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Porn in Your Pocket

Posted by Zonk on from the moving-the-tech-industry-forward-since-1900 dept.

cmaster383 writes "Wired is running a story about the use of a PSP for distribution of Porn. 'Two Japanese publishers of adult DVD video have announced plans to release a selection of their top titles on Sony's Universal Media Disc, or UMD, format, which is currently supported exclusively by the PSP, next month. These aren't shady gray-market items: The eight video discs will be officially licensed by Sony and carry the PSP logo on the package.'"

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  1. Change in strategy... by It+doesn't+come+easy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When home video recorders were the next big thing, the VHS format won out over Sony's higher-quality Betamax. Why? Because the adult film industry embraced VHS.

    Linux activists have been focusing on the wrong market penetration...

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    1. Re:Change in strategy... by Phu5ion · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Actually, the open source movement does have backing (SFW).

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  2. Who Wants to Watch Porn On the Go? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When I watch pr0n, I want it to be in the privacy of my own home so I can...uh...fully enjoy it. Why would you want to watch it on your commute to work? It would just make it harder to concentrate once you arrive.

  3. Who does this benefit? by Boing · · Score: 3, Interesting

    To all the people observing that porn is frequently the driving force for new media formats, someone explain to me... who is going to buy porn movies for a portable device? What is the compelling situation where one would want to watch porn on a small screen like the PSP's? Really just genuinely curious.

  4. Too Late by robbway · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I used the PSP for porn almost immediately. I only saved photos on my memory stick pro duo (why does that sound so dirty, all of a sudden?). They looked really good! And then I removed them. For some reason I didn't think it was a good idea to have porn on a device that is targeted at minors and that would very probably end up in a minor's hands. I could see the headlines: "Accidental Porn Release...."