Porn on the cutting edge
from the porn-drives-new-tech-as-usual dept
This story is the perfect compliment to the TiVo story, where I wonder when the Web will catch up with services like TiVo. Well a Canadian company plans to launch its own Internet dedicated to porn. The idea is that with their own net they can create a vastly better viewing experience. Just as with VCRs, CD-ROM, and DVD, the porn industry is on the bleeding edge.
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Porn does NOT drive new tech!
I question it.
What IS true is that porn has a really high profit margin and is always in demand, and therefore is ideal for someone looking for content to sell over a new medium. Also, expectations are low.
But it comes in AFTER the technology is established: the porn industry is an early adopter, not a developer.
Jon Acheson
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Re: Porn does NOT drive new tech!
Yes, I'd agree that they tend to- what should I say? "Legitimize" the new tech? Seems a strange word to use in connection with pornography... :)
The porn producers, like anyone using the tech and generating a revenue stream, tend to help build momentum for a medium by proving that people are using it.
The bad side is, porn also tends to stigmatize the medium and in the long term, hinder acceptance. For instance, Japanese animation is suffering from stigmatization in the US because some of the most successful early adapters in the channel made their money selling porn and ultraviolence. Video stores also had this kind of sleazy reputation for a time, which is one reason why Blockbuster was so successful: their squeaky-clean stores removed the cheeze factor from renting videos.
Jon
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