Do You Guys Really Care???

[GroobyKrissy]

Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

Krissy,
While I can sympathize somewhat with your plight, I have to ask: Did you not realize that piracy abounded on the net before you put up your site and bared your throat to the wolves?

While you may deplore the "free" postings of your material, is it not possible that some viewers of those may make their way to your site and join? I do know that free postings of video clips have impelled me to search out the original material for purchase.

While I can't condone piracy of copyrighted material, I can understand the feeling that since the pirated material user wouldn't purchase the material otherwise, then; the seller isn't really out anything. It is not the same as taking the bread from your fellow man's mouth, it is more like the multiplication of the loaves and fishes that a very famous fellow is reputed to have done. Do you suppose the fish sellers and bakers raised (and pardon the expression) "holy hell" about the potential loss of business there? Damn, there is another justification for wrongdoing to be found in the "Book"!
LOL I may have to trap some of my religious friends with that one

Anyway. to get back to the main question as to do I care. Honestly, I would have to say, "No, not much!" If I knew you personally, I might; but I really feel you should expect little sympathy from strangers. From what you have said, you seem to be an intelligent person and should know better. Do I wish you good fortune in overcoming your problems - YES.

Take care honey Jenae

Jenae,

Yes, of course I know that piracy has existed ever since the very first floppy disk rolled of the manufacturing floor. I don't think anywhere will you find me whining and sniveling and saying, 'Poor me.' As any brick and mortar business will tell you, typically, shrinkage is budgeted into the costs of doing business. This is the same with sites that do digital media. I understand business. I've worked as the OM for a fairly well known technology firm for several years before 'striking out on my own.'

There is a HUGE difference between the posting of VIDEO CLIPS (i.e. - usually kept to under 2 minutes) and A WHOLE VIDEO (piracy). Typically, most large websites make video clips available to people who would like to promote their content in an attempt to make money (i.e. - affiliates). That is basically, free advertising for the company and that's a good thing. Normally speaking, these clips are edited to cut out right before the juicy bits... TRAILERS, as it were. And, yes, it is the hope that those people who see these clips will find the origin and join the site (usually, links are provided straight to the site so no 'searching' is necessary).

Now... if a WHOLE VIDEO is posted, and especially on a repeated basis like many of these 'free' sites, OBVIOUSLY, the person is not going to bother joining the site.

So, the statement you made... about the 'seller isn't really out anything.' That is just plain not true. Like I stated earlier, the problem with digital theft is that is it continuous and ongoing. That is why the record moguls try to put high price tags on the cases they decide to prosecute. You cannot prove, and to be fair, disprove how many people would or would not have bought the cd or dvd after downloading a pirated copy... although, reason would stand to suggest that not many would.

Your allegory of the loaves and fishes is way out of context and really not appropriate at all. In that story (sorry for those who take offense to calling it a 'story' but for lack of a better word), the original loaves and fish were GIVEN FREELY (or purchased... it's been a long time since Sunday school) by the original owner(s). The certain speaker you refer to didn't steal it and then multiply it. Any content I reproduce in a PUBLIC area of my site, I realize is going to end up being distributed somewhere else at some point or another... I'm ok with that... it's why it's there. BUT... content INSIDE a PRIVATE area that people are PAYING to access is clearly intended for the enjoyment of that audience alone. It's stated on every single website out there in their TERMS and CONDITIONS section.

I don't expect sympathy from strangers and never once have I asked for it. Instead, I try to reason with people on a logical basis with facts and personal stories. What I am saying is that this 'devil may care' attitude about people stealing content and reposting it is bad for the industry. Your nonchalant attitude is the very thing which I'm appealing to change not because I want your sympathy but because I want and should get your dollars if you want my content.

If I created a website and called it 'Shemale Wallpapers' took all the content you had created and posted here in your 5 star thread, hid behind some anonymous server somewhere, and claimed credit for it... you'd be ok with that? I think not. It's easy to not care (as I did when I started using Napster) when it doesn't affect you... when it does, you'll come around to seeing business from the owner's perspectives.