leveragehunters:

teapotsahoy:

Pornhub steals sex-workers’ labour, monetizes it, and gives them nothing back.  It drives down the price of their work, and forces them to make more dangerous choices to get the same compensation.

Maybe don’t hand fandom over to them.

Since people in the notes were asking what this was about, this is what I understood it to be referring to:

Don’t Let Them Trick You – MindGeek, PornHub, and YouPorn are Bad News

One of the biggest issues with MindGeek companies is that they do not
regulate stolen content. This means users can upload clips they got
from any performer without that performer benefitting. There are even allegations that they cheat the system:

For example, one shady scenario involves a company that
knowingly and willingly submits infringing content to its tube site — or
pays others to do it for them — under the guise of “user” uploads. Then
in an effort to seemingly comply with the DMCA, removes clips on
request — only to have the compliance department send the removed
material to the upload department, where this cynically cyclical process
is endlessly repeated.

The monopoly MindGeek holds on streaming sites, in addition to the
big production names they own or are involved with, make it very
difficult for performers to feel like they can speak up. Adult actress
Tasha Reign said,
“It’s like we’re stuck between a rock and a hard place in a way,
because if I want to shoot content then I kinda have to shoot for
[Mindgeek] because that’s the company that books me because they
own…almost…everything.” The fear of being blacklisted by a company that owns nearly 100 sites is terrifying.

Siri, the owner of Abby Winters, said,
“From personal experience, I know how hard it is to get my copyrighted
content removed from tube sites – even the purportedly “legit” ones that
porn magnate MindGeek owns still force copyright holders to jump
through hoops to get our content removed from tube sites.” She goes on
to explain that, like Walmart, MindGeek purposely has built a monopoly
by providing ‘free’ content. Hell, they even profit more off pirated
content than the stuff they produce and own.

See also:

• Pornhub Piracy Stopped Me Producing Porn, Jenna Haze Says

• Pornhub makes a splash at the AVNs, the Oscars for adult entertainment
  

• 
  The Hidden Economics of Porn

So maybe let’s not hand fandom over to a shady as hell, ethically dubious, massive-monopoly owned company that screws over sex-workers, eh?