PORN: THE BUSINESS OF PLEASURE, THE STATE OF INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY, HIV SCARE, TOO BIG TO FAIL?

Who knew online porn was so big? Apparently, size does matter. Of course, none of our genteel readership visits any porn sites, but you'll probably be surprised to find out that 70% of men aged 18 to 24 visit porn sites in a typical month. And ladies, don't be acting all smug now, because one in three porn viewers are women. Take a look at the full-sized graphic below from those cool artists at OnlineMBA.

Why should we care about this porno infographic? Because porn has historically led video tech into brand-new areas, such as VHS tapes, DVDs, streaming video, and now — dare we even imagine? — porn is going 3D.

The second most astonishing number in this fact-filled tableau: Internet porn earns $4.9 billion worldwide per year. That's particularly laughable in light of the fact that sexual material on the Internet is so ubiquitous and easy to find for free. Who's paying for this stuff?

So that's how the porn business continues to thrive: It's built on the backs of people who don't know how to find stuff on the Internet.

COMMENTARY:   With 25% of all searches porn related, 8% of all email porn related, and 12% of all websites porn related, no one in entertainment can afford to ignore the porn industry.  Although cable television has embraced sex and pornography as part of its programming schedule in the past, most recently, it’s become a mandatory characteristic of its lineup. 

Pay cable seems to violate the Cambria List (a list of sex acts pornographers should avoid so as to dodge possible legal problems with the U.S. Government) more often than actual porn does.  Porn embraces the Internet and suffers while subscription-based television embraces sex and wins. How ironic.

One economic depression later, the porn industry is hurting and being a little more creative about finding a solution.  In fact, Hustler’s Larry Flynt asked Congress in January for a $5 billion dollar bailout of the adult entertainment industry.   “People are too depressed to be sexually active,” says Flynt. “This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such, but they cannot do without sex.”   Although the plea didn’t work, the real fact that Flynt highlights is that porn isn’t going anywhere.  It is a part of our culture and too big a business to fold over.  It’s an entertainment staple, and this is exactly the sticking point that top porn companies like Vivid and Digital Playground have embraced and are using to find solutions to their industry’s problem. If you can’t beat them, join them.

Looks like everyone is dealing with hard times, and the American Porn Industry is on hard times in more ways then one.

With overall Adult DVD sales down 22% and with a forecast the only looks like it’s going to get more grim Pornography industry leaders Larry Flint and “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis are asking for a $5 billion federal bailout of adult entertainment because “the economy has made America’s appetite for sex go limp.”

Reports indicate that Francis plans to go before Congress to ask for his own stimulus package. “Francis sees his industry like the big three automakers, only BIGGER” sources say. “Sounds like someone has a bone to pick.”

All puns aside that Porn Industry is starting to look more and more recession-proof then estimates had first indicated. With tons of new and free alternatives popping up constantly the tradition adult DVD industry my be on it’s last legs. Forbes at one point estimated that the American Porn Industry was making between $5 and $14 billion dollars annually.

Times are so bad for some that Larry Flint is sueing two of his nephews over there uses of the family name in there own industry movies as is being reported by the LA Times.

The nephews say they have every right to use their own name, and Dustin Flynt tells the Times he believes his uncle is dealing with “inferiority issues.” Apparently growing up in the porn biz isn’t as invigorating as it sounds. “I spent a lot of blood, flesh and tears working directly for my family,” says Dustin Flynt, “and it wasn’t easy.”

If the economy wasn't enough, the U.S. porn industry came in for severe criticism in October 2010 as it was revealed that  a popular x-rated film star had tested positive for HIV.  [I can tell you her name, but I would have to kill you.]

The disclosure drew criticism from health campaigners, who described the positive test as 'preventable' because porn stars often have unprotected sex on film.

Last year it was revealed up to 22 performers had contracted the HIV virus, but the U.S. adult industry only admitted to only the above case since the 2004 outbreak.

It was inevitable that Internet pornography would go social.  Individuals can make friends with other individuals with similar pornography tastes.  The socialization of porn just like Facebook, allowing you to upload porn videos, recommend porn sites, porn films, porn magazines, sex aids, and so forth.  You can even chat on line and form groups.   If you network enough you can cut to the chase, and find exactly what you like just from "talking" with your friends or followers. 

In conclusion, the porn industry is dead, following in line with what is similar to what Napster, Limewire, or Morpheus was doing to the music industry.  Target little guys, make them pay big fines, and showcase their trials on tv and newspaper.  Here's the kicker: guys can watch FREE porn and not share it like its some music that an artist made (although pornstars also called themselves artists). Who shares copyrighted porn lol brilliant strategy to take down Free porn. The only person who is sharing this "copyrighted" material is the free porn sites themselves, which they can stop from happening if porn files 1 lawsuit.  If Free porn's servers are located in China or any other country with no laws on piracy they will just move their servers over there and still share their copyrighted material.   Any person can film themselves and upload it to a website.  The internet killed the pornstar.  Just like video killed the radio star.  Its called corporate strategy and no one in porn thought of free porn being a big threat, as if people were going to pay for named persons from porn forever.  Guess what porn there are hotter women we can watch full vids of doing whatever you can think of that you are selling for free on various websites.  Free porn hung the mission accomplished banner a long time ago.  

CAUTION:   YOU ARE READING THIS BLOG POST OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL. THE CONTENT PROVIDED IS THE RESULT OF RESEARCH ON THE PORN INDUSTRY.  I AM NOT PEDDLING PORN, PROVIDING LINKS TO ONLINE INTERNET CONTENT OR POSTING PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES.  I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PERMANENT PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS THIS ARTICLE MAY CAUSE TO YOUR MENTAL WELL BEING.    

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Comments

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[United Gold Direct]

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[Tommy Toy]

Thanks for the nice compliment. The HIV scare got quite a lot of press. You probably know about Naomi Russell.

[SF Sex Toy]

Wow.. very insightful info here. Always interesting to see big companies like GM peddling porn like the rest of us small timers. There's obviously a lot of money to be made in this biz.