Re: Future of BGAFD?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:57 pm
videokim wrote:
> So who will say what new films are acceptable to data base &
> which ones not when its all internet media formats?
Put simply- the mods. It's their decision, ultimately. As usual,
they'll have to tread the fine line between pragmatism and
comprehensiveness.
All we can do as 'concerned citizens' is discuss the issue and
offer suggestions.... I'd assumed that the largely self-contained
nature of the UK industry and [comparatively] small number of
performers would have made it easier to keep up with new
methods of release- but it seems that this may have been wishful
thinking. I had hoped active contributors would somehow be able
to save, cap and upload here all the new online-only releases.
As for my area of interest, Euro stuff, we're already at saturation-
point on egafd with just the DVD stuff. There's more appearing
than can reasonably be accomodated- for me, personally, just
accurately cataloguing the stuff I've already got access to may
well occupy the next five years.
EBI has made a start with online content by listing relevant websites
under individual actress' listings- but I have my doubts about the
ultimate utility of this approach, especially when the day comes that
many girls have online content only. How does one deal with the
essentially transient nature of these? When, as they often do,
websites disappear, much of the content too presumably vanishes
from the public domain, unless it's re-uploaded elsewhere.
> So who will say what new films are acceptable to data base &
> which ones not when its all internet media formats?
Put simply- the mods. It's their decision, ultimately. As usual,
they'll have to tread the fine line between pragmatism and
comprehensiveness.
All we can do as 'concerned citizens' is discuss the issue and
offer suggestions.... I'd assumed that the largely self-contained
nature of the UK industry and [comparatively] small number of
performers would have made it easier to keep up with new
methods of release- but it seems that this may have been wishful
thinking. I had hoped active contributors would somehow be able
to save, cap and upload here all the new online-only releases.
As for my area of interest, Euro stuff, we're already at saturation-
point on egafd with just the DVD stuff. There's more appearing
than can reasonably be accomodated- for me, personally, just
accurately cataloguing the stuff I've already got access to may
well occupy the next five years.
EBI has made a start with online content by listing relevant websites
under individual actress' listings- but I have my doubts about the
ultimate utility of this approach, especially when the day comes that
many girls have online content only. How does one deal with the
essentially transient nature of these? When, as they often do,
websites disappear, much of the content too presumably vanishes
from the public domain, unless it's re-uploaded elsewhere.