Too Much Media Wins 1st Round Over Oprano Posts

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by gonzo

You settled to not talk about each other in an out of court settlement.

Hardly something to brag about.
Just like the ads running on Craigs List for investors last year.

Mr. Gonzo,

I am surprised to see that after more than a year you still find it interesting to talk about us, a company whos people and products you hold such little regard for and I would have thought, no interest in. What is it about me that gives you such a hard-on? Is it the way I walk?

Did I post the fact that we were looking for investors last January on Craigs List? Of course ! And so what? Investors are good.

Now. 2M vs. SH is settled. And when we wrote up the terms of the settlement, one of the terms within the terms was that both sides remain confidential. We both signed it, and both walked away and put the matter behind us. And that my friend, was the end of that. I know you miss the drama but for God sakes man, get over it. Move on with your life, and - Oops, wait, sorry, I forgot who I was talking to.

I was talking to GONZO of OPRANO: The "Big Boy" who scrapes whole articles from legitimate news sources and short-changes the value of their content by copy-pasting it on to Oprano in a weak attempt to generate page views, search engine relevance and discussion, while simultaneously begging to be recognized by the industry as legit, and sell adspace to advertisers.

You = Fail

"The business of porn"? No. XBiz is the business of porn. Ynot is the business of porn. Xnations is the business of porn. Netpond is the business of porn. Cozyfrog is the business of porn. GFY is the business of porn.

Oprano is closer to "The Bitterness of Porn".

By the way, you should also stop referring to GFY.com as "The Zoo". You come off like a jealous little wannabe every time you do. Not very flattering for the great Gonzo.

You could achieve some real respect in this domain if you didn't accuse anyone who gets bigger than you of being corrupt, skimming or fraudulent.

Unlike you, we do not resent the "big boys" in the business or feel any jealousy towards them. We admire their business acumen and seek to achieve just a little piece of what they have. You just try to hide your inability to expand or get bigger in this business behind some phony concept of integrity and honesty of "amateur" being real porn. Stop your grandstanding and accept your littleness.

"There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong."
- Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s (1988). Hunter S. Thompson

[PORNSTARGLOBAL™]

Originally Posted by 2MuchMark

Mr. Gonzo,

I am surprised to see that after more than a year you still find it interesting to talk about us, a company whos people and products you hold such little regard for and I would have thought, no interest in. What is it about me that gives you such a hard-on? Is it the way I walk?

Did I post the fact that we were looking for investors last January on Craigs List? Of course ! And so what? Investors are good.

Now. 2M vs. SH is settled. And when we wrote up the terms of the settlement, one of the terms within the terms was that both sides remain confidential. We both signed it, and both walked away and put the matter behind us. And that my friend, was the end of that. I know you miss the drama but for God sakes man, get over it. Move on with your life, and - Oops, wait, sorry, I forgot who I was talking to.

I was talking to GONZO of OPRANO: The "Big Boy" who scrapes whole articles from legitimate news sources and short-changes the value of their content by copy-pasting it on to Oprano in a weak attempt to generate page views, search engine relevance and discussion, while simultaneously begging to be recognized by the industry as legit, and sell adspace to advertisers.

You = Fail

"The business of porn"? No. XBiz is the business of porn. Ynot is the business of porn. Xnations is the business of porn. Netpond is the business of porn. Cozyfrog is the business of porn. GFY is the business of porn.

Oprano is closer to "The Bitterness of Porn".

By the way, you should also stop referring to GFY.com as "The Zoo". You come off like a jealous little wannabe every time you do. Not very flattering for the great Gonzo.

You could achieve some real respect in this domain if you didn't accuse anyone who gets bigger than you of being corrupt, skimming or fraudulent.

Unlike you, we do not resent the "big boys" in the business or feel any jealousy towards them. We admire their business acumen and seek to achieve just a little piece of what they have. You just try to hide your inability to expand or get bigger in this business behind some phony concept of integrity and honesty of "amateur" being real porn. Stop your grandstanding and accept your littleness.

There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong.
- Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s (1988)

Ouch

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by 2MuchMark

Did I post the fact that we were looking for investors last January on Craigs List? Of course ! And so what? Investors are good.

I don't want to argue about the other issue...
How did this work out?

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

I don't want to argue about the other issue...
How did this work out?

Hi EmporerEJ,

Honestly? Not very well. We had many replies but none were interesting. Almost everyone wanted a 50/50 "deal" on all gross sales in exchange for nothing of interest back.

