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Good thing he didn't get dragged to the US for an obscenity trial

Well you change that by searching for other news. Otherwise you would get a daily version of AVN http://www.avn.com/

These days, I see nothing pushing Silverlight at all!

With the possible exception of Netflix...

Symbian...Microsoft's Flash challenger Silverlight hits Symbian

and porn. AEBN's Silverlight Player Gains Traction with Users

For a balanced view http://business.avn.com/articles/Joone-Points-to-HTML-5-as-Future-of-Web-Content-Delivery-401434.html from the people charged with professionally covering these things. No surprise sensationalism would find its way to /.

It seems that Adult Video Network have outdone themselves as contemporary culture critics... http://business.avn.com/articles/36788.html reads like a Sunday Times supplement, who would have thought?

Wow, Violet Blue gave a talk-- oh, THAT Violet Blue, the one who stole the porn chick's name [1] [2] [3] (note, having a name doesn't mean you own it if someone else gets famous with that name before you, but of course you can outspend them in court anyway!), and later was erased from BoingBoing (eliminating any sense of credibility BB had, and showing they have no problem with revisionist journalism) because she broke up with Xeni [4] [5].

Our government bans nothing based on nudity or sex. An adult can freely go and buy all kinds of porn here.

Might not be a very cost-efficient backup solution, but it should help out some small video studios out there. We already have one pr0n producer (CDGirls.com), who plans to burn-to-sell Blu-ray movies in the future. No DRM needed, either ;) http://www.avn.com/articles/287130.html for full article

Judging from the wholesale price, I can only imagine that the retail price will be minimum of $30, depending on how high demand ends up. More likely $40-45, at least for new releases. Store cost for most DVDs when I worked at Circuit City was around $1-3 below retail, and it's been 10 years since DVD spec v1.0.

I don't have an HD-TV quite yet, since I haven't had to buy a TV in years, but I'm not sure I'll be willing to buy these movies at these prices, had I one. Especially not until there's a much bigger library than the 50ish that are apparently expected this year.

The real measure of success for the nextgen optical media will likely be the adult film industry (in addition to video game consoles). Everyone talks about gaming, but it would appear that there's going to be a pretty deep divide in consoles.

And Blu-Ray very well may be the winner in the adult film realm.

The adult film maker Digital Playground, which claims to control 40 percent of the US adult DVD market and is reported to have sales of $12.6bn in 2005, today told Adult Video News (AVN) that they've decided to support the Blu-ray format and release movies as soon as hardware becomes available.

SEX STARVED F### SLUTS #22 - STINKY WHITE WOMEN

HOMEGROWN VIDEO #489 : F### THE CANUCK

FILTHY F###ERS #184 - POKE 'ER MON

HAMLET : FOR THE LOVE OF OPHELIA #1

PERVERTED ADVENTURES OF SUPER DAVE #1

and who hasn't seen..AFRO-CENTRIX #36 - PUMPIN' THE PO-PO We all know the porn industry rakes in billions every year...

they completely ignored the porn industry! :-p
here's one.

Here's a great example of the so called leftist Democrats at work again. The other side of the same coin so to speak.

The Republicons always seem to oppose new taxes, but will they oppose this bill? It sure would look bad if they were supporting porn wouldn't it? They "flipflop" quite a bit if you look closely at them. Remember their flipflop on "states rights" and medical marijuana.

Remember when Al Gores wife Tipper was the head of the PMRC and brought us the draconian rating systems on music? It led us down the road to Walmart having it's own version of supposedly bad music.

Remember President Clinton, under whose presidency we doubled our prison population and added 79 new federal death penalties?

This is just another example of Democrats in action. But the article failed to mention that the Democrats also want an "imposition of mandatory, "certified" age verification of adult website visitors" Just imagine the fun Tipper and her friends could have with this one...

AVN provides a much more comprehensive coverage of the new law at... http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Ar ticles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=234443

So the next time you hear the some neocon pundit decrying liberal excess, remember they are just the other side of the same coin.

Or even better... Utah.

I know you were being sarcastic, but while I was googling Orin Hatch, I came across this. It's Hatch applauding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for appealing U.S. v. Extreme Associates. Sorry to go off-topic, but why is the justice department wasting money on fighting pornography, and why are people voting these idiots back into office? Anyone that tries to make computer laws without understanding how a computer works has no right to do so. Likewise, any congressmen that doesn't understand the bill of rights has no right to make laws.

Just make sure to use a rubber when banging Brazillian chicks...

Looks like the feds may outlaw this too .

5/20/2004
... ban on upskirt photos and other kinds of video voyeurism by cell phone cameras, minicams, and other such technology, passed the House Judiciary Committee May 19.

So what happens if someone's wearing a short skirt when the truck goes by?

Spice HD (probably NSFW).

It's nice, way too expensive though, unless you can record it.

He said in another post that he's going to AVN..

Warning: link is definately Not Safe for Work

Just cruise down the strip a little...

Adult Video News does their show at the same time ;-)

Speaking of crazy patents...

Acacia claims numerous patents covering the use of streaming media, such as video files and audio/MP3s, including original content, and is currently targeting the adult industry with thousands of patent infringement legal notices and lawsuits.

Note this issue has nothing to do with copyrights whatsoever...this affects all use of any streaming media by anyone.

Acacia has chosen to target the adult industry first, since they are an easy legal target, but make no mistake, Acacia is targeting everyone who uses, or even merely links, to any streaming media content, including individuals.

Acacia Reaching To Affiliate Sites 10-24-2003
Patent holder unplugs porn network
Hustler, Vivid, Wicked Sign Acacia Patent Licenses

See more details regarding Acacia's crazy and legally abusive "business method" patents: http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/technology_main. htm

Acacia isn't the only company on the prowl...if Acacia is sucessful, there's a whole swarm of other entities that have zillions of other questionable "business method" patents ready to pounce on both industry and individuals alike with their patent infringement claims and manditory licensing for widely used "open" computer formats that they didn't even develop!