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    Default Licensing content?

    Anyone had any experience with this?

    We have Pornhub (owned by the huge conglomerate Manwin) interested in licensing our content. Negotiations are just beginning.

    In the past I have been opposed to the increasing monopolies taking over the adult entertainment industry. But it could be inevitable, just as with the giant automobile manufacturers/oil companies, etc.
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    Default Re: Licensing content?

    I got heavily involved in the issue of licensing my content when I shut down my own indy website and self-hosted webcam. The offers weren't from anyone as large as ManWin, but the underlying principles were the same.

    After analyzing the pros and cons '9 ways from sunday' , my decision essentially boiled down to whether or not I had sufficient trust that the potential licensee would continue to make decisions regarding the future use of my content that were in MY best interest. I ultimately decided that this could never actually happen since profit is tangible while 'best interests' are intangible.

    Beyond that, I then had to evaluate whether or not there would be sufficient financial reward in exchange for potentially having my 'public image' over-distributed, distorted, etc.

    I ultimately decided to tell them 'thanks but no thanks' ... which cost me some solid cash but also more or less guaranteed that I would remain in control of how my pics and videos would be used, and how my 'public image' would be portrayed ... in the USA at least. However, due to the realities of international copyright law, this did not stop some people from 'cashing in' via ( unauthorized ) distribution of my content in Europe etc.

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    Thanks for the reply. It is interesting what they have to say so far. They are much more interested in videos made in other languages, particularly French. But we shall see what they offer.
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    ^^^ sounds like tight supply versus strong demand in the French language niche ... which I actually find a bit surprising. On the other hand, recent news stories of new sky high tax rates prompting lots of rich Frenchmen to expatriate ... many to lower tax rate but non-French speaking countries ... may explain the current demand situation.

    At any rate, best of luck with the 'negotiations'. However, I would recommend that you carefully evaluate the worst case possibilities of any offer.

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    Yeah and other languages. English language material is not in high demand, apparently.
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