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iwantchixx · 03-13-2014, 11:47 AM

I don't like tubes just as much as the other guy but I found a better way to deal with them.

When we find infringes, obviously we DCMA them, however... on ones that are willing to work with us and do a partnership, we work with them and provide vids that we approve of and continually dcma everything else that was not uploaded by us.

The problem with tubes is that they don't pre-moderate. I understand, people would rather upload elsewhere if that was the case but if they all followed suit, piracy would be less of an issue on tubes... and so would the underage content.

I also understand that tubes cannot compete in the market if all they have are 4min sponsor clips.. so we gotta meet half-way until it fizzles out (which it will, just like tgp did), it's just a part of biz that we have to "humor" for now... unfortunately.

Now, all that being said, I am finding that they have stepped up their theft games as of lately. Targeting specific site names as keywords and loading videos that are not even related to the terms. So, not only do they accept full-member uploads (which they know are illegally uploaded and hosted at that point) that we have to wade through and try to find an amicable partnerships to deter action against them, we also have to constantly search our site names to see which big tubes are stealing traffic, too...

03-13-2014, 11:47 AM
iwantchixx Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Boonies Posts: 12,860	I don't like tubes just as much as the other guy but I found a better way to deal with them. When we find infringes, obviously we DCMA them, however... on ones that are willing to work with us and do a partnership, we work with them and provide vids that we approve of and continually dcma everything else that was not uploaded by us. The problem with tubes is that they don't pre-moderate. I understand, people would rather upload elsewhere if that was the case but if they all followed suit, piracy would be less of an issue on tubes... and so would the underage content. I also understand that tubes cannot compete in the market if all they have are 4min sponsor clips.. so we gotta meet half-way until it fizzles out (which it will, just like tgp did), it's just a part of biz that we have to "humor" for now... unfortunately. Now, all that being said, I am finding that they have stepped up their theft games as of lately. Targeting specific site names as keywords and loading videos that are not even related to the terms. So, not only do they accept full-member uploads (which they know are illegally uploaded and hosted at that point) that we have to wade through and try to find an amicable partnerships to deter action against them, we also have to constantly search our site names to see which big tubes are stealing traffic, too...