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Adult Content Revenue To Pay For UK 3G Licenses
Makarand writes "According to this
article in The Guardian mobile phone companies in the UK
are turning to soft porn in a bid to recoup the billions they have splashed
out on third generation licences.
If the industry can persuade regulators that they can come up with a
fool-proof way of registering phones that are owned by those who are 18 and above
it will clear the way for a major new revenue stream using adult content.
Dedicated teams at companies using 3G licenses are already looking into
making money from adult content."
And I want to be looking at porn on a black and white 80x80 pixel screen why?
I asked for a refund - and got my monkey back.
I won't buy a computerized car until i can get Jenna Jameson on my dash at 80Mph, it will be the sign that it has been endorsed and works properly.
What are we going to do tonight Brain?
... if only we could all learn to masturbate to our imaginations.
Pr0n... is there anything it can't do?
Trolling is a art,
easiest way to ensure content goes to adults owning phones? sell the phones to adults. why does a 13 yr old need a cel phone? or a credit card for that matter? very few kids have the means to be paying for this kind of thing, and the parents are gonna get saddled with the bills. kids should not be pushed into growing up before they are ready.
oh yeah. get em in debt early and keep em there.
Hardcore porn is already available on cell phones. I've done some work on this (not the porn, sadly, just the phones/infrastructure). In Germany and Italy, they're obsessed with this (especially Germany).
I had executives, during meetings, leaning over to show me two skanks sharing a double-ended dildo (it was an animated gif). It was really quite impressive, considering there's still a small market and the phones were only available to a few people at the time.
Of course, your definition of hardcore might vary. I'd consider softcore to be "just nudity" (some touching would be in this category), and hardcore is everything else. Scat is hardcore. A lezbo scene, with no penetration, is softcore. It's a fine line that separates the two. The quality of the displays on some of these phones is really good (even though it's relatively small).
Now, I love porn more than the next guy, but I can't see much use for this besides the "wow factor". It's still kinda cool anyway...
Down with Saudi Arabia!!!
Over-exposure (sorry) to porn causes burnout. Pretty soon the naked ladies/men aren't enough. You move onto "normal" hardcore (normal for your gender and sexual preference). Then that no longer gets Mr./Ms. Happy to pay attention and you move off into the borderline stuff. Then that no longer trips your trigger and you move further into teh realm of the odd and forbiddon. Soon you're furiously masturbating to Smurph porn and liking it.
Nothing says a market doesn't exist like it having to rely on porn to make it profitable.
Maybe the Amish are right...
Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
Are 3G phones crippled so that people can't go here and choose a wide variety of vendors for their "amusement"? Will the telcos really prevent a 3G phone from being able to access information not signed to a deal on their network? I know I won't buy a technology that is hampered like that (I can't see /. paying to allow Irish 3G users to access their site from their phone!). So why would porn companies be willing to pay 10s of billions just to give people easier access to their porn? Are the phone operators worried that a "common carrier" defense wouldn't stand up if they were found to have allowed a 15 year old to access "inappropriate" material via their phone?
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Seriously though, I don't see a massive demand for this. I've never been so horny, and I'm 20, that I absolutely HAD TO LOOK AT PORN RIGHT THE @#$% NOW!!!!!! I can wait til I get to a computer, go to a strip club, or, *gasp*, actually hit on a chick. And honestly, its soft core. If I just have to look at porn, I'll pull over at a gas station and buy a Hustler. God bless you Larry Flynnt!!!!!
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