And you thought you were having a hard time at work… Recession has just reached the world of eroticism, which was traditionally (and often wrongfully) thought a crisis-proof industry. So says BDSM giant Kink.com, that despite being the largest specialized production house has just cut the salaries of its camgirls, unleashing an unprecedented protest.

The girls from the Kink Live division jointly wrote a letter to the management lamenting the news, which would force most of them to seek new employments to keep afloat. Actresses are especially questioning the cut at a time when the company is generally flourishing. The surprise pay-cut was also shocking as a large part of Kink’s success is founded on transparency and its perfectly ethical treatment of models.

The most curious part of this news is however how all of this got known through the first BDSM-leaks in history, thanks to an unnamed performer who put the letter out on the Web starting an international campaign in support of the axed camgirls. Now it will be interesting to see the company’s reaction before the public opinion.