NEW YORK—During his first two years in the adult industry, Dominic Ford has learned a thing or two about how to run a successful website. DominicFord.com and his award-winning 3D DVD line, DominicFord Features, have continued to make headlines since bursting onto the porn scene two years ago. One of the pieces to the puzzle of running a successful porn company is fighting rampant piracy.
Last year, Dominic Ford began developing a new and powerful weapon for use on his site. When he teamed up with industry veteran Peter Phinney, the two realized the solution would be a benefit to the entire industry.
“As we became more and more well known, I noticed our content popping up in alarming numbers all over the internet,” said Dominic Ford. “While our membership base has been growing for the last two years, piracy is a problem that is plaguing us as much as it is plaguing the rest of the industry. We couldn't find a solution we thought worked well, nor could we find a company whose staff was attuned specifically to the adult space."
And, like that, Porn Guardian was born.
"While we had developed a quite robust set of tools for our in-house use, we evolved it to become even better, bigger, and developed unique features that would help not only us, but the industry at large," added Ford.
Porn Guardian is based out of NYC and has offices in Los Angeles as well. The company has a dedicated staff that patrols blogs, file-sharing sites, torrents, newsgroups and other places on the internet where files are being illegally shared. As soon as new files are discovered, they are taken down either immediately (through company's special arrangement with file-sharing companies) or through an automated DMCA process.
Porn Guardian also supplies clients with detailed reporting and currently has a 98 percent take-down rate on files discovered. The company will provide substantial evidence across its client base in the case its clients wish to pursue class action lawsuits against any uncooperative site.
Porn Guardian's confidential client list already includes almost every top company in the industry. Porn Guardian pricing is geared to be affordable by both small and large sites and is available upon request.
For more information on the service, visit PornGuardian.com.
