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Originally Posted by pornlaw
Yeah, how that does that work ? Is AEBN working with you guys on this device ? When I saw AEBN's website it did remind me of your Virtual Sex Machine ?
Michael
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No, not at all. They just decided to make a less expensive thing. It has no relationship to our machine other than reusing ideas and words.
After seeing what it does, I'm a bit confused. But I hope they contribute to the field. One big difference I noticed.....theirs seems to be the "gilette razor model" idea. Give them the "razor handle" for a loss, and then collect from them every time the customer wants to "Shave." With our unit, once you buy a video, it's yours to play as many times as you want. (And the original producer gets paid on the sale of the video, much like DVD business) With theirs, you pay by the minute of use.
Our research showed customers didn't like that model. Our machine is certainly capable of working that way, "by the minute," but we didn't feel it was fair to the customer. Our interest is in having customers for years, not weeks.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I found the "homage" of one of our ads a bit too "Flattering."
For years, we've been about wanting to work with people. These guys just decided they wanted to do their own thing. I imagine when the rest of the players want to do something, we'll get more calls.
So ultimately, the publicity will be good.
I think they've opened themselves up to some serious problems in other areas of
your field, unrelated to us, but they'll find out.