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Old 02-20-2018, 08:20 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris View Post
I was imaging that scenario with many alternative ways, but it simply not working.
For example, if you would somehow make working one uploaded pirated video equal site shutdown, tube sites would simply adapt by either requiring ID from uploaders or simply always buy content which would be good for content producers, but it still wont increase their revenues a lot nor change much.

My ideal scenario would be where it wont be allowed to post videos longer then 3 minutes.
The only way it would work is if the cost of putting videos online rose above the money made from advertising. You don't need 3 minutes of video to get someone to your site. All it takes is a picture. Back in the days when Newsgroups were the only way to get known, people were selling CDs of images or videos by the 1,000s. I was selling to them. Again it was more profitable to sell to the publisher than taking on two roles.

Then the user base was a fraction of what it is now. And slow as fuck, but still, people demanded porn and we sold it to them.
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