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Originally Posted by Peaches
TBH, from what I can gather STRICTLY on his GFY comments, Slick may have been in the adult industry for years, but he wasn't running it like it was a business. IMO, that's what got him into this mess and more than likely exacerbated it. When your first post is to come on GFY asking who the company is (when they clearly tell you every time you register or renew a domain) and then come back AGAIN to GFY asking for an attorney, admit you THOUGHT all the trades were OK, etc. then you're a sitting target.
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I agree, most people who are in the business on this level are not "businesspeople". TGP and those types of aspects of the business can be easier for entry-level folks, but I assure you that the guys that run the big networks are making _MUCH_ more than beer money, and more and more ARE starting to run things like a business, simply because circumstances force them to. I think Slick was kind of caught in the middle of a bigger fight, and just happened to be the unfortunate fellow the hammer fell on first. I truly don't believe he was doing anything other than running his business and making money for his family (and doing very well at it too, the Slick network is well known in the TGP world). He made the same mistakes 1000's of other people are continuing to make, and only education will change that. If nothing else comes out of this thing, it will be a shakeup for people to re-assess how they run their business and to accept that they have taken on liability in how they do things, and have contingencies in place to deal with it.
However all that being said, crucifying the guy without knowing the FULL story isn't exactly fair, either. More than anything I feel his problem was a lack of knowledge, as opposed to an intent of ill.