Yup. Cannot agree more with you.
Any notion of unvulnerability at present circumstances is simply riduculous, when it comes to any private business. (The governments have agreed to save the systemic banks and possibly even systemic industries. Sadly, porn ain't one of those yet.)
Coming from an extremely competitive private business, I am rather sure that the porn studios will act just like all the other competitive business do: squeeze where they can.
They will keep the DVD prices stable as long as they can and they will keep the management as happy as they possibly can. Those, down the pecking order will be told to work for half the usual wage with an amazing array of 'reasons' for it, none of them bearing any resemblance to the facts at hand whatsoever.
Whenever the proverbial shit hits the equally proverbial fan, the big dudes declare it an 'opportunity' and an easy 'challenge' to increase their own profits. The beauty of it is that even when the 'reasons' for all the pay cuts have long disappeared, the established new wages still have to go a very long way to catch up with the reality, making the guys at the top even richer.
What is a smart free-lancer to do?
Hold onto your usual rates for as long as you possibly can. Make sure that under the circumstances, you do not get to be the first one to get screwed the bad way. …
KD
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