Comments on: New on ZDNet: Porn’s Bittorrent Lawsuits Reach Freakish Proportions – Over 30,000 Defendants

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:02:21 +0000

I don’t download mainstream movies because with my subscription to the Netflix streaming service there’s little incentive to wait for downloads or fill up my drive with movies. If that kind of distribution system works for non-porn movies which are more expensive to produce it could work for porn . The streaming player just needs to work for the way people want to view porn. It needs to be quick easy to move forward and backward through a movie to skip boring scenes and repeat favorite scenes using only one hand. There also needs to be a good selection of films from various companies.

People who want to download pirated porn will find a way to do it. If using bittorrent exposes them to the risk of having their IP address traced they will switch to services like Rapidshare.

Porn companies need to find a way to get people to want to buy dvds or get people to not want to download pirated copies. Give the customer some incentive to buy a dvd like an autographed box cover or a mini magazine of Andy San Dimas or Alexis Texas with the dvd. Offer freely downloadable trailers with a sexy personal appeal by a porn actress to support her livelihood by buying legal copies of her movies.

If porn companies want to use aggressive tactics to attack potential customers they are not going to be liked and that will make it easier to rationalize ripping them off.

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:27:20 +0000

Oh hell… i’m going to learn to preview these comments before posting them one of these days. (What was that you were saying about brilliant readers?) Ignore the previous one, this is what I meant to say…

I hope their new business model makes them a helluva lot of money right away, because otherwise I think they’ve doomed big-name studio porn for the foreseeable future.

And just to be clear, I have no problem with them going after people who’re illegally downloading their movies. That’s theft as far as I’m concerned, and that’s justifiable. But using public exposure as a means of shaming people into settling the cases out of court, after hiring questionable IP detectives to start with? Completely, 100%, totally unacceptable. If they feel that I should be ashamed to be seen with their products, well… I’ll happily keep myself and my money as far away from them as I can, and just go watch my smut somewhere else.

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:23:42 +0000

I hope their new business model makes them a helluva lot of money right away, because otherwise I think they’ve doomed big-name studio porn for the foreseeable future.

Here’s my take on it: I don’t buy a lot of porn on DVD’s. I can usually find something more to my tastes online easier, and cheaper (if not outright free). However, from time to time, I would still buy a DVD, if I was in an adult shop for toys or lube and saw something that piqued my interest. However, in light of their recent actions, I can promise you that I will no longer be guilty of purchasing ANYTHING from these studios ever again. If they feel that I should be ashamed to be seen with their products, well… I’ll happily keep myself and my money as far away from them as I can, and just go watch my smut somewhere else.