don't, they'll go somewhere else. That you have clients that receive more then one DMCA notice per month. Most hosting companies would not admit that they are happy to do business with thieves & illegal tube sites. At least your honest about it
I think Brad...that you would have a completely different outlook on this situation if you were the one laying out hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to produce content. Content that some of these tubes sites steal and feature for free on their site. Ironically, most of the support that I see for the tubes are folks who have never spent any significant amount of money on content. It's no money out of their pockets so why should they have a problem with it? It's no money out of yours either so that explains why you backed down from your original stance and decided to take the low road.
Obviously, it's been good for business though right? Your company is growing and you are doing well. Get it while you can Brad
