Porn, Again, Rides The Leading Edge
from the bow-chicka-bow-bow-on-demand dept
There's the old adage that porn and gambling can always be counted on as reliable drivers for new consumer technologies -- cable and satellite TV, the Internet, DVD and so on. Once again, it's the porn industry leading the way in content distribution with one company selling download-and-burn DVDs. It's pretty straightforward: users go to the company's site, pick out a movie, pay about $25, then download a full copy of the DVD which they can burn a single time, and it even includes the ability to print jacket art. The price is basically the same as buying the DVD from a traditional retailer, with the porn studio banking on the convenience being worth the price, or even a premium since it saves people from a potentially embarrassing trip to their local porn purveyor. Given the movie industry's reluctance to embrace new technologies, it's not surprising to see them let porn studios feel this one out first, despite supposedly embracing internet distribution for several years now. Interestingly, the company behind the the download-and-burn porn offering is a part of CinemaNow, which also offers one of the largely disappointing mainstream online movie download services.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Not just porn
Download to own DVDs and they think they are 'the first to offer this service' as well.
The price will be around $35 US. I'm surprised they would sell a p*rn DVD for $25...aren't they normally around $50?
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Since I'm at work I can't check and compare the different content that is up for download with a normal brick-mortar place.
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Yes but...
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Re: Yes but...
I supose an ISO can run on any platform able to burn to DVD.
you do the simple math.
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re:
direct to consumer is always best.
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ITS ALREADY FREE!!!!
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Yup, it's Windows-only.
As for being first, Steven said he believes he's the first adult company to offer this ...
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Huh...Huh...Huh
"...let porn studios feel this one out first"
Huh...Huh...Huh
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The porn factor
Just like in the (JVC) VHS vs. (SONY) BETA 'war' of the 80, the future of many of todays issues of contention: Download vs Hard Media, DRM vs no-DRM even HD-DVD vs Blu-ray will probably be determined in the porn space first.
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It's cheaper on eBay
>open up eBay's home page
>click on the "Buy" button at the top of the page
>scroll down to "Everything Else" and left click
>scroll down to "Mature Audiences" and left click
>that's it, you're done
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ebay only in the us
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