Re: ManHub.com - Making money on your stolen content?
[QUOTE=Gaystoryman;133016]Peter and Dominic, I get the idea, of trying to turn Crooks into Good Citizens.
Most of Western Civilization Penal System has a 'Rehabilitation" module built in, but there are consequences doled out, before one can usually avail themselves of that module. Probation is one often cited, and all that ‘do good liberal thinking’ has its merits. But when the markets continue to shrink, and tubes run by Pirates keep growing, it is frustrating beyond belief.
I think a lot of the anger, comes from that simple statement about the content being licensed, not really stolen that hit the “bring out the shotgun” button. Adding to that, is that there is the perception, that Bangbros is a client, and well the hammer came down on both barrells of the shotgun.
I think that sometimes Sponsors forget that it is the “little guy” who has played a part in their success, and when that little guy feels that he is suddenly not only in competition with Thieves, but with the very people he/she is relying on for their income, well tempers get frayed. Mine certainly are, and I am way smaller of a seller, than say Michael, who in turn is a lot smaller than say Bjorn. Yet all of us, are upset by this turn of events, which should say something that maybe Sponsors need to take heed of.
Sponsors get a lot of their information from affiliates, about pirate sites, and then we find that instead of going after them, they wind up getting in bed with them, in licensing content to them, and well, don’t you see that knife handle sticking out of our backs?
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For what it’s worth I agree with you. Sponsors should not be licensing content to pirate (or even “used to be pirate” sites). I think it would be AWESOME if instead they licensed content to affiliates who bring them a lot of sales. I completely understand your frustration. But please understand this has nothing to do with Porn Guardian. If you are angry at the sponsors, vilify them, ask them questions, stop promoting them, track them down at the Phoenix Forum, etc… That’s certainly what I would do. And, in fact, that is what we have done when we feel like one of our clients is advertising on an illegal tube site, or if we question why they would license content to a tube site that built it’s business on the backs of those of us trying to do things in a legit way.
I have also said this publicly at no fewer than 3 conferences when I was sitting on Legal, Piracy or Ethics panels: XBIZ, Internext, and the Phoenix Forum.
So while I understand (and agree with) your frustration, I am unclear why it is directed at us when your issue is with the sponsors and where/how they choose to license their content.