One person called just recently and sounded like a used car salesman. Without asking a thing about us, he went on and on about who he was and what he could do, etc. When I told him that it was unfortunately too late, he got very upset and started yelling. After a rant that went on for almost 2 minutes he hung up. Very strange!

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by 2MuchMark

Hi EmporerEJ,

Honestly? Not very well. We had many replies but none were interesting. Almost everyone wanted a 50/50 "deal" on all gross sales in exchange for nothing of interest back.

One person called just recently and sounded like a used car salesman. Without asking a thing about us, he went on and on about who he was and what he could do, etc. When I told him that it was unfortunately too late, he got very upset and started yelling. After a rant that went on for almost 2 minutes he hung up. Very strange!

Yes, quite distressing.
The adult industry is it's own worst enemy. If there was less people trying to steal other's ideas and work, and more working together, there would be more advancement and protection for all.
Then you have companies that come along and claim to be legitimate investment funds, that only turn out to be scams.

Funny, that. The adult industry has the product that always has a market. You'd think there would be a way for people to be able to invest "cleanly." If someone can crack that nut, they'll have it all.

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

Yes, quite distressing.
The adult industry is it's own worst enemy. If there was less people trying to steal other's ideas and work, and more working together, there would be more advancement and protection for all.
Then you have companies that come along and claim to be legitimate investment funds, that only turn out to be scams.

Funny, that. The adult industry has the product that always has a market. You'd think there would be a way for people to be able to invest "cleanly." If someone can crack that nut, they'll have it all.

So far, we've been pretty lucky. We have met only a few people who tried to rip us off (some more famously than others). Overall though this has to be one of the coolest industries I've ever been involved in. Trade shows like Internext and especially Qwebec Expo have proven this to me again and again.

Best of all, the indsutry really knows how to have fun. Check out the Ambush Interview of MediaGuy over at GFY. Not only are the questions great but the pictures of shows past involving my employee and best friend are just too funny. In what other industry could you get away with things like that?

Cheers!

[gonzo]

Update

Shellee Hale files a motion in this case for a reconsideration.

http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/t...dia-llc-v-hale

The link to the pdf file is the very last one on the page.
Whats interesting is that at the very bottom of the file / motion you finally find out who made the alleged death threat.

SON!

[2muchmark2]

Originally Posted by 2MuchMark

Mr. Gonzo,

I am surprised to see that after more than a year you still find it interesting to talk about us, a company whos people and products you hold such little regard for and I would have thought, no interest in. What is it about me that gives you such a hard-on? Is it the way I walk?

Did I post the fact that we were looking for investors last January on Craigs List? Of course ! And so what? Investors are good.

Now. 2M vs. SH is settled. And when we wrote up the terms of the settlement, one of the terms within the terms was that both sides remain confidential. We both signed it, and both walked away and put the matter behind us. And that my friend, was the end of that. I know you miss the drama but for God sakes man, get over it. Move on with your life, and - Oops, wait, sorry, I forgot who I was talking to.

I was talking to GONZO of OPRANO: The "Big Boy" who scrapes whole articles from legitimate news sources and short-changes the value of their content by copy-pasting it on to Oprano in a weak attempt to generate page views, search engine relevance and discussion, while simultaneously begging to be recognized by the industry as legit, and sell adspace to advertisers.

You = Fail

"The business of porn"? No. XBiz is the business of porn. Ynot is the business of porn. Xnations is the business of porn. Netpond is the business of porn. Cozyfrog is the business of porn. GFY is the business of porn.

Oprano is closer to "The Bitterness of Porn".

By the way, you should also stop referring to GFY.com as "The Zoo". You come off like a jealous little wannabe every time you do. Not very flattering for the great Gonzo.

You could achieve some real respect in this domain if you didn't accuse anyone who gets bigger than you of being corrupt, skimming or fraudulent.

Unlike you, we do not resent the "big boys" in the business or feel any jealousy towards them. We admire their business acumen and seek to achieve just a little piece of what they have. You just try to hide your inability to expand or get bigger in this business behind some phony concept of integrity and honesty of "amateur" being real porn. Stop your grandstanding and accept your littleness.

"There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong."
- Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s (1988). Hunter S. Thompson

Looks like Gonzo banned me for this post which is why I had to make a new account. Sorry I struck a nerve there, sweet cheeks.