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  • teenytricia
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jan 2007
    • 295

    #1

    Sites Like Megarotic.com will Kill This Biz Once and For all

    All they really care about is selling a aff sign up. So what they do is give out lots of free videos.. I mean a lot of free video. Check it out. With this site there is no reason for anyone to pay for any sex video. And for sure they pay for everything with the aff sign ups they get. Do an alexa traffic rank on this domian.. it is no joke they are getting a lot of traffic.
  • Brad Mitchell
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2001
    • 9813

    #2
    People made the same argument when TGPs and MGPs were first started. I don't think that anyone would say that the proliferation of free porn, especially larger clips and everything uncensored has had a severe impact on sales and conversions.. But the world is a fast moving place, we all either adapt or go out of business. The paramount concern that I see with the proliferation of tube sites is the amount of unlicensed and unauthorized content that is being posted. This is a huge issue for the copyright holders when they don't have a say what is released, where and without being paid for it.

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    • WarChild
      Let slip the dogs of war.
      • Jan 2003
      • 17263

      #3
      Tubes will probably kill MGPs. Who would want to surf galleries,when you can tube it?
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      • SomeCreep
        :glugglug
        • Mar 2003
        • 26118

        #4
        Originally posted by WarChild
        Tubes will probably kill MGPs. Who would want to surf galleries,when you can tube it?
        Bingo, this is what the big MGP site owners dont want to admit.

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        • pocketkangaroo
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2005
          • 8452

          #5
          I think they are more likely to kill MGP sites than kill this business. While we can argue that MGPs cost us sales, I'm sure the same can be said for tube sites.

          But still, the current state of tube sites doesn't give the surfer a similar option to that of a paysite. Typically videos are grainy and small. Searching for what you want is still difficult, and there are a lot of duplicates and spam propogating the sites. I think the same consumers that choose to wank it to the stuff on MGP are going to be the same that wank it to tube sites. Those that have the money and want to get the best will still sign up for a paysite.

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          • polish_aristocrat
            Too lazy to set a custom title
            • Jul 2002
            • 40377

            #6
            Originally posted by Brad Mitchell
            I don't think that anyone would say that the proliferation of free porn, especially larger clips and everything uncensored has had a severe impact on sales and conversions..
            you mean it didn't have an impact?

            aren't conversions a few times worse now than 9 years ago
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            • WarChild
              Let slip the dogs of war.
              • Jan 2003
              • 17263

              #7
              Originally posted by pocketkangaroo
              I think they are more likely to kill MGP sites than kill this business. While we can argue that MGPs cost us sales, I'm sure the same can be said for tube sites.

              But still, the current state of tube sites doesn't give the surfer a similar option to that of a paysite. Typically videos are grainy and small. Searching for what you want is still difficult, and there are a lot of duplicates and spam propogating the sites. I think the same consumers that choose to wank it to the stuff on MGP are going to be the same that wank it to tube sites. Those that have the money and want to get the best will still sign up for a paysite.
              Bingo.

              My tube traffic converts better than MGP gallery traffic.
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              • WarChild
                Let slip the dogs of war.
                • Jan 2003
                • 17263

                #8
                Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                you mean it didn't have an impact?

                aren't conversions a few times worse now than 9 years ago
                Sometimes I wonder, are you a webmaster at all?
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                • Drake
                  Hello world!
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 12508

                  #9
                  Can't stop evolution I guess. The money is still there, it's just going into different pockets. For example, if you're a hosting company would you rather host a large MGP or large Tube site? Large tube site = tons of bandwidth. Large MGP = little bandwidth.

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                  • polish_aristocrat
                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 40377

                    #10
                    Originally posted by WarChild
                    Sometimes I wonder, are you a webmaster at all?
                    Brad Mitchel said that he doesn't feel that the proliferation of hardcore free porn worsened conversions.

                    I ask him if he really wanted to say that, and you doubt if I am a webmaster?
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                    • WarChild
                      Let slip the dogs of war.
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 17263

                      #11
                      Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                      Brad Mitchel said that he doesn't feel that the proliferation of hardcore free porn worsened conversions.

                      I ask him if he really wanted to say that, and you doubt if I am a webmaster?
                      I just doubt you're a webmaster, period.
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                      • Brad Mitchell
                        Confirmed User
                        • Nov 2001
                        • 9813

                        #12
                        Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                        you mean it didn't have an impact?

