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Scrooge
Deactivated User


3 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 2:05PM
The year 2005 will be the year the porn industry begins to die. The reasons are simple and quite predictable. The majority of Interrs in the industrialized world now have fast broadband connections. Porn is readily available from sites throughout the world for free. Virtually every top new release can be easily downloaded for free so why should anyone purchase a DVD?

The rental business will continue for a period of time as people who desire a specific movie simply rent, rip the movie and return it. Why would anyone in their right mind pay $25.00 for a DVD when they can rent the same DVD for $4.00 and rip it? Virtually all modern computers have DVD - RW drives or at the very least CD - RW drives. Those that disagree with me simply have their heads firmly implanted in the sand.

The porn industry is helpless, they cannot stop the trend due to the fact that the cost of production of a typical title does not warrant action against those that can simply download their product for free.

You will see many bankruptcies in 2005 among both producers and distributors, many of whom advertise on adultdvdtalk. Selling trinkets from China is not a profitable business and without the adult DVD sales it is time to go belly up.

In addition the porn industry cannot expect governmental help in enforcing their copyrights. The government will simply sit on its hands and watch the demise of their enemy, the porn industry.

Regards,

Scrooge

ExperimentalGuy
Member

UK
191 Posts
4/04
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 2:12PM
One thing has to remain though, whether or not people loose money with pirated DVDs or whatever, paysites will continue to make money, as will DVD rentals or sales as not everyone trusts the internet and all the shit that comes with it.

I for one steer clear of down loadable porn for those exact reasons, and watching people have sex will be predominantly popular for many years to come, mainly because it is still frowned upon by the mainstream. The only thing that will really kill the porn industry is mainstream acceptability. It's taboo nature is what keeps it alive!

There are too many fingers in the porn pie for it to ever really disappear.

Scrooge
Deactivated User

3 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 2:25PM
Nobody in their right mind would pay money for a pay site when passwords and spoofs are readily available. Do you realize that there are sites where as I type over 40,000 people are logged on and exchanging porn movies? There are many such sites on the Internet. Of course there will always be those who do not have the mental capacity to utilize the Internet and will continue to throw their money away by purchasing DVDs however this source of revenue will not be sufficient to recoup the cost of products therefore it is belly up time. Why do you think Dino of Redlight District sold out? Dino is smart, he saw the writing on the wall and took the money and ran.
ExperimentalGuy
Member

UK
191 Posts
4/04
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 2:29PM
Yes, but the porn industry dying completely? Unlikely. There is always money to be made somehwere - nothing is 100% free. Somebody is paying the price, and that is why porn will always be around, in some shape or form.
shayhiri
Member

Sofia, Bulgaria
15 Posts
9/04
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 2:45PM
Scrooge, I'll tell you three things:

1. You may be smart, but you don't know human nature.

2. Where will people like you get NEW porn from?

3. It seems Hollywood's already dead.

Edited by - shayhiri on 1/3/2005 2:55:50 PM

Edited by - shayhiri on 1/3/2005 3:00:00 PM

 
Kperv
The Cuddler

*struck
(She slipped)

1818 Posts
1/04
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 3:18PM
Nice to see a poster with such an open mind.

Whatever the future brings, 2005 is definitely not the year piracy will kill the porn industry.
Some studios may fall by the wayside, but they will be the ones already hurting for other reasons besides piracy.

I know full well I can download tons of porn and non-porn movies from the net. I've even got the bandwidth to do it.
I never bother though.
The few movies and TV series I'm interested in owning, I can afford to buy, which I do.

Why? Well as I said, I can afford it and I also think of it like voting with my wallet.
If no-one buys the type of movies I like, who will make more?

Also you're forgetting that the porn industry may stand apart, but they don't stand quite alone.
The Hollywood studios neither care about or work with the porn movie industry, but their interests do coincide for the time being.
The people behind MPAA do have some deep coffers and, like it or not, the ears of Congress.

Again, I don't know what the future will hold for the movie industries, but 2005 will not be their final year.
Bank on it.

Mike Quasar
Zero Tolerance

Reluctant pornographer
1765 Posts
7/01
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 4:06PM
If you can afford a broadband internet connection, you can afford to buy DVD's and CD's. I'm sure you take some twisted pride in admitting that you're a thief but in the end the ones who are most affected by illegal file sharing are consumers. When studios and record companies can no longer make a profit from their products, there will cease to be new products available.

