He writes on GFY that the DVD companies are hurting.
PleasurePays responds: "Being one of the most prolific sponsors of stolen content and having been busted for hijacking peoples sales… you are definitely in a position to comment on the issue."
Dirty White Boy posts:
Your company helps fund torrent sites, and those sites are giving DVD companies a serious beating. They are giving ME a beating! You are funding sites that are stealing MY movies. Fuck you Lars.
Then you want to come in and make a smug post like this?
People like you are part of the problem. At least you got your head out of your ass with Zango, but you still fund torrent sites so you’re just as big of a piece of shit today as when you supported Zango.
WellDunn posts: "Kinda figured lars would address how AFF still supports these torrent sites, butttt of course hes gonna duck it, and inevitably say "report any unlawful use to our legal dept" when you do forward them sites they dont do dick about it anyway. Guess we ust need to get used to not pushin AFF. I know I dropped them awhile back, and have had nothing but great results with the undersaturated programs like clickcash and fling. AFF is converting for shit for most people, they steal traffic with zango, and they support sites that are stealing from our fellow webmasters."
Through AVN and its online ad partner AdBrite, porners can advertise on ThePirateBay and TorrentSpy, websites that traffic in stolen content.
Jace posts: "AVN has been doing this for YEARS…it was fusker sites before this. Bottom line, AVN is one of the worst possible companies to be "leading" the adult internet industry."
Will76 posts: "If you own a pics and video site, seriously you might as well close it down or sell it now while it still has some value. Conversion ratios will only get worse and worse till affiliates will lose money promoting you and they either leave adult or have to promote a cams/dating site. The days of pics and video sites are numbered, and there must be 100’s of pics and video sites owners who post here yet you hear them say (insert crickets) nothing about this."
Raw Alex posts: "The funniest part is that AVN stands to lose millions when the Internext shows collapse due to lack of affiliates and programs. Already things are getting thin on the ground and there are a ton of good shows now as alternatives. If the companies that are getting ripped off by the torrent sites that are being supported by Adbrite stopped paying to be at AVN shows, well… that would be a major shift in the realities of the industry. So, AVN… would you like to make your money now, or make it for a long time to come?"
Etology.com is an ad broker used by many of the websites that specialize in stolen content.
Dig0 posts: "I have seen Adbrite advertising on other file-sharing networks, even on a direct-download and flash-movie portals (as in where people upload tv shows for direct watching via flash)."
MJ_AVN posts: "AVN Ads and Adbrite’s sites are two different sites. If you go to AVN Ads and find a Pirate Bay ad for sale, let me know and I’ll look into having it pulled. Adbrite.com is not under our umbrella of sites. Adbrite is a business partner, it is not an AVN entity. Saying that, I will speak to them about whether or not they should be associated with a torrent site and hopefully come to a resolution. It is probably just a case of not monitoring inventory close enough."
Raw Alex posts:
I call bullshit. Adbrite is run with the same software, and is co-owned with AVN and Pud from fucked company. We have had this discussion before in the past, don’t try to weasel you way out of it.
AVN has an ownership position, and as owners and supposed leaders in the industry, you folks need to either step up to the plate or deal with the fallout.
05/31/07 20:47:21 whois adbrite.com
Domain name: adbrite.com
Adbrite and AVN use the same phone number: 877-232-5200.
PleasurePays writes: "I guess it never occurred to them to go to the search form on their own site and search "torrents" and "warez"."
