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Originally Posted by Bladewire
Just read an great article about this documentary that spells everything out crystal clear. Is never heard of Ovidie until this thread and this article lends me much respect for her now and her in depth knowledge of the industry are refreshing! Love to interact with her some day about where the adult industries future can be headed.
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Full Story Here:'Pornocracy' Impacts SXSW -- and the World | The Huffington Post
Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals premiered today at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festival in Austin, TX. It?s a must see.
The documentary film was spearheaded by French feminist filmmaker, author, and former adult performer Ovidie. Via Pornocracy, Ovidie investigates changes in the international adult entertainment industry, focusing on how a group of programmers hijacked porn ? and consequently, also reshaped the general public?s relationship with erotic entertainment ? via piracy-based tube sites.
From the outset, Pornocracy makes one shocking point clear: early innovators knew tube sites would decimate the adult industry. And according to the founder of YouPorn, one of the first tube sites to hit the web, they went ahead and did it anyway ? all as a way to make big money from advertising using other people?s stolen content.
To me, as a member of the adult industry for over 25 years ? an industry that is routinely stigmatized by wider ?civilian? (as we say) society ? the idea that members of our community had even an inkling that tube technology would impact the adult industry as it has is absolutely galling. And Pornocracy has this declaration on record. |
This only says half the story. Blaming the owners of Tubes whether legal or shady (can't call them illegal because no one was convicted) is missing the point. Enough people in porn were and still are willing to advertise on sites with lots of free porn. Loads of sites were willing to put legal porn onto tubes sites.
All it would have taken is a complete boycott, constant pressure with 2257 on tube site owners, hosting and when the Tube site owners were running sites a complete boycott of promoting those sites.
And Tubes are dead in the water.
We know that's a pipe dream, but please let's own our failings.