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Evil Angel
By LUKE IS BACK |

Gone are the days when being at Evil was a porn director’s wildest dream…people there are simply not making money anymore. Jake Malone is so broke he had to make up a fake name so he can shoot camera for all the Red Light guys. Jonny Darkko has been doing the same for years (he shoots for New Sensations with the name Xavier Mann). And Belladonna just signed a performing deal with Vivid…




As I keep saying: The industry needs to crack down on pirates and filesharing in a big way. If people can get it for free, then they are not going to pay for it. When the only way to see something is to pay for it, then you'll get your sale.

I see Justin Slayer has some sort of feature-type deal coming out called 'Merc'. Might do well at the awards shows, but who knows about sales when it will be ripped and ready on either Nigger Worship, Mr. Marcus' forum, or both, within a week of streeting.

When the industry starts taking it seriously and cracking a few heads, then the profits will return...unless somebody seriously believes that people are watching less porn all of a sudden?



With the music industry's billions of dollars and high power attorneys, they can't even stop piracy. What makes you think these porners can stop piracy? Piracy is here. It is like HIV and AIDS. There is no cure but there are solutions to live with it. Porners will have to live with piracy. They must learn to adapt to it and change their business plan accordingly. If they don't they will be driven to oblivion. You think DVD companies have problems? It's worst for internet porn companies but they manage to stay in business.



I've been beating this dead horse for about two years now...

If I were running some big companys distribution I would follow a hybrid Hollywood/cable network distribution model. First I would terminate all VOD/online contracts. Then I would create various web "channels" based on the type of product and I would distribute to retail first (since porn has no real theatrical release), then I would use the web channels to pump the living shit out of the retail releases for the first 30 days with massive teaser "infomercial" play along with "the making of" videos. Next, I would integrate in programming to sell direct to consumer and full length movies after they have been on the shelf for 60-90 days.

Here's the logic. You ship to retail first, pump releases (with full disclosure to retailers as to what you are doing) to get customers into retail. Moving more product at retail gets you bigger orders AND better shelf space, which in turn helps you move more product. Once retail sales start to drop on a product, you go direct to consumer online to make your library keep paying. The online releases, months after they hit the retail shelf, just extend library sales. You remove the middle man doing VOD, stop cannibalizing your retail and direct to consumer sales, and you start making a hell of a lot more money because your product is controlled.