                        aren't conversions a few times worse now than 9 years ago
                        thanks for bringing that typo to my attention, I meant to say "I don't think that anyone would say that the proliferation of free porn, especially larger clips and everything uncensored has NOT had a severe impact on sales and conversions.."

                        ie, yeah conversions are a multiple worse! But, we all know that's not just due to the proponderance of free porn but to surfers getting smarter and in most instances more skeptical as I think everyone here was defrauded at least once by fraudulent CC charges, etc and all of the billing that was more deceptive and out of control before Visa (and the billers) put a stop to so much of it.

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                        • Kevsh
                          Confirmed User
                          • Dec 2004
                          • 8619

                          #13
                          Megarotic and others won't kill the business - they will just help redefine it.

                          Think: A site like that costs money to build, maintain and serve content. So they give some away for free then get you to sign up for a membership for full access. This is not entirely different than pay sites serving up galleries and video clips enticing you to join.

                          Of course, with tube sites you get a LOT more content - including full clips - free, but in the end they have to make money to stay online.

                          So unless the law can shut them down, then if you're a pay site owner or program you have a choice: Adapt to the model or (possibly) perish. There are many smart minds in this industry that can come up with ways to work within this model ... some clearly already have.

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                          • Pleasurepays
                            BANNED - SUPPORTING TUBES
                            • Aug 2002
                            • 11913

                            #14
                            the only thing that will destroy this business is the apathy, rebellious attitude and idiocy of those in it.

                            a fire can only burn something if you fail to put it out, ignore it or give it fuel to burn.

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                            • ultimatebbwdotcom
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                              • Mar 2006
                              • 591

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Kevsh

                              Think: A site like that costs money to build, maintain and serve content. So they give some away for free then get you to sign up for a membership for full access. This is not entirely different than pay sites serving up galleries and video clips enticing you to join.
                              Who's content are they serving up exactly??? - sure as hell isnt anything they've produced.....thats the difference
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                              • wil_I_Am
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                                • Sep 2005
                                • 695

                                #16
                                I just checked out that site.. and please let me know if I'm getting this right. I see that they have a "premium" membership,

                                http://www.megarotic.com/video/?c=premium

                                So they are getting people to pay membership prices in order to watch uploaded videos that their members have stolen from other sites?

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                                • sweetcuties
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                                  • Feb 2002
                                  • 5859

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Incredible_Wil
                                  I just checked out that site.. and please let me know if I'm getting this right. I see that they have a "premium" membership,

                                  http://www.megarotic.com/video/?c=premium

                                  So they are getting people to pay membership prices in order to watch uploaded videos that their members have stolen from other sites?
                                  Yea, that's old news... some of the forums are starting to charge now, with ripped content. Gotta love this biz. Look closely, and you'll see major co's sponsoring them. Nothing like fucking us over

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                                  • d-null
                                    . . .
                                    • Apr 2007
                                    • 13724

                                    #18
                                    people keep throwing around this word "ADAPT"...... but what do they mean by it exactly, of course it is obvious that one needs to adapt their methods based on changes, but when they say the word "adapt" it seems to have a condoning type tone to it

                                    "ADAPT" should never have the meaning of dealing with thieves or becoming a thief oneself

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                                    • ultimatebbwdotcom
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                                      • Mar 2006
                                      • 591

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by jetjet
                                      people keep throwing around this word "ADAPT"...... but what do they mean by it exactly, of course it is obvious that one needs to adapt their methods based on changes, but when they say the word "adapt" it seems to have a condoning type tone to it

                                      "ADAPT" should never have the meaning of dealing with thieves or becoming a thief oneself
                                      Maybe the "adapt" crowd would be ok with website owners hijacking their traffic and changing their ref codes - seems fair.
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                                      • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                        best designer on GFY
                                        • Mar 2003
                                        • 30307

                                        #20
                                        Finally 1 guy got it right.

                                        Brad Mitchell. Thanks for explaining to the idiot's how the industry can and will move to Video sites. I been at it for months now trying to drill into these dimwits heads that it is a matter of change.

                                        Thumbs up to Mojo Host!
                                        Piracy will slow down drastically as Piracy on a video site makes the business model faulty altogether. They need money to and piracy on the sites is nothing more than a bandwidth drain that makes hosting pirated content unafforable.
                                        Last edited by AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE; 10-08-2007, 02:14 PM.

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                                        • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                          best designer on GFY
                                          • Mar 2003
                                          • 30307

                                          #21
                                          Oh and if anyone has Content from there sites that they would like to put in a video tube site I can gurantee every sample that is played will show your banners with my referral.

