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Originally Posted by tony404
that all sounds nice if you dont plan in being in adult in five years from now. this used to be a recession proof business.
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I will be here in many more than 5 years and our clients are safe with MojoHost. I can say with certainty that many competitors won't, all for various reasons. We are fully committed to adult, perhaps one of the few who rather than diversify and lessen the focus on service and support to our vertical has upped the ante in every area.
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Originally Posted by DeanCapture
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  |
All of the decisions I made were with our content producing customers in mind. Lest anyone forget, we're already carrying tons of programs and producers on our shoulders through the thick of this. Writing down monthly spend, increasing bandwidth allowances and decreasing overages is how we're helping when this market needs it most. Being flexible to the point of exhaustion, helping people retool and investing our time in counseling the future of their business - that's what I'm busy with. My clients don't need cheap shitty hosting to survive - they need the fortitude and continued excellent service from MojoHost in their corner at a continued great everyday value.
You are certainly entitled to your own view but all of this is very matter of fact for us and as I already stated, a very small percentage of our clients, revenue and actually bandwidth. It was with a heavy heart that we changed policy but that is my charge - to make tough decisions on behalf of our employees, customers, surfers even when they are unpopular. The fact that I have changed my position to be that of every other industry host (with perhaps added discretion) is what I felt that we owed in a public declaration to continue our legacy of complete honesty, transparency and higher road than the rest.
Sincerely,
Brad