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Originally Posted by Wenchy
If we're smart we can use this whole stinking mess to our advantage. "Hey, Joe Surfer... you want hardcore? Your freeloading days are over, pallie... too bad, so sad. Cough up the green or do without!" We could all see a HUGE jump in revenues if we're smart enough to seize the opportunity in front of us.
Trust me... anybody who knows me will tell you I'm certainly no Pollyanna and I realize there are still questions about what is deemed "obscene" and whether or not "censored" pictures fall into that category, but things are what they are and I for one am open to exploring alternatives that will keep me in business for a long time to come. If we are forced to change, surfers will be forced to change with us and that could be a good thing IMHO.
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I think you're absolutely right for US based webmasters and US based paysites.
However I also think that the majority of TGP submitters are not based in the US and this will probably not affect them in the slightest. When you also consider that some of the biggest paysites are foreign based and have no need to comply with 2257 or any US laws for that matter, this is probably not going to affect the availability of hardcore and free hardcore at all. TGP owners (the biggest of which are all foreign based anyway) will probably start accepting more galleries hardcore galleries from foreigners instead of the softcore from the US.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong about that, but it seems like a good possibility.
Actually since foreign companies will now have a bigger share of the profits, there could very well be a large increase in the number of hardcore websites run by foreign companies, and since they will not be as concerned about US obscenity laws, there might very well be a huge increase in the number of extreme hardcore sites available on the foreign market.
If Bush thought the internet was 'dirty' now just wait until he sees what giving an advantage to countries that permit bestiality and such does.