As we all know, VOD is becoming a bigger and bigger portion of video distribution sales.

With more and more VOD "distribution" companies, (eg AEBN, Maleflixxx, HotMovies, XonDemand, etc) coming online a potential trouble spot is emerging that has not yet become a major issue but I see it as having potential to be a real pain in the ass.

The VOD distribution companies, in many cases own many websites, under different names, that stream the videos they have licensed from studios, using the same theory as "feeder sites" that those in the paysite business employ.

Additionally, these distribution companies often completely skin their licensed content for other sites which at the present time is something easily seen. However, in the not too distant future I believe we will see more and more complete skinnable solutions for websites as affiliates thus making it harder to determine where the VOD distributor and the selling website differ.

Now, the issue.

We agressively pursue (maybe not as much as Titan) websites who pirate our videos. The copiers are obvious, but the streamers are not, and will, in my opinion, become more difficult to discern as time goes on.

We are presently pursuing a website hosted at godaddy, and with payment processing through verotel that is streaming or at least offering for download, our video titles as well as those for some studios we represent.

In pursuit of this website, the question arose, what if they have a licensing deal with one of our VOD providers? What if this "tour" area is just that, and inside is a VOD site?

VOD distribution companies are not going to give any studio a complete list of their websites that they are licensed to, and they aren't going to let us know about all their feeder sites. So how are we going to be sure that the sites we are pursuing for potential copyright violations are indeed violating our copyrights?

Any thoughts or ideas on this?