The Adult Porn Industry Hit Hard by Piracy and Adult Streaming Internet sites
Adult porn producers argue that there exists a strong correlation between the availability of free online adult porn content to drops in DVD revenue and paid monthly subscriptions. This particular issue is fairly comparable to the situation facing the music industry through the era of Napster. Just like record labels and film distributors, the adult porn industry has similarly felt the impact of piracy with many of the companies reporting profit deficits as high as 70% since the advent of adult tube sites.
The impact of streaming adult tube websites such as, Redtube, Pornhub and Youporn that mimic user uploaded content model of Youtube has struck the porn market hard. These internet websites create two principal problems: first, streaming adult internet sites typically have 5-10 minute taster clips, and second, these websites are largely made up of free, full-length pirated content. The obvious issue is that someone with access to free clips and full-length movies without doubt is not going to be pulling out his credit card to join a website while they're able to view it for free.
With just a few clicks, anyone having an internet connection can stream bootlegged content material that used to cost them $30 and a trip to the adult video store. Furthermore there are numerous reasons why individuals might elect to pirate video pornography, such as lawful restrictions on its purchase, or perhaps simple embarrassment and cost evasion.
If video sales aren_t going to be the cash cow they were in the past, a growing number of adult stars are hedging their bets by stepping into the piracy-proof realm of adult sex toys. Fleshlight, a Texas-based manufacturer of male masturbators has got deals with several adult models to create silicone replicas of their most intimate parts. Other porn stars have taken it a step further by sponsoring full-size, heated silicone reproductions and now for just $7, 000, serious porn fans can pick up an eerily lifelike Doppelganger of their most-loved porn stars.
Rarely do we hear pro-copyright advocates protesting what many believe will be the collapse of the porn industry along with the music and film industries, despite the fact that they have all experienced serious financial losses as a consequence of piracy.
Don_t pornographic movies deserve exactly the same kind of vigorous piracy protection as mainstream works? Who should be responsible for regulating this content on these types of adult, streaming tube sites?
The adult porn industry has always been quick to take advantage of and adapted to brand new technology, can they do the same with the rise of streaming tube sites, history has shown, sooner or later, the industry will work itself out.
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