Re:Programmer behind YouPorn empire arrested in Belgium
by true_religion on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @01:30AM
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> seems far more likely that the content is mostly uploaded by paid staff.
That's true, but the paid staff is on the end of the content producers in exchange for having their advertisement placed next to the videos.
Also, Manwin actually charges content producers a 'content rate' in order to use their tube-sites for traffic generation. In the beginning, most tubes had unauthorized full videos which would draw in a user base, but were succeptible to DMCA take down. Now with their premier place in the marktplace, Manwin seeds their tubes with either their own content or requires content partners to produce 1 full video per X weeks in order to remain a featured partner.
As for clips... those are freebies given out to affiliates, I have a hard time believing that everyone doesn't use bots to upload that to the Tube-sites.
That's true, but the paid staff is on the end of the content producers in exchange for having their advertisement placed next to the videos.
Also, Manwin actually charges content producers a 'content rate' in order to use their tube-sites for traffic generation. In the beginning, most tubes had unauthorized full videos which would draw in a user base, but were succeptible to DMCA take down. Now with their premier place in the marktplace, Manwin seeds their tubes with either their own content or requires content partners to produce 1 full video per X weeks in order to remain a featured partner.
As for clips... those are freebies given out to affiliates, I have a hard time believing that everyone doesn't use bots to upload that to the Tube-sites.