With the use of special web-based encryption and activation they could prevent mis-use and enable previews, advertisements, etc. They should be leveraging the file sharing networks as a marketing tool. This will make everyone happy. And TRUE – hard work deserves to be paid for. This will raise the demand of quality and possibly push the porn industry into the next phase… I’d have to look at some numbers to really say for sure but there is always room for improvement and this is one thing they DEFINITELY should improve on. They would have to put thousands of videos on the network to saturate the listings and gain exposure – but why not make that something they need to work for anyway? This will create jobs and bring even more money into the porn industry.

Technology is moving along so fast – SO much is happening in such a short period of time… going to mobile platforms and spreading all kinds of web based media to hundreds of channels. There is a lot of money to be made with the right contracts, partnerships and agreements… I think someone in the porn industry needs to step it up a little bit.

If you run a porn site and you want to take things to the next level…. hire me and I will take you to the top of the world.

dinners?perfume!hilarity:…

Before 9/11 it was John Ashcrofts agenda to take down the porn industry in America. If the Indusrty files suite against downloaders then it is my belief that such a suite would only serve as a reminder to our ever increasingly anal attorney Genral’s office to tackle the porn indusrty.

I think instead of filing lawsuits at the risk of self-destruction the Industry would be better served in bridging the gap between free and pay porn, this can be done through paid sponsors and a fixed download price such as itunes provides.

Also if they (the porn industry) ever delivered half as much as they promised. Then pirating would most likely not be such a big issue today. Can anyone here who buys porn actualy say that they loved throwing away $50.00 or more on a crap movie?

The idustries poor quality control on things such as film quality, the quality of the models and just the over feal of the movie has been and will continue to be it’s own decay / downfall and serve to drive more paying customers to seek out free sources.

IMO they should clean thier own house up first.

I also believe that piracy is not 100% harmful to producers, etc. who are “feeling the pinch” (Welcome to the rest of our lives, where we feel the pinch every damn day partly because industrial entertainment costs unreasonable amounts). The bare truth is every downloaded movie does not equal a lost sale. So they aren’t technically LOSING money, but they are GAINING exposure.

MAYBE, just MAYBE, if you put out decent products and movies that consumers can ENJOY, not just pass time with, we wouldn’t have to download them just to make sure we aren’t wasting 10 bucks on a movie. Don’t kid yourselves – more than half of modern media products aren’t even worth the costs of powering my computer and modem to download them.

I understand other arguments, but I think these established industries are going to HAVE to suffer, that is if we are to resurrect what I believe to be the fundamental notion that businesses exist primarily to provide DECENT and DESIRED services to the consumer. They should not be telling us what we like, and trying to manufacture new fads and “sub-cultures”.

If industries can really get so rooted that we have to bear their burdens to keep them afloat, maybe we should consider where our future lies before we’re buying music we don’t like just to prevent an industrial implosion.

These are just ideas, and are not meant in any way to berate or trivialize any one else’s beliefs. I do not claim to know all and I read all criticisms with the intent of gaining some insight. As long as you’re not an ass about it.

i also applaud his (system’s) mack down of death to torrent’s delusional assertions about how the porno companys can “sue the fuck out of” bt downloaders. such praticalities are not so easy in reality. i am always amazed the lack of knowlegde of how broadband isps use dhcp and radius to manage their end user’s internet access.

btw:

civially it’s a ‘john doe subpoena’

criminally (law enforcement), such a subpoena could be considered a “warrant”

regardless, they are becoming harder and harder to enforce…just ask the riaa. i can only immagine how resistant the isps will be at doing the porn industry’s bidding with any attempt to enforce such subpoenas by giving up actual customer personal data, vs. merely passing on a C&D; which is an anonmoys process to the rightsholder or it representative. there’s alot more consideration for protecting individual privacy when it comes to such matters. mainstream content is one thing…spank material is something else altogether. can you say safe harbor?

Torrent Freak reported on a conference by 65 players in the porn industry who want to do something about internet piracy. Unlike the music industry and it’s heavy handed enforcer, the RIAA, the porn industry hasn’t tried to address piracy …

That’s a brilliant assessment.
The era when the ones controlling the distribution channel would tell the masses what to consume is long over.

You have to give people what they want for prices they are willing to pay. On-demand, HD, free quick videos, Collectors Editions, DRM-free, etc.

One-size fits all isn’t gonna cut it anymore. The industry won’t be able to sue their way back to the old days.