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Old 06-11-2005, 01:11 PM  
Doctor Dre
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Fact : This industry needs regulations AND a kick in the ass to follow them .

I'm sorry if this thread don't really come out like I want to say it, english isn't my first language but I'l try to pay more attention to my writing in this one because it's gonna be quite long.

I'm NOT saying 2257 is good and that censorship is good. This thread will probably piss a lot of people up ... I'l probably end up getting bashed but I'l post it anyways.

I think the ONLY two reasons (I see) right now this industry is still that big after all we have done to surfers and with the business model we got is because :

A) The laws on the internet are YEARS behind and are really hard to enforce internationally

B) Human nature needs sexuality . Lots of people are having problems to get laid, have problems getting off without a specific "fetish" and stuff like that. Without people NEEDING our product bad, we wouldn't be in business .

I personally think tgps were great for the industry. It made it literally blow up to a level where a good part of the internet bandwith is consumed by porn customer.

BUT, I think the whole industry could be much more profitable if it stoped shooting itself in the foot like we are doing right now.

I don't know if you guys ever thought about this :

1 . We are distributing FREE pornography to childrens . TONS of it . And all kinds . People saying everybody should have a filter ... I would put one for my kids, but you know damn right not everybody is a responsible parent . That's why the governement is there to regulate stuff . Same goes with adults too.

2. We fucked tons of surfers with credit card scams, adware/spyware/dialers for hundread millions of dollars.

3. The convertions have slowly been down, the level of content a user can get for free is slowly going up .

Can anybody name another industry where thoses business manners would be "almost acceptable" ?

I KNOW there is BIG money to be done with tgps still ... but how much more would be made if we removed ALL the free hardcore content from the web tomorrow ?

I personally think that, if used correctly, .xxx could be very profitable on the long run for this industry .

But hey, we pissed a TONS of people off over the years, so maybe we will get some of that hate back and we will get censored to death .

I think it can have a positive side that the business is beeing regulated . Small people running sites from their parent's houses will have more problems, but people that are really in it for the money, and that are well organised, will have less degrading competition .
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