Here's an update, folks.
Not sure how accurate the whole "Sean Cody kept bad records" story is.
AEBN currently has 735 Sean Cody scenes for rental or stream by the minute - but not purchase. I didn't do a real deep dive into their offerings, but it appears to be a mix of newer and classic content including time honored favorites like Calvin.
Gayhotmovies.com has 657 SC scenes available for purchase or stream by the minute, though it appears to be mostly newer post 2010 content. Though again - I only looked at the first couple of pages of search results.
There may be other resellers that also carry their content, but these are the only two I looked at.
It appears that the new overlords at Mindgeek either sold or licensed out all those scenes that were yanked from the main site - and didn't appreciate the assets they were sitting on. Or the fact that most of their new content sucks.
I've not looked at MG's financials so I'm just spitballing, but it's possible that they're overleveraged from too many acquisitions bought with debt and they needed cash. Or maybe they're just not that good at their jobs. Back in my MBA program a million years ago, we'd have used terms like "lack of vision," "short term thinking" or "failing to understand the customer."
Anybody have any new info that might fill in some of the blanks?