Adult Video Producers Whine

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Heres an excerpt from my buddy Mike South's blog from yet another one person from the video side of the business bleating about FREE Porn.

In case you haven’t noticed, this business now sucks beyond belief! Making a decent living from it, especially for many production people and others, is more difficult than ever. Yah, some companies and the people who make their content for them will survive. Some will even thrive. But for most, it’s Judgement Day.
Why would any jerk-off pay for porn to jerk off to? It’s all free on the net! I see lots of sites with 100s of 20 and 30 minute clips for free–you don’t even have to register. The clips are high quality, their screen size is big, and they stream almost instantly. The only way I can see any of them making money is they have ads for adult dating sites and such. There’s that much money in that shit? Do these sites pay for the clips? I don’t know. I don’t care. It is what it is. Much of the industry is being brought, financially, to its knees. Anyone who says that ain’t so is either a liar or delusional. Why worry about obscenity prosecutions or 2257? Free content is Porn Enemy #1. Here’s another way to look at it: We’ve seen the enemy and it is us.
Those who figure out how to make money from “free” are the ones who might make some money. Unfortunately, I’m a production guy and I can’t figure out how to offer my production services for free (i.e., shooting stills or video) and still make money from doing so. Advertiser-supported production people? You think someone’s gonna pay me to shoot while I’m wearing a sandwich sign advertising their company or products? I don’t think so. If you know how I can get paid by working for free, please let me know.
Retailers must be hurting too. Many of them, I hear, are converting to soft-core-ish stores: Remodeling, carrying lots of toys and lingerie, appealing to couples and chicks. The raincoaters never had it so good! They simply get their fix on the net… for free… and they don’t even have to don the raincoat!
I heard the show was a joke. They gave away booths for free just so it didn’t look like a ghost town. Everyone said the crowds seemed smaller. Maybe. Or maybe the aisle space was so wide (with such fewer booths) it just seemed like the crowd was smaller. I didn’t go. Didn’t go last year either. Why would I go? There’s no business to book there. I can speak to anyone who might book me while I’m right here, in LA, without spending the dough to go to Vegas. I also got tired of risking my health from some god-awful colds or flus that almost everyone is guaranteed to come home with. Going to the show ceased being fun years ago. These days, going to the show is practically a textbook case of masochism.

Heres my comment and please add yours....
Judgement day is right. Anyone that didnt take the time to learn the economics of using the web as a markeing and promo tool will soon be looking for insurance jobs.

I make more money now than I have ever made in my life. I turned off my pay sites years ago and now that all the shit is starting to die off Im rebuilding them all again.

You can whime about free porn all you want. The fact remains that it is here to stay and those that use it as a tool can make a good living.

Those that dont bother with it better lube up those Harleys and grease down their hair.

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