Porn studios who struggle for existence

[gapelover]

Since more and more people downloading porn for free from share forums, here's a list of studios who struggle for existence or going down in flames.

studios down lately:
http://defiancefilms.com/index.php
http://mach2ent.com/mach2ent.html
http://www.platinumxpictures.com/

also there are no or less new titles at these studios:
https://secure.legenddirect.com/dvd.php
http://www.smashdvds.com/show.php?a=6_1
http://www.dvsx.com/index.php

Take care

[gepont]

It's not the FREE downloads on the first place but the Downloads in general, I mean subscription, PPD and VOD.
On Mach2 website says Click here "to print the order form and fax to..." WTF? Nobody's using fax anymore!
No shopping cart on Definace website either not to mention VOD or subscription. Only a phone number... Thanks. Smash pictures: the same.

They're struggling because they can't keep up with the changes, not because they are extensively pirated. If you have a look on a torrent toplist, the first 10 titles will be Teravision, Evil Angel, etc. (apart from a few home and amateur flicks) not these. They are going down because their product or business model is crap, nothing else.
I don't say piracy is not a big issue, it is, but so far piracy is not the reason to go down to any company, because the more you sell the more will be pirated, that's equation and vice versa, if your titles are the top torrents, that means you must sell a lot
But true, the business is getting tougher, the market is overflooded, the Dollar is crap, etc. I don't think you'll see a new Larry Flynt or Hef or Bert Milton in the near future (I mean someone who starts from scrap and becomes a billionaire from this business).

[gapeman]

It's not the FREE downloads on the first place but the Downloads in general, I mean subscription, PPD and VOD.
On Mach2 website says Click here "to print the order form and fax to..." WTF? Nobody's using fax anymore!
No shopping cart on Definace website either not to mention VOD or subscription. Only a phone number... Thanks. Smash pictures: the same.

They're struggling because they can't keep up with the changes, not because they are extensively pirated. If you have a look on a torrent toplist, the first 10 titles will be Teravision, Evil Angel, etc. (apart from a few home and amateur flicks) not these. They are going down because their product or business model is crap, nothing else.
I don't say piracy is not a big issue, it is, but so far piracy is not the reason to go down to any company, because the more you sell the more will be pirated, that's equation and vice versa, if your titles are the top torrents, that means you must sell a lot
But true, the business is getting tougher, the market is overflooded, the Dollar is crap, etc. I don't think you'll see a new Larry Flynt or Hef or Bert Milton in the near future (I mean someone who starts from scrap and becomes a billionaire from this business).

You are right ...but also there is a generalized worldwide crisis ...also DVD is changing to BlueRay format...Downloading is the quickest thing(although never will have the quality of a DVD or Blueray movie)...more people everyday use computer to watch porn instead of TV...pirate downloading.........and the worst thing in my opinion is:anyone can upload and dowload AMATEUR HOMEMADE PORN FOR FREE,so many people (that used to buy porn) don´t need to buy porn in any format ...few years ago that was imposible

[gepont]

Yes, many things would be impossible a few years ago, for example i wouldn't be able to shoot in HD quality with a $1000 camera, setup a website in 2 hours from scratch to a working "order now" button, get 6000 GB server bandwidth for $9/month, etc...
Regarding free amateur homemade porn: yes, it's a new segment, but it won't kill porn, it's a special taste. I don't think AssTraffic or Digital Playground is affected by the homemade porn flood, coz you'll never see a girl like Tera Patrick, Clara G or whoever is your favorite EB doing free homemade porn. Amateur girls will be... amateurs, next door girl looks. If you like them, good for you. If you want to see Aletta covered in sperm, you have to pay for it in the future too (if we don't consider illegal download as an option). DVD is over, HD quality download is exceeding it's quality now and it doesn't take much longer to download 4 GB of video than to drive to a video store and buy a DVD.... I hear these cries that somebody prefers to watch porn or movies on his TV instead of a computer screen but the fact is, in less than 5 years the two will be the same single device.

[Speelie]

I have read rumors that ISPs will be limiting bandwidth usage by their customers in the future, and that various anti-piracy agencies in some governents may start shutting down or limiting some torrent and sharing sites (Rapidshare, in particular). Is there anything to these rumors?

If there is, the DVD may see a resurgence.

[Walter Burns]

I have read rumors that ISPs will be limiting bandwidth usage by their customers in the future,

Already happened here.

[gepont]

I was on a conference in Hollywood a few weeks ago and there was an anti-piracy discussion where Evan Seinfeld (CEO Teravision) said a new kind of alliance is forming between mainstream film business, the music business (which been hit the hardest of all genres by piracy) and ISPs and they are open to join forces (and money) with the porn industry against piracy. They say they hope they will be able to shut down RapidShare in a few months and also some of the biggest torrent sites. But many of them skeptic (including myself), you may win a battle but you can't win the war this way.

ISPs are in a difficult situation anyway, take for example Time-Warner, they are in both the film, the music and the ISP business through their vast cable network. What makes more money to TW? If they help eliminate piracy by blocking certain ports or sites or limiting bandwidth, they might loose customers who will opt for a "free" ISP instead of TW. And the competition always will create "free" ISPs, even if the big networks buy out the smaller ones. So they going to loose customers and not just for their internet service but maybe on the home phone and the cable front too. That could cost TW a solid $100 and up per month per customer. Will the customer spend this $100 on TW products (movies, music), I don't think so. So eventually they won't block users but they will fight half-heartedly against share and torrent sites.

[gapelover]

Ha, they don't need to eliminate rapidshare and the biggest torrent sites only.
There are so much more upload hosts. They have to shut down the biggest share forums also. But i think, if they will shut down one forum then two others will rise in a few minutes.
Don't you have noticed, you can download nearly every full movie for free from the net, if you search for it (and you don't have to search hard). Same with the clips from pay sites. The most bad thing for the idustrie is that you can download everything a few days after release dates finally.
This should not harm the industries ?
Studios need to find a solution against piracy quickly or it will kill more producers.

And don't ask me, if i have ever downloaded something for free, of course i have done, because it's for free! Who has not ?

[Mr. Peter]

I think limiting bandwidth is the dumbest thing ever thought out by ISPs.
They cant make money from slow internet.
On the contrary I think the future in the motion picture business lies in HD movie downloads with good prices via fast internet connections provided by ISPs. Blueray, even any other physicaly distributed media will be always more expensive and not so responsive in the distribution. The solution is not to make better securities, more locked down sites, and what not, but in clever business plan which will positively adress the customers and wont bring the company down in the first month. And also to bring from time to time with some new ideas, too many companies are relying on their model too long. See them above for example...