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Originally Posted by Eric
Robbie,
Your stance against the Review sites and the way you are protecting your content through streaming and lower bit rate downloadables I think are great. Could you possibly start a new thread in this section with these ideas to share with everyone. There are more people here looking than you know and many big boys that would surprise you.
I think it would be an amazing thread.
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Its kind of hard to post some of the stuff here as even though the forum is locked, the info that Robbie has and I have, and others have needs to stay close to the vest in some regards.
As far as the youtube thing I agree that would be great if adult tubes would do a similar thing. I have an account with youtube that I can get any video I hold copyright removed and usually its within minutes of me filing the action and done via an automated process. I had a bunch of our non nude content wind up there early on and youtube recommended I sign up for I guess you would call it a copyright holders account. I had to fax in some paperwork etc and I can get any video pulled I need pulled very quickly.
People focus on tube sites too much. While they are the most known sources right now there is so many other places stolen content is uploaded to and traded. The focus REALLY needs to be how we as an industry can pull back on the amount of free content we give away in a few different areas.
1. Promotion- Sponsors need to as a group begin to reign in the amount of content that is given out to affiliates. If you can't get a signup with 10 pics and a 2 min video then affiliates need to re-evaluate their sales techniques. Right now people are using the shotgun method. Throw as much out there as you can and hope it hits someone that might not care about spending a bit on porn. Sure would be easier to get a sale if there wasn't porn laying around for free in every nook and cranny of the internet.
2. Members areas- No one ever wanted to let the customer keep a scene for a membership rental price. It started and members became accustomed to it due to us not having the technology early on to stop them from keeping it. Somehow that became our "business model" and people stand by and defend it saying "the members are used to it". Thats poppycock and if they are conditioned to it, then we have to condition them to something else. Its make a change now, or watch the government come in and eventually regulate us all so the only ones hanging on still will be the big boys of porn and thats it.
Act now and act fast folks. There ARE ways to keep your content IN your members area without seriously affecting your customers viewing experience.