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Old 01-09-2005, 06:18 AM  
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i've been talking to people on the video side of the industry for years. most of them have been burnt badly by brokers and webmasters who've raped their asses. They are extremely leary, and rightfully so, of doing business with anybody from the Net side of the biz. when they want to know who they will make money with they come to me and I tell them who's got the resources and who is relatively honest.

if anybody in the chain is getting screwed, that's how you decide who is honest. a program that rips off a surfer will no doubt rip off a content partner, a program that shaves affiliates will no doubt rip off a content partner.

the advice i give any of them is if they have the money then do it themselves - hire some people who know what they're doing and run your own show - Redlight District did this. They are doing great. The two reprobates behind Meatholes did the same and it looks like they are doing great. If a video company doesn't want to go that route then find a web company that has a track record of success and a good reputation - as Flynt did when they turned over their paysites to Webquest. VideoTeam has partnered with Pimproll.

The video companies are old school. Anabolic and Evil Angel/Buttman have had their own paysites for years. Evil Angel is the one video company that has a huge upside on the Net yet unrealized, the strongest hardcore gonzo content in the world but Evil Angel like Redlight is a hybrid, distributor and producer, the best Evil Angel directors like Jules Jordan own their own movies. So they really aren't free to do whatever they want with everything that has the Evil Angel logo on it.
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