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Don't Screw Us Over: Porn Studios Form Their Own MPAA

by Jordan Yerman | August 6, 2008 at 04:33 am

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Though suing file-sharing sites has no effect on the proliferation of file sharing, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)- and its lawers- sure feel better about themselves for doing it. However, there is a section of the film world that isn't yet positioned to take organized legal action. That's right, the porn industry. Made up of a few well-established companies and who knows how many independent producers (and "producers"), porn production cannot really act collectively. However, one man is trying to change that. Jason Tucker has formed the PAK Group, complete with a catchy mission statement ("committed to taking actino against thieves") and logo. Unless you read the client list, you wouldn't realize that the group focuses on protecting adult content.

The PAK Group was founded in September 2007 by a coalition of producers angry with the spread of piracy online. It originally set out to attack individual file-sharers online, much like the RIAA.

Tucker’s new target refers largely to the deluge of “tube” websites that have sprung up in the past few years: styled after the ever-so-popular YouTube, there are now hundreds of these sites offering free streaming video complete with search engines, indexed content, tagging, and in some cases even a download option. Much of their content, however, is pirated.

It seems like they're first going after the "tube" sites, like porntube and youporn, but we'll see how successful they are going after torrent sites. After all, the MPAA and RIAA have been doing it for years and you're still downloading.

Also, didn't the adult film industry basically revolutionize content delivery on the web? Why are they looking to a dinosaur like the MPAA as a model? It should be the other way around.