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Porn Industry Trials Burnable DVDs
nukular writes "The LA Times has an article discussing porn giant Vivid following the likes of King Kong in allowing users to download and burn movies to DVD. Unlike in the Hollywood plan, these DVDs will be viewable on other DVD players." From the article: "Despite their obvious differences, adult and mainstream entertainment companies face similar pressures in the Internet age. Both are grappling with how to deliver content securely and reliably to devices in a variety of ways, whether it's prepackaged on DVD for TVs or sent wirelessly to cellphones. Both also want to capitalize on digital delivery methods but can't afford to undercut their retail partners: big-box stores such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for the major studios and mom-and-pop video shops for the porn producers. They also fear online piracy, which the music industry partly blames for its lackluster sales."
* stops burning porn DVDs long enough to read /. *
Hey, wait...we're allowed to do this now? Sweet!
* resumes burning porn DVDs *
"You will pay for your lack of vision..." - Emperor Palpatine to Ray Charles
In Catholic Italy, pr0n burns YOU! :)
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Verbing nouns weirds language.
Yeah, that's it. You have this friend, yeah and he has this porn collection ...
why i need a bigger tv
It burns, it burns!
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
"Both are grappling with how to deliver content securely and reliably to devices in a variety of ways, whether it's prepackaged on DVD for TVs or sent wirelessly to cellphones"
Wow, that would explain my co-workers extended bathroom breaks with his new Verizon 3g phone.
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
Could you download porn on the internet?!! I've just been taping my neighbors at night....
*scratches head*
People pay for pr0n?
I had no idea. Suckers.
One handed dvd burning must be supported, a kind of single sign on portal to subscribe/pay/burn/play so your god hand is not used to get the keys messy etc..
God Bless America!
Fine grammar-nazi, how's this.
"Porn Industry Pulls Out Burnable DVDs"
This joke
My head
They will never know the simple pleasure of a monkey knife fight
It burns, it burns!
Use lubricant?
Don't take the above poster too seriously. He doesn't.
The Adult Movie industry is suffering from the same problems as Hollywood, and yet again they're blaming it on piracy. The plot lines are boring. I've seen the one with the pizza delivery guy who gets his tip deposited directly. Or the gas station attendent who fills up everyone who pulls up.
It's not piracy that causes your old model of doing things to tank. Doing enormous budget special effects without a plot isn't what helps porn sell. Most consumers look for good acting with a believable plot. Modern porn movies have all been awesome 3-d eye shots and such.
And don't get me started on the theatre. Last time I was in the theatre the guy behind me kept moaning and the floor was all sticky. I'm not even sure what they put in my popcorn.
The sooner that the Adult Movie Industry realizes that quality plots are what makes a movie sell, the better off they'll be. Nobody is interested in the same old tit shot anymore.
To reward the actors and actresses of pr0n, those hard working people who put their asses on the line.
Often literally.
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
It's probably not a good idea to go around sticking your disk into just any player that happens to be available, without protection. That's how viruses get spread. Be smart and wrap your disk in DRM.
A hell of a lot of porn is better paced, and better plotted than Jackson's King Kong, too.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
Wait wait wait just one minute here...We are having a legitimate deiscussion about porn and you guys want to steer the discussion towards grammar???
"But this one goes to 11!"
As a young person I can tell you it's not as much as you might think. I think I'm pretty normal as far a porn goes. Now if you'll excuse me I've got to get back to my Midget Trampoline Party 5 video.
The days of the digital watch are numbered.
Sounds like you need better antivirus protection.
/. If the government wants us to respect the law, it should set a better example.
You can't download anything nowadays over a P2P network without getting a full DVD quality porn.
Whether it's the latest Linux distro of your choice or Ice Age 2, you can almost guarentee that at least one of the results is just a misnamed full length porn.
There essentially trying to come up with a plan to sell ice to eskimos.
Definately an uphill battle.
Well imagine what it's like for those actuallying wanting porn... wanting for example "Dikes on Bikes - The Slippery Road" and end up getting *"Gay Canadian Studs - Love me Love my Butt", or worse yet, a Linux distro.
*- all titles used in this post are purely fictional. Any similarity to actuall porn living or dead is purely coincidental. Really!
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