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Originally Posted by DWB
Boggles the mind.
There is no question he is a smart man and has a great business head on his shoulders. He may even have great ideas for the future that will change the industry once again, or even cure cancer. But it is amazing how quickly everyone forgets just how that empire was built, and on who's backs they have been profiting from in the first place. Without their direct enormous involvement in piracy, before he bought them and currently, I doubt that company would be where it is today. It is their traffic that has made them powerful and able to test and fine tune everything they do. Without their tube network, they would not have that traffic.
That said, it was a brilliant plan and they pulled it off. Kudos for that. But we shouldn't forget where they came from and the destruction they have done in the process.
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He explained in his speech what he thinks about piracy, how he fights it and also explained that you can't really exterminate it. Personally I think that file lockers and forum sites where you find complete copies from pay sites did more harm as tube sites.
Its pretty sucks when your content is free available on all kinds of sites, we also see that with the PornXN network. It sucks when you fire up something new and all the content is available for free to download.
The music and motion industry is much more organised to fight piracy as the adult industry.
His gesture do something in return to help others to make a buck in the adult industry is pretty positive and in many things he has a point and vision.
Personally I'm more interested what kind of new money making innovating things they will launch as a "tech company" and how they will monetize/secure their investments.
Having a pool of 900+ employees, an army of consultants/lawyers plus all the additional overhead should result in insane amount of operational costs. To cover this all plus to satisfy lenders their targets should be set pretty high.
Now with all that new sexy tech and multiple channels to make money they only need to adjust their chains and introduce new innovating things to reach their goals.
Personally I have deeply respect for anyone who worked hard, took the risks and live their dream. Doesn't matter if it's the ceo of Manwin or the guy on the corner who starts a restaurant.