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Originally Posted by tony404
See I wasnt go to get involved but I have to.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/06/...-pay-for-hulu/
Mainstream is realizing free doesnt work. But the porn short bus keeps yelling free free. Its not evolution its we have to be the only fucking industry that adapts to people that fuck us. When it all crumbles and it will everyone can look in the mirror and wave. |
it is evolution, just not with a desirable outcome for most.
fast forward a few years, tube sites could realize that despite lower b/w expenses and skyrocketing viewers, they can't make a big profit.... what does the scene look like then? maybe many paysites have shutdown much like how small businesses close up when walmart comes to town.... or paysites are rolled up into a handful of mega companies.
youtube is another good example of a high b/w free service that is struggling to generate revenue, much like Hulu.
as long as advertisers are seeing conversions from tube sites, they will continue the evolution of the biz models.
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we all saw tube sites coming. take a lesson from history, the moses tube sites should have been smited at birth.. meaning content holders should have squashed the infant tube sites while they were stealing content, before they got critical mass of traffic and able to license legit content (akin to mpaa/riaa efforts)
video/dvd content producers shouldn't have whored themselves by letting internet folks license their content out.. to ultimately, tube sites, who can purchase video content and rock bottom prices to be legit (even 2257 compliant)
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so it is an evolution of the biz model, you may not like it and not consider it to be forward progress, but the tube sites are following the mainstream trends that have been around for many years.
they could suffer the same problems as hulu and youtube, or do better, but that will be for each individual biz to figure out, and there will always be a winner... just like cockroaches, they don't go away.
many will use tube sites as the loss-leader for their own paysites.
in conclusion, tube sites won't go away for a very long time because they are evolving the biz model. consumers of porn think its great, producers of porn will think its great if their content is being licensed instead of stolen, paysites and affiliates won't like it.
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for content producers, tube sites could be their next best friend, since so many adult sites have created their own content, and licensing of content has gone down, and devalued to what it once was. content is king nowadays, because traffic is abundant and is now a commodity. content producers have an excellent shot at making money.
Fight the tastes great!