Generally the porn business innovates first and key features make their way to more mainstream sites. Nevertheless throughout the last couple of years, many of the new concepts around web applications, like user generated content material, video sharing, went mainstream first and are now hitting the adult porn sites.

Adult movie producers argue that there exists a direct correlation between the accessibility to free online adult porn content to falls in DVD revenue and paid monthly subscriptions. This issue is quite comparable to the issue facing the music industry during the era of Napster. Just like record labels and movie distributors, the adult movie industry has likewise felt the effect of piracy with many of the companies reporting revenue deficits of up to 70% since the introduction of adult tube sites.

The consequence of streaming adult tube websites such as, Redtube, Pornhub and Youporn that mimic user uploaded content model of Youtube has struck the porn industry hard. These sites create 2 primary issues: first, streaming adult internet sites generally include 5-10 minute teaser clips, and second, these internet websites are largely comprised of free, full-length unlicensed content. The most obvious problem is that someone with access to free clips and full-length movies without doubt is not going to be pulling out his credit card to sign up to a website when they are able to watch for free.

With just one or two mouse clicks, anyone with an internet connection can stream bootlegged content that used to cost them $30 and a trip to the adult video shop. Likewise there are several factors why people might elect to pirate video pornography, for example lawful restrictions on its purchase, or basic awkwardness and cost evasion.

If video sales aren't going to be the cash cow they were in the past, a growing number of adult stars are hedging their bets by entering into the piracy-proof arena of adult toys. Fleshlight, a Texas-based manufacturer of male masturbators has got contracts with a number of adult models to produce silicone reproductions of their most intimate parts. Other porn stars have taken it one step further by sponsoring full-size, heated silicone reproductions and now for just $7,000, serious porn fans can pick up an eerily realistic Doppelganger of their much-loved porn stars.

Hardly ever do we hear pro-copyright promoters protesting what many believe may be the demise of the porn industry alongside the music and film industries, despite the fact that they have all experienced significant financial losses due to piracy.

Don't adult films deserve exactly the same sort of strong piracy protection as mainstream works? Who ought to be responsible for policing this content on these kind of adult, streaming tube sites?

The adult porn industry has always been swift to make use of and adapted to new technology, do they really do the same with the increase of streaming tube sites, history shows, sooner or later, the industry will work itself out.