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Originally posted by the indigo:
Wait, 1% of the revenues of the sites from the pirated content is NOT 1% lost from the pirated content. You can make $1000 from a picture set worth $30.
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Indigo ... I don't know much about pics in that regard ... and I was really referring to video ...
The example I referred to is an amateur (like myself) ... who runs a small site and produces their own content ...
That particular site sells insecure mpegs that are all over the net ... costing them a a fortune ...
The pirates are nuts for this girl ... and I'm sure a good number would pay if they had to ... but they get all her vids for free, cause she doesn't lock them down ...
I don't know the specifics about major content providers, because I'm not in that end of the business ... although I wouldn't be surprized if the piracy losses are huge there as well ...
The big guys usually have the best content protection around --- particularly for video (even though it's expensive) --- Probably because they make much more money by protecting their stuff ...
One webmaster told me he put out a Digital Rights Management Video and timed it out with one play ... The pirates got ahold of it and started buying it in droves once they saw it and determined they couldn't steal it ...
This demonstrates my overall point that piracy can be profitable if it's controlled ...
[This message has been edited by erotictrance (edited 11-19-2001).]