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Penthouse Tony · 10-24-2005, 05:51 PM

33. Where do you see the adult industry and your company in 2 years, 5 years and 10 years.

This is tough. It's easier to guess where the technology will take us. Unfortunately I think legislation will have a bigger impact on where the industry goes in the next decade. It's scary that the US government thinks that they can remove pornography from the Internet by driving everything overseas. It would be laughable if the situation we are in wasn't a reality. The problem is a result of legislative bodies that are made up of dinosaurs who don't know what the Internet is and how it works. As time goes on (read: and old people in Congress die) that should change.

As far as business goes I think more companies will do what FriendFinder and Streamray have done and partner or completely merge. This will happen at a faster pace if legislation scares some of us out of business. It will also put some in better positions to compete and grow. You'll start to see top notch companies separate themselves from the pack and widen the gap between them.

In the meantime, I'm hopeful that action groups like the Free Speech Coalition will have enough fight to stand up to those would send us overseas. I say overseas and not out of business because that's the reality, you can't roll back progress on the Internet.

10-24-2005, 05:51 PM
Penthouse Tony Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mountain View, CA Posts: 5,835	33. Where do you see the adult industry and your company in 2 years, 5 years and 10 years. This is tough. It's easier to guess where the technology will take us. Unfortunately I think legislation will have a bigger impact on where the industry goes in the next decade. It's scary that the US government thinks that they can remove pornography from the Internet by driving everything overseas. It would be laughable if the situation we are in wasn't a reality. The problem is a result of legislative bodies that are made up of dinosaurs who don't know what the Internet is and how it works. As time goes on (read: and old people in Congress die) that should change. As far as business goes I think more companies will do what FriendFinder and Streamray have done and partner or completely merge. This will happen at a faster pace if legislation scares some of us out of business. It will also put some in better positions to compete and grow. You'll start to see top notch companies separate themselves from the pack and widen the gap between them. In the meantime, I'm hopeful that action groups like the Free Speech Coalition will have enough fight to stand up to those would send us overseas. I say overseas and not out of business because that's the reality, you can't roll back progress on the Internet. __________________ aamos AT FFN dot com Penthouse.com Business Development ICQ: 49090846 \| Yahoo IM: ff_aamos Last edited by Penthouse Tony; 10-24-2005 at 05:52 PM..