[Doug E]

to give a collective voice to the online adult industry how about some of you big players look at putting a guild together. find a good model that exists and base it on that. maybe the directers guild or actors guild or whatever, it can evolve with time.

it seems the adult industry lacks influence in the governing of itself. show the government youre united, capable and responsible enough to police yourself and the government will maybe take your opinions into consideration when coming up with new legislation like 2257.

-funding. adult webmasters who wish to sign up with a new affiliate program must have a guild membership. membership can be cheap, but enough to deter anyone whos not serious. affiliate programs need your membership number when you apply to promote their program. every dollar paid out to affiliates can be taxed much like a union. 1% , 5% whatever. guild membership is universal. you have it and can use it for each affiliate program you sign up with. one time fee, annual renewals, whatever.

unions and guilds can be headaches but the one advantage they have is they are heard. strength in numbers if those numbers are united, not just a bunch of pissed off individuals with personal rants.

just an idea, top of my head, apologies if its already been discussed somewhere, Im not in the know.