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[Matt 26z]

Sometimes on the boards a new webmaster will ask how much money he can make doing this or that, and one of the inevitable responses will be "You mean there is money in porn?" That might be a joke response, but it's exactly how most of these rogue bloggers look at it.

Either they don't know about affiliate programs, or they are suspicious of the concept in much the same way you'd question a "making money online" infomercial at 3 AM. Clearly these people are willing to put the work into what they do. You can't tell me they are making an informed decision to be a non-profit pirate rather than making legit money doing something very similar.

I agree with what geekslut is saying here. You can't shut these people down. The cat left the bag years ago. The monster has grown 10,000 heads. Scare one individual into submission, five more pop up. Shut down one service that enables pirates, a new one launches that is even more difficult.

The solution is a new type of dialog between surfermasters and content owners. Adult is in the very unique position that porn pirates can go legit, operate their sites in much the same way and actually make money in the process. That is huge, and it's something the RIAA and MPAA don't have.

If there is difficulty in converting certain rogue bloggers, then obviously form letters need to be rewritten. The process needs to be rethought.

[Alex_Manifest_M]

The ones that can be converted will be and should be...however, the 'rouge' guys with the approach that we are fatcats that deserve to be fleeced will not and I for one will not stop in my efforts to shut each down. These thieves should not be tolerated. These guys function under the idea that we will not bother with an indivdual small fry. Those are exactly the ones that we most strongly target. They are stealing money from processors, from site owners and affiliates. Until we join together as a group to make changes, it is a tough fight and perhaps only symbolic. For instance, if some sites continue to allow password trading sites as affiliates, then they deserve to have has much content stolen by others that believe they endorse the practice of content theft. Until we as a group insist that those who steal or trade passwords are banned not just from our individual sites, but from others as well they will just keep bouncing from place to place. All of us that produce unique or exclusive content have the most to lose and why we do not join together to do something concrete about this issue is a mystery to me.