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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
They will trot out the same tripe Gideongallery spews and you do. Putting up more free content to get the scraping of traffic that's left is no way forward.
Can you imagine MacDonald's offering people giving away free hamburgers a constant supply of free hamburgers in the hope someone might buy one from them?
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I'm not pushing tripe. The key to solving this entire challenge is listening to all sides of the equation with at little bias as possible.
I am NOT saying that content should be given away for free to torrent brokers, but apparently your limited view of such has led you to believe that I am implying such.
Even so, your McDonald's example can be made into a profitable platform if sufficient mental acuity is applied to it. If one truly understands the social aspects of the behaviors and nuances of the communities one lives in, then no concept is far fetched.
There are some serious opportunities here and we pornographers should be mindful that web-based technology is dynamic. Losing a house or two is a small thing in the face of gaining ownership of the entire town.
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The first part of your post was good. There's a social problem here that people expect it to be free on the Internet. Many think if it's on the Internet it's public domain, even Google are putting up books without the publishers permission. Some think they've already bought enough, music, porn, films or whatever so now they're entitled to take it for free.
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It is extremely interesting that you call torrents and file sharing a social problem. Trust that there are persons out there who believe that the adult industry as a whole also is a social problem.
Do you understand what I am getting at here?
I want to assist in solving this problem, that is all. Closing one's mind and putting up a wall against certain things make us no better than the people who rile against our industry.
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What we need to do is show these people they are a in danger of paying a lot of money for their stupidity.
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Is it actually stupidity or is that what you would call it because it falls along the lines of what you do not want to inform yourself about?
There is some short-term merit to be gained by fighting piracy, but the other opportunities at hand are more advantageous. The MPAA and RIAA will shift to adapt to such paradigms within the next 5 years.
The question remains whether the adult industry already will have capitalized on the opportunities or will we be riding on the MPAA and RIAA coattails (like we are now), fighting piracy of our content still?
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If what the few are doing is profitable lawyer/pirate detectives will be contacting content owners and asking if they can take on the case. The only thing that's stopped this has been the ROI. Make it profitable and it snowballs.
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If you want to see true ROI, my advice is to get the dominant torrent owners to respect the adult industry as a collective.
You do not get respect by labeling a group automatically as your enemy. My suggestion yet again is to find out what is the motivation and sociological reasoning behind torrent sites. That is just the beginning of what could end up being quite profitable for this entire industry.
My overall concept regarding this challenge is multi-faceted and does not revolve around simple concepts like giving away free content. Neither is it based on jailing torrent owners.
Technology is constantly changing. Rigid viewpoints of content sharing and distribution will not prove fruitful for those who align themselves with such philosophies. Tube sites were the first sign that the entire concept of content delivery was changing. And some of us have not even wrapped our heads around that as yet.
Like I said, there are opportunities at hand. Be very careful of rigid viewpoints and philosophies...