from the leap-of-logic dept
As the dust continues to settle around virtual operator Amp'd, which recently
filed for bankruptcy, the New York Times has a rather bizarre article focusing on some of the collateral damage. Namely, it says that the
growth of mobile porn will be stunted by the filing, since apparently Amp'd was the closest of any US carrier to selling porn, as it "let subscribers download pictures of fully clothed pornography stars and models." US operators have thus far
resisted selling adult content, both because they don't have systems in place to restrict minors' access to the content (also known as
the porn license) and because they fear the backlash of
being seen as porn purveyors. Of course, plenty of third-party mobile porn shops exist outside carriers' content decks, but apparently that's not good enough to assuage the NYT's fears for this nascent industry.
