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Originally Posted by XPays
removing the current sponsors will lead to new sponsors rotating in. the biggest problem is the DMCA-- and those who exploit it for the world's biggest loophole.
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That's not the solution. Never was and never will be. The "stolen" content line is a dead end. Even if you had a water tight DMCA that applied all over the world Tubes would still be giving away content to earn money for the Tube owners with legal content.
This post explians it better.
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Originally Posted by Huggles
It's like if you run a Starbucks' coffee shop, and Tube Java moves in next door.
They start giving away coffee for free while surviving off of banana bread and overpriced cinnamon sticks.
I do believe there are laws in place to prevent people from doing this?
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Except there are no laws that stop it.
If I decide to turn my paysites into a Tube and live off the earnings from Adverts and upsells that is perfectly legal.
But if you run a Starbucks coffee shop and one opens next to you giving away coffer you have options.
Give away for free the product they sell. Yes we could all be giving surfers free live web cam shows and dating sites. OK not sure how to do Dating sites and maybe that needs working on. Short term results would we would lose some of our sales to Dating and Web cam sites. Long term results would be we save the paysite model by taking away the Tubes revenue source.
Tube sites prove we've been selling the product that suits us and not customers
(if those customers are choosing Tubes over paysites). So we need to look at what is so appealing about Tubes and adapt to their models.
Tons of content, big mix, drop in and out when you like. So over all better choices for the surfers.
Price. Not everyone wants to spend $30 for a few days a month. We need to realise the $30 @ 30 day model is wrong for a lot of out customers.
Stop forcing them to buy a months supply of a limited range of coffees, when all they want is coffee today and give away for free banana bread and cinnamon sticks.