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Middle Men
2009 · Film · 105 min
Directed by George Gallo
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
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Oh yes I have noticed the "middlemen" given my background and experience as I have formerly been one multiple times since the mid 90s. My efforts are currently undercutting the middlemen and their proliferation as the number of payments companies alone in the last few years has exploded as has fees which are crushing even established brands which have little to no understanding when it comes to payments.
If one did not already know online payments originated and was perfected from adult content consumption just as many technologies were but history shuns the stigma - the stories I have. Worth the watch > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Men_(film)
Maybe we just go back to trading farm animals? j/k
That's essentially what the movie Middle Men was about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Men_(film)
Ahhh "Middle Men" -- if you weren't thinking of that movie with this comment, I must suggest that everyone watch it. It's about (Hollywoodified) the two guys who created credit card processing over the Internet-- according to the movie, parts of their system are still in use today.
Internet porn billing/Paycom came some time before PayPal. See movie "Middle Men" for reference.
Middle men:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1251757/
The bell idea was great.
Have you ever seen the movie Middle Men? It's about some Internet entrepreneurs who setup a payment processor for porn sites. The transaction would show up as "24/7 billing" on your credit card statements. Definitely worth watching.
There was a pretty funny scene in Middle Men regarding this very topic. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1251757/
Like the Middle Men reference, awful movie, but great ideas. Need to hook some Arduino up at the office for that.