Originally Posted by TheDoc

I never said legal action would get rid of tubes... I said "Legal action has already changed how most major tubes work, for the better..."

Whatever fraction is taken away by one will be filled by another.

Tubes are the largest source of bottle necked traffic... so yes that does create lost sales to some people, that relied on free traffic sources only and no marketing to drive business outside of those sources.

Yes, people looking at recorded porn means it is demand.. It's not like they're rushing to look at pictures, or magazines or dvd's or whatever, which is logically why those aren't in demand, in comparison. And people looking at porn of any kind means people are buying porn, always!

End of the day, you're not marketing to those people. The free traffic tap, that everyone could tap into, that drove this entire Industry, that Affiliates and Programs tapped into for for years... is drying up. If you took Google/search out of the game, 90% of this Industry would be out of business next week, that's the last major free source keeping the affiliates afloat.

Today, a different traffic source is much larger, much more valuable, and now requires a new knowledge, new technology, and a new business style that is flushing out those that can't keep up. That's what has already happened... and it's without question not the death of our Industry or sales - it's just a different game, at a different level, an entirely different business all together.