                                          I need 2 minute clips or longer.

                                          Lets make some money together.
                                          Hit me up.

                                          MGP's are dead weight at this point.

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                                          • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                            best designer on GFY
                                            • Mar 2003
                                            • 30307

                                            #22
                                            OH and I will convert them for you to FLA from WMV or MPEG.

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                                            • teenytricia
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Jan 2007
                                              • 295

                                              #23
                                              When I go to the megarotic site I see free videos that are as long as 25 minutes and in a pretty big screen format. Yes they try to upsell a premium membership but I bet very little people buy that. Maybe a few and a few will go to the AFF site as well and that is how they are going to make money. Put a link to that mega site on a mgp and the other links on there wont make shit. Anyone who would like to compete head to head with a site like megarotic will probably go out of biz. I wonder if AFF is actually behind that site? Are they? I think your best bet it to get your own traffic and hope that your surfer does not find a site like megarotic. But good luck with that as they are number 56 in alexa ranking.

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                                              • Klen
                                                • Aug 2006
                                                • 32235

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by WarChild
                                                Tubes will probably kill MGPs. Who would want to surf galleries,when you can tube it?
                                                You mean download it

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                                                • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                  • 30307

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by teenytricia
                                                  When I go to the megarotic site I see free videos that are as long as 25 minutes and in a pretty big screen format. Yes they try to upsell a premium membership but I bet very little people buy that. Maybe a few and a few will go to the AFF site as well and that is how they are going to make money. Put a link to that mega site on a mgp and the other links on there wont make shit. Anyone who would like to compete head to head with a site like megarotic will probably go out of biz. I wonder if AFF is actually behind that site? Are they? I think your best bet it to get your own traffic and hope that your surfer does not find a site like megarotic. But good luck with that as they are number 56 in alexa ranking.
                                                  Well my business model is different then thers, frankly I do not think what they got going is better than what I do however they got a shit load of traffic thats for sure. But to each there own.

                                                  Again if any of you got sample Video that ya would like in my tube site and would like to get promoted on my platform please contact me.

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                                                  • TeenCat
                                                    Too lazy to set a koala
                                                    • Jan 2007
                                                    • 16139

                                                    #26
                                                    this thread is a repost. posted by many users before. please seed more ...

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                                                    • Common Sense
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jan 2007
                                                      • 183

                                                      #27
                                                      alienq, i dont get it. every post you make now calls everyone here idiots and nitwits. yet you have been in this industry for longer than most and are broker than most. if you are in this industry as long as you have been and still cant make a living, it is time to get a real job.

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                                                      • Common Sense
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jan 2007
                                                        • 183

                                                        #28
                                                        alienq, i dont get it. every post you make now calls everyone here idiots and nitwits. yet you have been in this industry for longer than most and are broker than most. if you are in this industry as long as you have been and still cant make a living, it is time to get a real job.

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                                                        • CarlosTheGaucho
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Oct 2005
                                                          • 9559

                                                          #29
                                                          Well, that's the advantage and disadvantage of the internet as a medium - on one hand it's an ultimate way how to deliver everything right into the customers home within privacy and without hassle..

                                                          on the other hand it's an ultimate way how to get the stolen stuff right in the comfort of your own home within privacy and without hassle..
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                                                          • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                                            • Mar 2003
                                                            • 30307

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by Common Sense
                                                            alienq, i dont get it. every post you make now calls everyone here idiots and nitwits. yet you have been in this industry for longer than most and are broker than most. if you are in this industry as long as you have been and still cant make a living, it is time to get a real job.
                                                            Complete Idiot. Move along anon monkey I wonder which Banned fuckhead you are, but really I dont give a shit.

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                                                            • Dollarmansteve
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • May 2005
                                                              • 2849

                                                              #31
                                                              maybe these sites are a symptom and not a disease. It is obvious that the value of generic porn video is declining, there is much higher value placed in live interaction products: cams, dating, etc.

                                                              So, to avoid a 'chicken and the egg' type argument, I'm gonna say that this is a demand driven scenario and not a supply scenario.

                                                              In other words, consumer demand (in $$) for boring been-there-done-that porn is relatively low while consumer demand for hot 19 year old chicks getting naked on webcam, or finding some dirty 20 year old slut in your neighbourhood is high.

                                                              Just a theory. Don't lynch me.
                                                              Last edited by Dollarmansteve; 10-08-2007, 03:10 PM.
                                                              I died.

