Quote Originally Posted by wnc View Post
Should one assume that paysite owners now have to hire a new person to watch and read and ask for images to be removed or be correctly linked?
I think one should very well assume that. It is at the point where that is as much a part of the cost of doing business as paying for hosting, if you ask me. That much of a given, and that much of a necessity.

The costs involved when talking about piracy go beyond just lost revenues (which can be substantial and even immeasurable. How many initial signups and rebills do you lose on account of piracy?) but also involve the time and money spent fighting it. Staffers get stuck having to track down piracy, distracted from other important tasks. Instead of being involved in revenue generating activity such as marketing, recruiting, filming, and the like.

On our end, we had everyone at the company spend some time sending out DMCA notices and emails and the like when and if things came to our attention but that became such a task that it got to the point we really did need someone doing nothing but that, fulltime. There's a whole salary, payroll taxes, benefits and what not all going to that.