Swap ten year old porn and illegal copies of Titanic to your heart's content. That's your future asswipe.

Quaze

Scrooge
Deactivated User

3 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 7:11PM
Sure I can afford to buy DVD's and CD's but why should I throw away my money when I can watch your product for free?
You could also double the fees which you pay to performers but why should you? Same point. You are absolutely correct there will be no product because you will be forced by simple economics to go belly up. That is not my problem. The major studios will remain in business because they can afford to fight back. People such as yourself cannot afford to fight back. What does it cost you to produce a title Quaze, $20,000 max? Can you afford to sue the thousands of people that download your movies? Give me a break. That is the reason that the year 2005 will be the beginning of the end for the porn industry.

Why should I pay $19.95 for a copy of Grand Theft Anal 6 or Fishnets when with just the click of a mouse I can download both movies for free? Surely you are aware that both of these Zero Tolerance releases are available on the Internet. I can download both movies in an hour in the background. In addition if I was really lazy I could simply rent the movie and rip it. It is so simple, a child could do it with ease.

<<<<<Scrooge, I'll tell you three things:

1. You may be smart, but you don't know human nature.

2. Where will people like you get NEW porn from?

3. It seems Hollywood's already dead.>>>>>>

Oh but I do know human nature, people do not pay for a commodity which is available for free.

There will not be new porn once porn producers start to drop like flies. Not my problem.

Hollywood will survive because they can afford to fight back. Porn cannot afford to fight back and will vanish.

Do you honestly think that the government is going to track and arrest those that download porn for copyright infringement? Gag me with a spoon before I die laughing.

Those that are still in the business should have followed Dino and sold out, now it is too late. Dino was smart, he took the money and ran.

Quaze, as a businessman surely you are aware that Grand Theft Anal 6 as well as Fishnets are both available online for instant download for free! You would not much of a businessman if you did not know this fact as well as know exactly where they can be downloaded. I will not post the location as it would be against the rules of this forum however I will ask you a rhetorical question. Why don't you do something about it? The answer is simple, you cannot afford to fight back. Case closed. The only constant is change and the porn industry is in a box, there is no way out.

I have personally sold every DVD I own to suckers who just don't get it. Never give a sucker an even break.

Nobody cares about the porn industry, you are on your own and your day in the sun is over. Get over it and change careers if you can.

Are you so naive to not believe that those in the government are reading this forum and rolling on the floor laughing? Economics will kill your industry, something that Ashcroft and company could never accomplish in the courts. Why don't you call the Justice Department and ask the to enforce your copyrights? You lost, big time.

Edited by - Scrooge on 1/3/2005 7:14:47 PM

shayhiri
Member

Sofia, Bulgaria
15 Posts
9/04
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 7:51PM
OK, Scourge. Now that it's obvious that you have some serious personal problems which drive you to just hate porn, I'll tell you a fourth thing:

4. Porn will never die.

On the contrary, it's going to get bigger and stronger until it becomes the absolute norm. You REALLY don't know people.

Remember my words five or ten years from now.
It's your choice whether to watch porn or not.
Everyone else has the same choice and guess what it'll be.

dumblonde
Senior Member

2352 Posts
7/00
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 7:58PM
Because it's wrong to steal?
Mike Quasar
Zero Tolerance

Reluctant pornographer
1765 Posts
7/01
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 8:11PM
Actually scrooge, you lost big time. Something horrible happened during your childhood that caused you to become the asshole you are today. I know you feel very big and powerful from behind your computer keyboard and I won't try to take away the only thing in your life that gives it meaning. You keep right on downloading for free and we'll see who or who does not have the money to "fight back".

Fuck you and somebody deactivate this smug asshole before he further embarrasses himself.

Edited by - Mike Quasar on 1/3/2005 8:12:36 PM

dumblonde
Senior Member

2352 Posts
7/00
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 8:33PM
I predict Scrooge will be the first deactivated user of 2005.
Cumwhipper
Senior Member

4050 Posts
3/04
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 9:01PM
I realize I'm coming late to this "party", but I must say, downloaded porn is HIGHLY overrated. I much prefer to watch a DVD in my player on my widescreen TV (even with a very high quality LCD monitor, the differences are obvious). I have almost zero interest in porn sites that have downloadable video just for this reason.

Just one man's opinion.

Hardware All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

Your other left
14594 Posts
3/02
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 9:11PM
AdultDVDTalk does not condone posts that advocate illegal activities, so I'm locking this one.



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