On January 15, several important players in the adult industry met to discuss copyright infringement at the “Piracy Rountable” at Internext in Las Vegas. Piracy has always been a problem for the adult industry, but now with advancing technology on the internet it is becoming more widespread and almost uncontrollable. Porn tubes, torrent sites and P2P file-sharing all contribute to this growing piracy problem.
A lawyer who specializes in the adult industry, Allan Gelbard, was present for the discussion. He recommended that producers should fight back using quick and forceful legal action against the websites that host stolen content.
Gelbard notes that it is important to maintain a database of offending websites while proceeding to send them legal notices to immediately take down the content in question. However, if Gelbard is suggesting that we do this manually, this is not a practical solution because every instance of stolen content is difficult (if not impossible) to keep track of because each spreads virally in all directions through various media.
Instead, the adult industry needs technology like Attributor to fight copyright infringement. Attributor constantly scans the internet to identify unauthorized websites that are stealing your content. You can tell Attributor which content to look out for and the bot will monitor the internet for new instances of your stolen content. Then, directly from the Attributor interface, you can send DMCA Takedown notices to those unauthorized websites.
Attributor is more than an advanced version of Copyscape. It also tracks photos and videos too, which is a critical feature for the adult industry.
A smart entrepreneur should create a service like Attributor that sifts through all the user-generated Porn 2.0 websites to look out for stolen content. Or maybe Attributor can lend its technology to create a specialized service just for porn.
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