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                                                              • tony299
                                                                lurker
                                                                • Aug 2002
                                                                • 57021

                                                                #32
                                                                Adapt to what people making money off of content thats not theirs? 25,45 up to 90 min clips are given away for free and its stolen to boot and im going to adapt to that. Adapt is the new term for I have no idea how to deal with this but want to sound proactive. Well from what a little bird told me a big change is gonna come.

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                                                                • Snake Doctor
                                                                  I'm Lenny2 Bitch
                                                                  • Mar 2001
                                                                  • 13449

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by Brad Mitchell
                                                                  People made the same argument when TGPs and MGPs were first started.

                                                                  Brad
                                                                  Some did, but the major differences are that the purpose of TGP and MGP galleries was/is to sell subscriptions to paysites, so giving away 100 pictures or 30 minutes of video on one page was counter productive.....the purpose of the tube sites is to sell memberships to dating sites, sex toys, live cams, etc, so the amount of content given away doesn't matter to them.

                                                                  Also, on TGP/MGP galleries people are using licensed content that has been paid for by the gallery maker or supplied by a producer in exchange for advertising. Most of the big tube sites are outright stealing content so they can advertise other products.

                                                                  While I don't really know if we can stop or slow the proliferation of content theft happening on these sites, they can't really hide behind the "they said the same thing about TGP's" argument.
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                                                                  • Snake Doctor
                                                                    I'm Lenny2 Bitch
                                                                    • Mar 2001
                                                                    • 13449

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by Dollarmansteve
                                                                    maybe these sites are a symptom and not a disease. It is obvious that the value of generic porn video is declining, there is much higher value placed in live interaction products: cams, dating, etc.

                                                                    So, to avoid a 'chicken and the egg' type argument, I'm gonna say that this is a demand driven scenario and not a supply scenario.

                                                                    In other words, consumer demand (in $$) for boring been-there-done-that porn is relatively low while consumer demand for hot 19 year old chicks getting naked on webcam, or finding some dirty 20 year old slut in your neighbourhood is high.

                                                                    Just a theory. Don't lynch me.
                                                                    That doesn't give the people selling new products the right to steal the old products in order to get traffic.

                                                                    Also, if there was no demand for the "been there done that porn" then traffic at these tube sites wouldn't be growing....because "been there done that porn" is all they have to offer, and they monetize the traffic by advertising different products.
                                                                    But the draw is still the porn movies.
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                                                                    • Snake Doctor
                                                                      I'm Lenny2 Bitch
                                                                      • Mar 2001
                                                                      • 13449

                                                                      #35
                                                                      People saying to "adapt" in this scenario are idiots

                                                                      If I give away free pirated copies of Windows Vista every time you buy a portable flash drive from me...does that mean Microsoft needs to "adapt", or does Microsoft need to find a way to shut me down to protect their intellectual property rights?
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                                                                      • dissipate
                                                                        The Dirty Frenchman
                                                                        • Nov 2005
                                                                        • 8904

                                                                        #36
                                                                        holy shit, quit it with the sky is falling bullshit.

                                                                        if you can't make sales stop blaming it on tube sites, and look at your own fucking incompetency.

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                                                                        • xmas13
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Dec 2004
                                                                          • 5176

                                                                          #37
                                                                          We are having so many tube owners on this forum, proof that its easier to start an illegal and easy business, hurting legit hard working entrepreneurs, than work hard promoting a legal one.

                                                                          The only pro tubes are tube site owners.

                                                                          We WILL NEVER legalize content theft.

                                                                          Go fuck yourself.
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                                                                          • xmas13
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                                                                            • Dec 2004
                                                                            • 5176

                                                                            #38
                                                                            BTW megarotic is owned and operated by a convicted criminal!
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                                                                            • dissipate
                                                                              The Dirty Frenchman
                                                                              • Nov 2005
                                                                              • 8904

                                                                              #39
                                                                              Originally posted by xmas13
                                                                              We are having so many tube owners on this forum, proof that its easier to start an illegal and easy business, hurting legit hard working entrepreneurs, than work hard promoting a legal one.

                                                                              The only pro tubes are tube site owners.

                                                                              We WILL NEVER legalize content theft.

                                                                              Go fuck yourself.
                                                                              I don't run, nor do i intend to run any tube sites. The fact of the matter is that they're not going anywhere, just like torrents, so stop your fucking bitching.

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                                                                              • After Shock Media
                                                                                It's coming look busy
                                                                                • Mar 2001
                                                                                • 35299

                                                                                #40
                                                                                teenytricia or I mean Sobe talking about stolen content, does it get more rich.

