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Online Porn - The Technology Testbed?

Posted by simoniker on from the sound-of-one-hand-surfing dept.

DaveAtFraud writes "USA Today is running a only slightly tongue-in-cheek article pointing out that the on-line porn industry has become the technology testbed for innovative content delivery. On-line delivery of 'adult' content has been wrestling with issues such as digital rights management, video on-demand billing, wireless services, and geo-location software since long before these became issues for 'mainstream' content providers. Maybe having an adult content provider listed on your geek resume isn't so bad after all."

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  1. Testbed for other things as well.. by Rodrin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Pr0n has always led the way in new technologies one way or another.. *big grin*.

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  2. And a high percentage of good programmers are... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    employed by the porn industry. Old news! Next!

  3. Re:It's always been that way by chillmost · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I was gonna say the same thing. Isn't that the reason why the popularity of DVDs took off? Think about it....Multiple angles, quickly skipping the dialog, uh repeating scenes over and over.

    and over

    ...or so I have heard.

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  4. porn and video games by Luciq · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've always maintained that many of the best advances in the area of home computing have come as a result of the porn and video game industries.