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Pagan · 2009-01-09, 01:09 AM

Do y'all remember way way back to when the net was all nice and shiny and new, and everyone seemed to know a place where you could get stolen porn pics for free? Did they hurt paysite sales? Did they hurt free site builders? And the same thing happened with Usenet. Oh, the stuff we could get back then! Tons and tons of free stuff -- small, grainy pictures. 9 out of a series of 10 with always the best one missing or broken. The first 3/4 of a story with the great fuck scenes missing.

When paysites came along, didn't a lot of the BBS users and Usenet groupies move over to them? I sure knew a lot who did. They had their favorites all bookmarked and we would swap links (and sometimes passwords). Wow, then we had movies in different formats.

File sharing is blamed for a lot of the demise in the music industry, but, stop and think here. A true fan is still going to BUY the CD even when they can get it for free because the information is there, or they collect that artist, or any other goofy reason you can think of. If the product is quality, the people will pay for it. Yes, I still buy CDs and DVDs because I do collect certain ones. I ignore the rest. If I want just one song, I can pay for that download.

The same is going to hold true in this industry. The people who adore the free clips are not the same ones who want to drool over that monster picture you posted. We do want someone (not us because we have bills to pay) to host some of the clips to show the freeloaders what they are missing, and we do want to be teasing them with tantalizing images from great sponsors.

We are smart people - we can do this. Tube Schmoobe - just another flash in the pan. Will it outlast the 8 track tape? Oh, or maybe Betamax??

2009-01-09, 01:09 AM	#24
Pagan Perverted Empress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 5,114	Do y'all remember way way back to when the net was all nice and shiny and new, and everyone seemed to know a place where you could get stolen porn pics for free? Did they hurt paysite sales? Did they hurt free site builders? And the same thing happened with Usenet. Oh, the stuff we could get back then! Tons and tons of free stuff -- small, grainy pictures. 9 out of a series of 10 with always the best one missing or broken. The first 3/4 of a story with the great fuck scenes missing. When paysites came along, didn't a lot of the BBS users and Usenet groupies move over to them? I sure knew a lot who did. They had their favorites all bookmarked and we would swap links (and sometimes passwords). Wow, then we had movies in different formats. File sharing is blamed for a lot of the demise in the music industry, but, stop and think here. A true fan is still going to BUY the CD even when they can get it for free because the information is there, or they collect that artist, or any other goofy reason you can think of. If the product is quality, the people will pay for it. Yes, I still buy CDs and DVDs because I do collect certain ones. I ignore the rest. If I want just one song, I can pay for that download. The same is going to hold true in this industry. The people who adore the free clips are not the same ones who want to drool over that monster picture you posted. We do want someone (not us because we have bills to pay) to host some of the clips to show the freeloaders what they are missing, and we do want to be teasing them with tantalizing images from great sponsors. We are smart people - we can do this. Tube Schmoobe - just another flash in the pan. Will it outlast the 8 track tape? Oh, or maybe Betamax?? __________________ Is it naptime yet?