Hmm… not sure if such a confession is wise, but let me say that the porn industry’s concerns over piracy are somewhat misguided. Not because piracy won’t decimate it, like it decimated music, but because smut’s larger problem is user generated porn. Yeah, I know, sounds crazy. But make your way over to YouPorn.com (hmm… so not safe for work - or your productivity) but UGC does not pose a risk to mainstream publishers advertisers revenue because most marketers don’t want to advertise alongside UGC.
But, with porn, advertising is not an issue, it’s all about subscriptions, and I got news for you: if “consumers of porn” (whoever these people are, of course) had to choose between a pay-to-watch porn flick that is largely fluff and filler or a free user generated video that is largely, well, porn… I think we know who will win. Of course, there is the quality of the actresses… but the, have you seen Jenna Jameson lately?
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