Jes and I make part of our living doing amateur shots.. piracy will always be just as big an issue for us as it is for the bigger companies. As far as porn goes, you can find free porn anywhere, and many times it's in the form of an entire site rip available to download as a free torrent file - This is usually months or even years of archived photos and video that would normally have cost quite a bit of money in membership fees over the years to obtain.
You can't stop piracy, I'm a geek and I know this all too well. It's just too easy for people to get their hands on anything they want. HOWEVER, I would rather see my work stolen thousands of times over than to be like many and sit idle while the government works to limit our rights concerning what we can and can't do on the internet. I don't want to preach here but we're letting fear of losing some money year to year take away our rights and liberties on the internet. Soon they will be controlling what types of porn you see. If you think I sound nuts, check out the porn laws in other nations around the world.
The truth is, some people just aren't going to pay for things- and that's the bottom line. The pirates have ALWAYS been one step ahead of those working to stop them.
Other people see piracy as stealing, and as wrong, and will pay for things no matter what because of this core value. Time Warner, myself, and others should appeal to these people, and make our products available to them - and stop wasting time and resources fighting a war we can't win. Fighting this war is like fighting terrorism. Need I say more?
