OK, so what do you guys really think of illegal tube sites?

[AndyS]

As someone who makes a living from selling porn I hate tube sites as a surfer I would love them.

The bandwidth costs for these sites must be huge so I do wonder how long they can continue giving away free access. I can't see how they can turn a profit from just advertising as everything the surfer wants is there for nothing.

As a growth area in the industry their market position and being number 1 matters right now but soon that will change as the tube site market matures and people actually want to make money.

Maybe we will all be affiliates selling monthly memberships to tube sites in the next few years.

Personally I see newsgroups and forums as a bigger problem, most people who post porn there don't know or even care that they are breaking copyright etc etc.