YouPorn

TheMercenary · 11-09-2007, 09:48 AM

I could not figure out where to put this. And since the internet is such a huge part of our lives today and this deals with the business end and how the industry is changing, I want to put it into current events to get a larger discussion going. The article is seven magazine pages but interesting anyway. The Mercenary.

http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lif.../YouPorn#page1

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Obscene Losses
by Claire Hoffman November 2007 Issue
DVD sales are in free fall. Audiences are flocking to pornographic knockoffs of YouTube, especially a secretive site called YouPorn. And the amateurs are taking over. What’s happening to the adult-entertainment industry is exactly what’s happening to its Hollywood counterpart—only worse.

On Friday, May 18, Steve Hirsch, founder of Vivid Entertainment Group, the world’s largest producer of adult videos, was expecting a mysterious visitor. But Stephen Paul Jones was late. When Jones, an unknown figure in the pornography world, finally arrived in the all-white reception area of Vivid’s Los Angeles offices at 2 p.m., he was apologetic. His private plane had broken down, he explained, and he was forced to fly commercial. Hirsch, dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, found that excuse a little slick. But he was eager to speak with Jones, so he let it slide and introduced him to two Vivid colleagues. When the four men sat down in the company’s conference room, Jones got right to the point: He wanted Vivid to buy his website, YouPorn.com.

As its name suggests, YouPorn lets users upload and watch a virtually unlimited selection of hardcore sex videos for free. The user-generated clips on YouPorn—like those on YouTube, the site it mimics—range from the grainiest amateur footage to the slickest professional product. Also, like YouTube, the site has far more traffic than income. Just nine months after going live, in September 2006, YouPorn was on pace to log about 15 million unique visitors in May, Jones told the Vivid executives, and its audience was growing at a rate of 37.5 percent a month. Today, YouPorn is the No. 1 adult site in the world; Vivid.com, a pay site, is ranked 5,061. According to Alexa, a website-ranking company, YouPorn’s overall rank is higher than CNN.com (84), About.com (114), and Weather.com (195). (Those numbers are averages for the three-month period from mid-June to mid-September.)

read on...

lumberjim · 11-09-2007, 10:07 AM

My partner often tells me that YouPorn changed his life. srsly.

ZenGum · 11-09-2007, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

My partner often tells me that YouPorn changed his life. srsly.

LJ ???

My "partner" ??

Changed "HIS" life???

Congratulations on coming out!

Be proud, man!

No wait I don't mean the winking smiley in this context. Oh dear. It was to indicate humour!!!

richlevy · 11-10-2007, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

LJ ???

My "partner" ??

Changed "HIS" life???

Congratulations on coming out!

Be proud, man!

No wait I don't mean the winking smiley in this context. Oh dear. It was to indicate humour!!!

Does this mean that Jinx is available?:p

SparkStalker · 11-13-2007, 03:15 PM

So YouPorn is the #1 porn site. And I only discovered it yesterday. I guess I need to stay in more...

That being said, I'm surprised anyone ever made money off of porn on the Internet, especially in the last five years or so. And I'm surprised it's taken this long for the adult video industry to feel the sting...

Cicero · 11-13-2007, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Does this mean that Jinx is available?:p

Yeah....

No...but really.

lumberjim · 11-13-2007, 09:47 PM

BUSINESS partner, fuckers.

ZenGum · 11-13-2007, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

BUSINESS partner, fuckers.

This post was also carelessly worded ...

So ... you're business partners as well as being fuckers, then, eh?

:p :p :p

lumberjim · 11-13-2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

This post was also carelessly worded ...

So ... you're business partners as well as being fuckers, then, eh?

:p :p :p

this kind of witty repartee may work with cicero, but lemme tell you.....man on man......it aint gettin you nowhere with me.

ZenGum · 11-14-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

this kind of witty repartee may work with cicero, but lemme tell you.....man on man......it aint gettin you nowhere with me.

so... you thinkin' about a little man-on-man action then eh? :p

Sorry, not really my sort of thing, I'm sure you'll find someone.

: chuckles :

lumberjim · 11-14-2007, 10:50 AM

weak

bigw00dy · 11-14-2007, 10:54 AM

im sure a soon-to-be close contender to youp0rn is the up and cumming redtube.com

go ahead............check it out

ZenGum · 11-14-2007, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

weak

Weak ... nope, can't get much out of that.

You don't seem amused ... dare I quote your signature line at you?

Shawnee123 · 11-14-2007, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Weak ... nope, can't get much out of that.

Unless you mention weak wrists.

lumberjim · 11-14-2007, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Weak ... nope, can't get much out of that.

You don't seem amused ... dare I quote your signature line at you?

i WAS amused.....i just thought setting the ball that high with man-on-man....you could have done better with it. i have never had a problem laughing at myself...i do require that it be funny though. wanna do over?

11-09-2007, 10:07 AM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	My partner often tells me that YouPorn changed his life. srsly. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-13-2007, 09:47 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	BUSINESS partner, fuckers. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-14-2007, 10:50 AM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	weak __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-14-2007, 10:54 AM	#12
bigw00dy I'm here once in a while Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 458	im sure a soon-to-be close contender to youp0rn is the up and cumming redtube.com go ahead............check it out __________________ flickr®

11-13-2007, 03:15 PM	#5
SparkStalker Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 36	So YouPorn is the #1 porn site. And I only discovered it yesterday. I guess I need to stay in more... That being said, I'm surprised anyone ever made money off of porn on the Internet, especially in the last five years or so. And I'm surprised it's taken this long for the adult video industry to feel the sting...

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