Tactics in the Porn Industry's Fight Against Piracy

An anonymous reader writes "A C|Net article discusses the technological innovations being used by the porn industry to ensure they stay relevant (like streaming HD-quality feeds and remote interaction), as well as profitable. Live performances and cutting-edge technology combine to ensure a steady stream of revenue in the age of free downloads. 'Now Kink.com is on the cutting edge of the fight against video piracy. While mainstream entertainment outlets like Viacom and NBC complain noisily about YouTube, Kink.com, with neither the resources nor the mainstream appeal of its giant counterparts, is in an even tougher fight: Protecting the content it produces that's continually copied and reposted on the dozens of Web sites that traffic in poached adult material.'"

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Irony

[Seiruu]

"Yo dirty notty people from the piracy world! How dare you do something so immoral as piracy! Take an example of us skimpy clothed, if at all, men and women working hard with dildos and shower cream to teach our men, women and children the real values of morals and ethics! Shame on you guys!"

Re:Irony

[an.echte.trilingue]

I think that the fact that these games are dying has more to do with the fact that not enough people want them than to piracy. You could develop a flight sim game that downloads maps pf the earth real-time-ish like google earth does. WoW or Second Life could easily develop single-player worlds served over their servers, so you have your single player RPGs and Sims like games; you could even take your MMPORG player on a single-world vacation or whatever. The reason they don't is that not very many people want this anymore.

I looked at your website, and I am not trying to be mean, but none of those games look particularly compelling. There are games in the Debian repos (ie, free and open source games) that cost nothing and look to be about the same quality, maybe with graphics that aren't as good. This is the market economy at work, not piracy. I feel for you, it has bitten me in the ass too, but that is the way western society works.

Re:Irony

[an.echte.trilingue]

1. You missed my point. We will not see a CIV5 because not very many people want CIV5. The idea is played. It has nothing to do with piracy, IMHO.

2. I am not judging by how pretty the screen shots are. From the screenshots and the forum discussions, the look like high-graphic clones of a lot of games in debian reops (ie, prettier versions). If I were judging by the screenshots alone, your games would win.

How did THIS make it to the front page?

[Panaqqa]

Seriously. Anyone with mod points out there get ready to use them - there's going to be a lot of clicks on "Troll" needed.

the piracy of emotionally distraut actors

[Anonymous Coward]

yeah. thats all great.

what about the piracy that porn producers use against the actors?

OSHA is nowhere to be found, nor are the standard film industry union reps, the AFL-CIO, etc.

contracts are broken and mishandled, lies are standard.

a lot of this is because of the mafia involvement, if not in the present, then in the past and the 'standard practices' have continued.

absolutely ridiculous to focus on the 'tech side' like you are doing. absolutely dumb.

really interesting tech story would be if a porn actor used the internet to try to expose the shady deals and shady characters in the business,
like luke ford does.

there was a site called xxxexpose.com that used to try to do this although it is long gone

Re:Summary: they stream live shows

[nanosquid]

I want the epic movies that took years of hard work to produce. If the pre-recorded film industry is wiped out by piracy and this lame "solution" is the replacement, I'm not going to be a happy camper.

Well, too bad for you. The "interactive version" of those epic movies is called "gaming", and I very much prefer it to the static, ready-made variety.