At least half of you guys will instantly hate me for making this statement, but there is some sense to this idea, so at least think about it for a moment.
If people in porn had a lobbyist group of their own, this might be a position to take....
Allow the government to regulate porn online (don't shoot me yet - hear me out). If you are 12 years old and you walk into a convenience store, the porn mags are off limits to you. You must be 18 or older.
If you are 12 years old and you visit ANY adult site (especially tubes), you are able to watch as much free hardcore porn as you like, even though you are underage.
Using the above as the angle to regulate online porn, the govt could continue to state that porn falls under "free speech" and that they don't want to take any of your first amendment rights away, but in order to view this material (which is intended for Adults Only), you must prove you are of legal age via a credit card or a checkig account - period!
We can all still promote our sites using soft images (no nudity, blurred boobs, etc.), as well as within certain environments where surfers have had their age verified, but the days of endless free smut would be over!
The politicians who would get on board with this plan would look like they were taking some sort of moral stance, so they would quickly get on board, but in reality, if nothing is done soon, this industry will self-destruct within a year or two, tops!
The insane proliferation of totally free porn is nothing more than a race to the bottom! When your next business move is to set up a tube site, to compete for visitors by offerring more free porn than the competition, then maybe it's time to find a real job, because you are simply contributing to the collapse of this industry.
If porn were restricted to those who could prove their age via a credit card or checking account, then sites that offer free porn would be history.
The govt may become your best friend soon, because if online porn is finally restricted to adults (as it should be) then it will be harder to find for free, and those who wish to view it will have to pay for it, as it should be as well.
In addition, this industry is teaching the next 2 generations that you never have to pay for porn, because IT IS FREE!
The thought that this would be impossible for the govt to accomplish is silly. All of us now have to have 2257 links on our pages in order to comply with today's laws, and if we don't, then many reputable billing companies can easily reject your site, so you cannot process signups.
I hate to say it, but regulating online porn may be our only hope to stay in business.... as crazy as it may sound.
You can not continue to run an industry that is in the business of offering more and more free content without blowback. At this time the blowback is less sales, but soon it may be even worse - like an all out assault on online porn, once little Jimmy begins to print out hardcore porn to share with his 10 year old classmates for example.
It is clear we cannot regulate ourselves, so something really must be done soon, if this industry has ANY hope of continuing. It's like everyone in this business has the mental capacity of an immature teenager, and unless a Daddy figure steps in we are really all doomed.
Anyway, like I said, at least half of you will hate me for making this statement, but some sort of regulations may be our only hope. Then if a file sharing network allows porn to be downloaded and distributed for free, they will be shut down (at a minimum), and if you set up a fucking moronic tube site to distribute free porn, then you too will be fined, shut down, filtered out, etc.
Free porn = no porn sales. Some of us may be okay today, but not nearly as well off as we were yesterday, and certainly not as bad as we will be doing tomorrow - unless something changes big time.
Okay, go ahead and start shooting holes into this plan. I know this position is totally controversial, so what is your opinion?
If people in porn had a lobbyist group of their own, this might be a position to take....
Allow the government to regulate porn online (don't shoot me yet - hear me out). If you are 12 years old and you walk into a convenience store, the porn mags are off limits to you. You must be 18 or older.
If you are 12 years old and you visit ANY adult site (especially tubes), you are able to watch as much free hardcore porn as you like, even though you are underage.
Using the above as the angle to regulate online porn, the govt could continue to state that porn falls under "free speech" and that they don't want to take any of your first amendment rights away, but in order to view this material (which is intended for Adults Only), you must prove you are of legal age via a credit card or a checkig account - period!
We can all still promote our sites using soft images (no nudity, blurred boobs, etc.), as well as within certain environments where surfers have had their age verified, but the days of endless free smut would be over!
The politicians who would get on board with this plan would look like they were taking some sort of moral stance, so they would quickly get on board, but in reality, if nothing is done soon, this industry will self-destruct within a year or two, tops!
The insane proliferation of totally free porn is nothing more than a race to the bottom! When your next business move is to set up a tube site, to compete for visitors by offerring more free porn than the competition, then maybe it's time to find a real job, because you are simply contributing to the collapse of this industry.
If porn were restricted to those who could prove their age via a credit card or checking account, then sites that offer free porn would be history.
The govt may become your best friend soon, because if online porn is finally restricted to adults (as it should be) then it will be harder to find for free, and those who wish to view it will have to pay for it, as it should be as well.
In addition, this industry is teaching the next 2 generations that you never have to pay for porn, because IT IS FREE!
The thought that this would be impossible for the govt to accomplish is silly. All of us now have to have 2257 links on our pages in order to comply with today's laws, and if we don't, then many reputable billing companies can easily reject your site, so you cannot process signups.
I hate to say it, but regulating online porn may be our only hope to stay in business.... as crazy as it may sound.
You can not continue to run an industry that is in the business of offering more and more free content without blowback. At this time the blowback is less sales, but soon it may be even worse - like an all out assault on online porn, once little Jimmy begins to print out hardcore porn to share with his 10 year old classmates for example.
It is clear we cannot regulate ourselves, so something really must be done soon, if this industry has ANY hope of continuing. It's like everyone in this business has the mental capacity of an immature teenager, and unless a Daddy figure steps in we are really all doomed.
Anyway, like I said, at least half of you will hate me for making this statement, but some sort of regulations may be our only hope. Then if a file sharing network allows porn to be downloaded and distributed for free, they will be shut down (at a minimum), and if you set up a fucking moronic tube site to distribute free porn, then you too will be fined, shut down, filtered out, etc.
Free porn = no porn sales. Some of us may be okay today, but not nearly as well off as we were yesterday, and certainly not as bad as we will be doing tomorrow - unless something changes big time.
Okay, go ahead and start shooting holes into this plan. I know this position is totally controversial, so what is your opinion?
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