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NSFW: Mz Berlin - Kink.com. She is more than a bit enthusiastic about pain, you notice.

Agreed. And that new law about S&M porn is pure moralistic censorship with a thin, fabricated "think of the women/children!" justification.

Going after legitimate businesses like kink.com and insex.com is counterproductive to what SHOULD be the real concern: pornography that features nonconsensual acts.

Those kinky porn models enjoy what they do and get paid well for it. In fact, if you check out the 6th preview video for all of the segments featured on www.free-hardcore.com, you'll notice that pretty much every model that does a shoot says they'd like to do it again. Which is probably pretty shocking to all of those censor-happy prudes in government, considering the subject matter and the fact that they themselves are probably not interested in such sex acts. Otherwise they'd have to realize how stupidly ridiculous all of this is.

Here here, I totally agree. This is the sort of work that sets robotics back, not moves it back. People have to concentrate on real mechanical and sensor challenges, not this sort of head line grabbing junk.

Oh Yeah?

I'm in San Francisco, and know several women who run porno sites.

There's one who's blonde, striking, and runs some major bondage sites. She's been a model (both non-porno and porno), and does bondage photography. She's amused by kink and sex, but serious about money and business. We talk about credit card processing (she's been ripped off by third-party billing services for sizable amounts), server colocation (if you do streaming porno, bandwith cost really matters), and 18 USC 2257 (if you thought DMCA raids were bad, being audited for the age of your models by Justice Department investigators is worse.)

There are others; the Asian fetish model with her own site (it's outsourced, but she's in charge of it), the dominatrix (currently struggling to get online scheduling to work right), and people who work for the Big Bondage Company (trying to make streaming HTDV work).

These are all smart, effective businesswomen. It's not easy for them to meet men who can deal with what they do. While in LA, the porno industry is mostly run by men, in SF, there are some women in charge.

If you want to do server administration and meet hot chicks, jobs are available.

In San Francisco, we have Kink.com. They've been around for years, quietly, and very profitably, running a number of kinky websites. Recently, they decided to expand. So they bought the San Francisco Armory, an huge, old National Guard armory that's been vacant for thirty years. It covers half a city block. Paid $14 million in cash for it.

Big flap. National press coverage. Minor local protests. But Kink.com has all the planning permissions it needs; it's a done deal.

The CEO of Kink.com, Peter Acworth, isn't embarrassed about the business. He's met with local politicians, neighborhood groups, and the planning department. He has these meetings videotaped, and puts stills and video on Kink.com. (This is not a work-safe page; scroll down past the kinky stuff to the pictures of City Hall.)

The mayor of San Francisco has been a bit upset about the "Kink.com" thing. But the mayor has worse problems than Peter does - he's in rehab right now after an affair.

So now there's going to be an "informational hearing" at City Hall on March 8th. Both sides are working to get a turnout from their crowd.

Now that's a real "porn portal".

Find active email address for SPAMMing from the Internet Archive, and they supporrt the Creative Commons.
http://homeserver.us.archive.org/log_show.php?task _id=9600001

NSFW = Not Safe For Work, yet this guy send in an email from work! Way to go "benji rainforest", hope your porn needs do not get in the way of your duties at Sysco Alabama. If they do, I am sure you can be replaced.

http://kink.com/php/modelt/?action=show&id=13670

Warning, Adult 21+ link.
http://www.kink.com/jobs.php

I hope the company is able to stay a float until you get hired.

If you do not like them, I think the Goverment is looking for tools.
http://www.dosomethingamazing.com/
If you take the Goverment job, dont worry about sex, there are plenty of strip clubs near the bases.