MyFreeCams ( MFC) is an American website providing live webcam performances by models, typically featuring nudity and sexual activity often ranging from striptease and erotic talk to masturbation with .
History
MFC was launched in 2004,
[ Miami Is the New Epicenter of "Camming"- Interactive Online Porn , Miami New Times, by Allie Conti, Thursday, September 11, 2014], although its domain was registered in 2002.
In 2010, It was described by industry group
XBIZ as "one of the world's largest adult webcam communities."
[ MyFreeCams.com Nominated for 3 XBIZ Awards , By David Maxwell, Friday, December 31, 2010.] It was reported as having more than 100,000 models and more than five million members.
reported the opinion of an adult industry talent agent that models on the site can make "between $75,000 and $100,000 per month", leading some established porn stars into becoming
.
[ CamGirls: The New Porn Superstars, Thursday, January 17, 2013, 10:44 AM ET By: Chris Morris Special to CNBC.com.] In 2014, it was reported to be "the 344th most visited site on the internet".
Like many similar websites, MyFreeCams features a large number of Romanian, Colombian, Czech, Filipina, Ukrainian and Russian performers, though "on the performer side there are more
Americans on MyFreeCams" than on other sites.
[ Porn's new capitals: Romania and Colombia?, By Chris Morris, CNBC, Thursday, January 22, 2015.]
By 2018, MyFreeCams had acquired 75% ownership of Fenix International Limited, the parent company of OnlyFans, a subscription service.
MyFreeCams occasionally facilitates special events for models. For example, in January 2019 the company arranged a private concert for models only, featuring a performance by rapper Cardi B.
Google Trends shows a steady decline in people searching for MyFreeCams over the past five years.
In 2018, the Government of India blocked MyFreeCams, among other porn websites, after a Uttarakhand High Court court order demanding the same in a rape case where the perpetrators said they were motivated to do so after watching online pornography.
Concept
MFC is used mostly by amateur webcam models, or camgirls, who earn money for their performances on the site.
[ Intimacy on the Web, With a Crowd, Matt Richtel, The New York Times, September 21, 2013.] Customers of the site can purchase
Token coin, which can be used to tip performers or watch
Sex show.
Customers can use text-based live
Online chat to talk to each other or in each performer's channel. The performers use a webcam and microphone to broadcast live video and audio to their channel. Both members and performers can send
Personal message and
Email to each other.
The website does impose some restrictions on the activities performed by models on cam. For example, in February 2015 a webcam model who had been charged with a misdemeanor for broadcasting an MFC show from a public library at the Oregon State University, was "banned from MyFreeCams for violating their guidelines and filming in a public place."[ Kendra Sunderland: Oregon State Cam Girl Speaks Out About Library Video, February 6, 2015.] Although no police charges were laid, the site also banned a model who engaged in similar activity at branches of the Windsor, Ontario Public Library over a three-month period.
Industry recognition
The
XBIZ Award for Live Cam Site of the Year was awarded to MFC in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
[ Web-Tech Winners Power 2013 XBIZ Awards , By Stephen Yagielowicz, XBIZ.com, Sat, January 12, 2013 09:00am PST, "The 2013 XBIZ Award for Live Cam Site of the Year went to MyFreeCams.com."] It was additionally named one of the top 50 Industry Newsmakers of 2011 by XBIZ.
[ XBIZ World Magazine Names Top 50 Industry Newsmakers of 2011 , By Bob Johnson, Friday, December 16, 2011.] In 2014, MyFreeCams.com won an AVN award for Best Live Chat Website.
[31st AVN Awards]
See also
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