Ramblings of Narc

Here’s a neat question for you: what do you think the most traded media on the Internet is?

Is it:

1. Feature-length movies?
2. Music?
3. TV Series?
4. Video Games?
5. None of the above?

As it turns out, the answer is (e) None of the above. “The Internet is for porn” is not just a catchy show-tune. Note that I’m not referring to the most bandwidth consumed, the honor of which goes to spam — I’m referring to actual, user-shared, P2P trafficked media.

So if that’s true, then we can start to look at the RIAA/MPAA’s claims that “The Internet/downloads are destroying the [music/movie] industry”. By this statement, it should be impossible to make any money selling porn on the Internet, right?

…Yeah, and if you believe that, I’ve got a bridge to sell ya. I don’t believe I’ve mentioned this before here on the blog, but I work with porn every day as part of my regular job, and let me tell you: the only time the signups stop is when someone does something stupid to break them. Otherwise, they just keep coming.

So if free porn didn’t kill the pornography industry, what makes the *AA think that free music/movies are going to kill their respective industries? Perhaps they’re hiding some feelings of inadequacy?