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Allowing arbitrary/anonymous upload is a way for a company to host pirated content without being sued, because they can hide behind (or traditionally have hid b
by ocdtrekkie 6y ago
Allowing arbitrary/anonymous upload is a way for a company to host pirated content without being sued, because they can hide behind (or traditionally have hid behind) Section 230.
It's absolutely true that the death of anonymous upload on Pornhub will be a massive boon to commercial and professional adult performers, who will find piracy of their content evaporate overnight. This may actually bring on a renaissance for the adult industry, given how much harm Pornhub has had to the revenues of many studios. Users are going to have a harder time finding that content outside of torrents or the like, so I'm not sure I'd call it a straight upside for them.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoI dunno, beyond Pornhub there seem to be a dozen other similar sites. Unless they all ban uploading, it will just continue there.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoSure, but Pornhub is the largest and probably the most technically superior. And it's likely after this, it'll be easier to bring the smaller sites down as well.