MyFreeCams (MFC) is an American

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providing live

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performances by

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, typically featuring

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and

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often ranging from

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and

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with

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History

MFC was launched in 2004,Miami Is the New Epicenter of "Camming"- Interactive Online Porn
, ''

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'', by Allie Conti, Thursday, September 11, 2014 and by 2010 was described by industry group

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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.

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reported the opinion of an adult industry talent agent that models on the site can make "between $75,000 and $100,000 per month",CamGirls: The New Porn Superstars
Thursday, January 17, 2013, 10:44 AM ET By: Chris Morris Special to CNBC.com. leading some established porn stars into becoming

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s. 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

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on MyFreeCams" than on other sites. By 2018, MyFreeCams had acquired 75% ownership of Felix International Limited, the parent company of

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, a

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. 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

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. 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

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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

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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 virtual tokens, which can be used to tip performers or watch private shows. Customers can use text-based live

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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 private messages and

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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

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for broadcasting an MFC show from a public library at the

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, was "banned from MyFreeCams for violating their guidelines and filming in a public place." 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

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for Live Cam Site of the Year was awarded to MFC in 2011, 2012, and 2013. It was additionally named one of the top 50 Industry Newsmakers of 2011 by XBIZ. In 2014, MyFreeCams.com won an AVN award for Best Live Chat Website.

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External links

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History

Concept

Industry recognition

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