Dan, help me understand.

You said, "Nothing can be illegally downloaded unless it is first uploaded." Don't the pirates get DVDs and copy the content into formats that can be shared on the internet? Or is there a near foolproof way to prevent that?

Your example discusses a $7.50 scene. I don't know of many scenes I'd pay $7.50 for, certainly not for downloaded quality.

If there is a way to implement protection of DVD content, could producers delay internet release until DVD sales of a title have been realized, then release on the internet pay site? Kinda like a mainstream movie going from theatre to rental to pay-per-view to cable?

They said radio would ruin baseball, but it made more fans come out to the ballpark. I don't know what that has to do with this, but there must be a way to make this work. I really like having fresh content I can play on DVD, and I like to go to a site and download a shitload of scenes in a month, so I am having it both ways now. But, really, most sites I join are only worth about what I pay. The pinnacle of porn for me is getting a new Gag Factor DVD in the mailbox, and I don't think that will change.

I think another factor is that no one else gives a damn if I have a bookcase full of porno DVDs. For some, the computer files are a lot easier to keep discretely. Dunno the answer there.

Again, I don't know enough to have a strong opinion, just some questions and thoughts.

-Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy