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Adult Entertainment Antes Up In DRM War

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.

At the recent adult entertainment awards, host Greg Fitzsimmons highlighted the deep relationship between the internet and pornography stating "'The Internet was completely funded by porn,' he said [...] And if it wasn't for the Internet, he added, 'you guys would be completely out of business.' The audience, packed with porn actors and adult entertainment moguls like Jenna Jameson and Larry Flynt, roared with laughter." Now it appears that the adult entertainment industry has chosen to ante up in the DRM battle as well. Some companies have chosen to take sides, like Digital Playground who will be supporting Sony's Blu-Ray. Others, like Vivid Entertainment, seem to think that the answer is diversity and will be supporting both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.

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  1. Offtopic but important by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    in a previous topic you bashed China over the fact that they displaced people to make a dam:

    >Being allowed to move millions of people to build a dam or host an Olympics without the consent of the governed does wonders for the GDP!

    and I replied with:

    >in America, the government has (unconstitutionally) given the right to businesses to move people if the business will use the land for more profit and taxes.

    here's an update:

    "The ruling gave government the right to seize homes for "public benefit", where previously they could only be taken for "public use"."

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4639374. stm

    I hope Americans will really pay attention to this kind of thing, it makes DRM seem like the most insignificant thing ever.