josh_the_hot_boy
1-800-DIAL-A-FUCK
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Why is it that nobody has a problem with spending a few dollars on a beer, or a cup of coffee, but that the guys who bring you entertainment in our videos are losing out big time because their work gets pirated beyond belief? Why is it that so many people feel that porn should be free to download or even free to be given away without the people who actually create it having a say in that?
Porn is not free to create, the costs of producing one DVD title are huge, depending on the number of models involved and the locations we use to shoot the videos. We have to pay the models and cameramen. We need equipment like cameras, professional lighting and computers. We need to setup locations. We have the guys do HIV and STD testing. Then there is the post production work such as editing, graphical work, manufacturing the actual DVDs etcetera. To earn back only the costs of production, we need to sell more than 1000 DVDs or downloads of each production.
Do you know what it costs to run the day to day work to keep you entertained? Just maintaining the websites, paying the salaries of our programmers, our designers, our editors, all overhead (utility bills, housing, bookkeeping, taxes, our webservers)? Do you have any idea what it costs to just bring you our services 24/7 so you can get your entertaiment delivered when you want it where you want it? We have to pay for all of that, for your benefit, from what we can sell in downloads and DVDs.
Our income, gained through legitimate sales of our videos, has over the past 2 to 3 years dropped by a staggering 75 to 80%. Because we are not a main stream Hollywood film studio, we never made millions out of our work as some people seem to think. Our market is really a niche with a limited number of people who are interested in it and you are one of those happy few. Then on our budget a 75% drop does make a huge difference.
Now the piracy rate has grown to 1 to 8 or even 1 to 10, we simply fail to sell enough legitimate DVDs and downloads. We never sold anywhere close to 10.000 DVDs in the past of any given title, our niche market is really not that big but we were doing OK. Now with so much piracy going on, we can hardly get the income we need to finance our work. It does not take a mathematician to figure that out. OTB has become the victim of its own success. Because our videos are relatively popular compared to other studios, they only get pirated more reducing our sales to levels that are too low to continue.
Because of the decline in sales we already had to close one of our 5 offices and because of that 4 people have already lost their jobs. Those were real full time, paying jobs, providing people with the means to live. Because of this also our production of new videos has been minimized over the past year, so most models have faced a complete loss of income too! We are sure that is not what you intended, but it is the hard side of piracy in reality.
We understand that the crisis has had an effect, but the real pain is that too many formerly paying clients turned to piracy as their source of videos. Why pay if you can find it for free? Well we can answer that question: if this gets any worse it will finish us off and we will never shoot any new video ever again. You won't get to see the new guys who applied to model, you won't see any future models, nor will you ever see any of your favorite current models ever again. And this does not only apply to OTB, but to most studios out here face the same problems. If you want new videos, you somehow have to find a way to be fair to the people who work hard to bring you your entertainment.
Then let's talk about the models. Many times we get the question if we treat our models right, and we are always proud to say that we do. We pay them for one shoot what they would normally earn in two weeks or a month of doing a regular job. Many of the boys use those payments to improve their lives and some of them we could even offer a full time job in doing other work for the company. Many new models came to us because of the stories of other models. Now compare that with the actions of piracy. The only goal of piracy is gaining without giving, having without contributing. It makes the question if we treat our models right rather weird if it comes from people who feel it is OK to pirate our work.
Now around us here in Bogota, hundreds of boys, one even cuter and hotter than than the other, want to be a model. They are literally waiting to get their pants off and screw each other silly for your entertainment, IF only we could get back to a situation that EVERYONE who likes to watch them fuck suck and
as only OTB models do, would chip in and pay a small share of the costs we face to create new videos. With that we do mean EVERYONE without ANY exception and with small share we do mean that 5 dollars is still a help too if that is all that you can afford.We realize that piracy is not going away any day soon and because of that we do need to look at this issue somehow. We do see more and more of the bigger studios trying to go agressively after the people that give away their work illegally. Several studios are starting lawsuits, some even aimed at people just downloading their movies illegally. For us that is not the way to go forward. We want to believe that most people will want to be fair, especially if they understand the situation better..
We are sure you guys are all honest people, who now you realize what the real situation is, will feel things need to be brought to a fair and balanced situation for all. If we are right, then every one of you will contribute something and we can then just say that the balance has been recovered and OTB can create loads of new videos without having any problems doing so.
You want new videos, we need to sell to be able to create them. So let's make a deal. Every time that you obtained and watched one of our movies without paying anything for it, if indeed it has brought you joy and pleasure, what was that worth to you? Would that be for example the same as what you paid for one or two drinks the last time you were out? Is it worth the price of a gallon of gasoline, a box of chewing gum, or a tube of lubricant? What is it worth to you to get the models a decent income by helping to finance our productions by simply putting down a few dollars for them? As we said, this is all about being fair, even if you do not have lots to spend, would 5 dollars be a big problem for you? You know we will make good use of your money, because you know our movies and you like them.
Only together we can make things happen. When we have collected 20.000 USD through this page, we will use that money to shoot the next Bareback Friends title, for which we have some very nice ideas. We will then reset this rolling fund and start saving up for the money needed for the following title, Innocents 2 could be that next one as we already have the script and we really want to shoot it for you. You can always see the progress on the bar below which is maintained automatically after every contribution.
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Seen the number of illegal downloads (thousands and thousands !!!) we do know that you guys love our work, so why don't we just do this together? Just pay for your porn what you can afford. We do not ask for much, just a few bucks for getting you off. If you can afford more, then you can choose a higher amount. You decide what it is worth to you.
If you did download one or more illegal copies of our videos, would you contribute your share in the costs of creating those movies? We in turn will view your contribution as a fair payoff for your downloads. You do not have only our word for it, you will also have the transaction and the confirmation of it to back that up. Like that, because you contribute, you′re helping us to produce and you are part of the team that makes things happen. It’s good and fair for everyone like that.
YES, I feel it is fair that I pay OTB a contribution for the pleasure that you brought me! On the next page I will fill out the amount that I feel should be appropriate. (minimum contribution is 5 US dollars, because of the need to cover transaction costs).
No, I do not wish to contribute anything because:
Please do feel free to comment, as we are always interested in your opinion. After all, we work for you, our fans, friends and clients. Without you there are no videos. It is only in cooperation that we can make things happen.
No matter if you downloaded pirated copies there are no hard feelings, there is only our desire to move forward together. Please do move forward with us and the score between you and OTB is even. We are all on the same team anyway and our interest is the same as well: getting new videos out there of the cutest boys of the world.
This is posted on their website. I'm curious what you guys think?
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