                                                                                Upset one of your personalities did not think of it first?

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                                                                                • ultimatebbwdotcom
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                                                                                  • Mar 2006
                                                                                  • 591

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Only the French give up that easy.
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                                                                                  • Iron Fist
                                                                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                    • Dec 2006
                                                                                    • 23400

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Can someone explain to me why when I see a TGP "directory" site, listing every FHG from every sponsor in that niche, isn't "stealing" content as well? All im seeing if they are just importing every FHG movie on the site and making it searchable. Big deal really.
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                                                                                    • tony299
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                                                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                                                      • 57021

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by sharphead
                                                                                      Can someone explain to me why when I see a TGP "directory" site, listing every FHG from every sponsor in that niche, isn't "stealing" content as well? All im seeing if they are just importing every FHG movie on the site and making it searchable. Big deal really.
                                                                                      No FHG has 20 min movie clips

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                                                                                      • d-null
                                                                                        . . .
                                                                                        • Apr 2007
                                                                                        • 13724

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Originally posted by Lenny2
                                                                                        People saying to "adapt" in this scenario are idiots

                                                                                        If I give away free pirated copies of Windows Vista every time you buy a portable flash drive from me...does that mean Microsoft needs to "adapt", or does Microsoft need to find a way to shut me down to protect their intellectual property rights?
                                                                                        nicely said

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                                                                                        • Kevin Marx
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                                                                                          • Apr 2007
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                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by sharphead
                                                                                          Can someone explain to me why when I see a TGP "directory" site, listing every FHG from every sponsor in that niche, isn't "stealing" content as well? All im seeing if they are just importing every FHG movie on the site and making it searchable. Big deal really.
                                                                                          Free Hosted Galleries are populated with marketing materials (content I have deemed appropriate to use to market) rather than complete sets.

                                                                                          If the pictures on an FHG have been removed from the members section to populate the FHG, that would be considered stolen content, but your example is not. The pictures in those are legit.
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                                                                                          • Snake Doctor
                                                                                            I'm Lenny2 Bitch
                                                                                            • Mar 2001
                                                                                            • 13449

                                                                                            #46
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                                                                                            • Drake
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                                                                                              • Mar 2003
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                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by Dollarmansteve
                                                                                              maybe these sites are a symptom and not a disease. It is obvious that the value of generic porn video is declining, there is much higher value placed in live interaction products: cams, dating, etc.

                                                                                              In other words, consumer demand (in $$) for boring been-there-done-that porn is relatively low while consumer demand for hot 19 year old chicks getting naked on webcam, or finding some dirty 20 year old slut in your neighbourhood is high.

                                                                                              Just a theory. Don't lynch me.
                                                                                              I think the demand for generic porn is as strong as it always has been. Only it's value has declined because it is available freely. The difference with cams and dating is that they can't be 'stolen'. You actually have to register on a dating site if you want to meet people and register on a cam site if you want to see live cams. That type of content can't simply be uploaded and made readily available for everybody.

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                                                                                              • Drake
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                                                                                                • Mar 2003
                                                                                                • 12508

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Tubes are not comparable to TGPs or MGPs. One provides short samples, the other gets you entire members areas worth of content. I don't think there is any easy way to 'adapt'. But I also don't see tubes going away any time soon.

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                                                                                                • TheStout
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                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  LOL...Does anyone have a link to a music thread in 2001 or a movie thread in 2003? I forget who posted it but I remember it well, "Hoiw many of you have paid for that Adobe Photoshop you are using on your computer right now?". Get used to it because it is not going to slow down.

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                                                                                                  • Dollarmansteve
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                                                                                                    • May 2005
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                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Originally posted by Mike33
                                                                                                    I think the demand for generic porn is as strong as it always has been. Only it's value has declined because it is available freely. The difference with cams and dating is that they can't be 'stolen'. You actually have to register on a dating site if you want to meet people and register on a cam site if you want to see live cams. That type of content can't simply be uploaded and made readily available for everybody.
                                                                                                    The demand for porn is highly elastic (ie price sensitive). At a price point of zero demand approaches infinity.

                                                                                                    What I was saying was the the relative demand is weak. For example, people will pay $2.99 per minute to chat with some hot slut on a webcam and spend $200 chatting. But, trying to get $200 out of a consumer to show them DVD porn is difficult. So, the 'tube' sites or whatever you want to call them have recognized this.. using the free porn (which has infinite demand) to push traffic to high-value sites.
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