AaronM

That's NEVER gonna happen.

The people/companies in this industry are too afraid of each other. People lie, cheat, and steal without any second thought so why should we trust anybody enough to pull together? There is little respect for anybody other than themselves. The greed FAR outweighs the common sense.

A great example of this is the DRM technology that content owners more or less refuse to use. Many companies tried it initially but when their members started to complain, most jumped ship on the idea. Had the industry stuck together and supported the technology then the members wouldn't have had a choice and the content would still be under much better control than it is now.

Common sense says you protect your content. Greed says you don't because you're afraid of losing members. In the long run, members were lost anyway and many programs/sites have gone out of business because of it.

As a content creator, I've seen producers sabotage the efforts of other producers every chance they get. Personally, I don't understand why we don't work with each other instead of trying to screw each other over. A few months back I was talking with the owner of a well known adult program. We were discussing a specific site. When I found out the site was being produced locally, I backed out of the discussion. I did this out of respect for the other producer. I've done this a few times as well as referred potential clients to other producers when I felt that somebody else could provide a better service for the clients needs. Most people are too greedy to even consider such a thing.

GREED has had the single largest impact on our industry and we have nobody to blame for it other than ourselves. Until that changes, you will never see enough people coming together to make any significant difference.