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Old 06-23-2005, 12:58 AM  
European Lee
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Originally Posted by rickholio
I'd say that the majority of the small player, US-based adult industry types will be hurt bad by this. You know the types, the mom-and-pop or kid-in-basement startups. Most of us were there, at one point. 2257 means a significantly increased barrier to entry for anyone who lives in the US... which, to me, seems very sad. I've seen very few industries that exemplify unrestrained capitalism quite so keenly as porn.

For established players though, this is a happy day. Less up-and-comers to mess up revenue streams. Consolidation time! Wheeee!

... and of course, any enterprising non-USians will now have a substantial reduction in competition. Back to the 90s for Canadian webmasters!

So really, most everyone wins... Bush gets to tell the crossburners he's fighting against degenerates online, big pr0n in the US gets to thin the herd, and anyone outside the US reaps the benefits of reduced competition and barriers to entry. The only ones to get fucked are the US 'little guys'... but really, they get fucked so much anyways, it's barely noticable in the noise.
B-I-N-G-O

Regards,

Lee
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