LOS ANGELES - The Global Anti-Piracy Agency (GAPA) has been created by leaders in the adult industry to fight Internet piracy. GAPA is an independent, nonprofit trade org that will be based in Los Angeles and will be supported via contributions from members.
Eric Johnson, president of Sureflix Digital Distribution Inc., will serve as chairman of the board.
"Sureflix is committed to providing initial and ongoing support to enable the long-term survival of the organization," Johnson said. "We're looking to members of the adult industry for organizational and financial support to ensure that GAPA becomes an effective and independent organization. Towards that end, we've appointed Caryn Goldberg, a well-respected leader in the adult entertainment industry, as interim executive director."
Goldberg is the former president and publisher of Specialty Publications.
"Adult content producers, distributors, retailers, and online providers are facing an inescapable truth," she said. "Piracy not only affects sales volume, it puts downward pressure on the price consumers are willing to pay for adult content. GAPA will be the adult entertainment industry's watchdog. We'll fight piracy at every level."
The adult industry loses $2 billion a year because of file sharing, pirate servers, hackers, and illegal dupes of films.
For more information about GAPA, contact Goldberg at (818) 287-8383.
