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Originally posted by Soothsayer:
SLUTMASTER???
It's always the thieving little parasites that wheenie whine on the boards.
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And yet they still whine -- and yet these boards still exist. Sorry to tell you but BBS has been around since before the first IBM PC rolled off the assembly line in Boca Raton -- and they very likely be around until armaggedon. Suprise -- people like to communicate -- they like to *share* -- it's a necessary function of humanity. Are you human?
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Originally posted by Soothsayer:
SLUTMASTER???
If it wasn't for APIC, there would be no new content being produced.
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False. Content was being produced before APIC. There were pics of naked chicks on the walls of caves (that's as far back as I need go). Why do you think most people in the content biz shoot on slides? These images go into print also. If APIC and copyright vanished entirely there would still be hundreds of thousands of gorgeous women in the world and I can guarantee you that their pics would be on the internet (I would put them there). People would still be building picture sites -- there would be just as much traffic -- if not even more -- and the revenue would still come in through other sources even without your precious affiliate programs. Eyeballs are eyeballs. Eyeballs = $$$
Before there were affiliate programs -- there were other ways to make money. A friend of mine in '95 was getting paid $1 per referral from porn traffic to a software company.
Don't misinterpret me -- I'm all in favor of protecting copyrights -- I'm just as greedy as the next guy -- BUT -- the REALITY is that copyrights will never be totally protected. There are many idealists here that whine and complain about free content -- they don't seem to get it into their brains that the universe is not made up of binary yes's, no's, good's, and bad's -- forget about either/or -- try either/both. Look at all the hypothetical considerations that are in this thread? This is good stuff! ;)
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Originally posted by Soothsayer:
SLUTMASTER???
There would be no trade shows, which are 75% content producers.
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Comdex? Hello? Anyone home? Ever been to one of the old ham radio festivals? Hahaha...
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Originally posted by Soothsayer:
SLUTMASTER???
All you TGP sites would be dead because they would all have the exact same crap. Not that they don't now.
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Oh, so I suppose if APIC wasn't here -- all the cameras in the world would magically disappear. AHahaha!
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Originally posted by Soothsayer:
SLUTMASTER???
AND there wouldn't be any rev sharing programs to pay your sorry asses.
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False. I can sell anything on my website. Sorry to inform you -- but the entire world economy does not revolve around APIC and porn affiliate programs.
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