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People Are Using PornHub To Stream 'Hamilton' and 'Zootopia' (qz.com)

Posted by msmash on from the whatever-floats-your-boat dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: There's more on PornHub than pornography. People are using the streaming-video site -- a sort of YouTube for pornography where users can upload and watch adult videos -- to stream pirated copies of high-profile titles like the Broadway musical Hamilton and Disney's animated movie Zootopia. Where YouTube has been fighting for years to keep pornography off its site, PornHub now finds itself in the position of having to purge its platform of videos that are decidedly safe for work. The full, 75-minute first act of the historical, Tony Award-winning play, Hamilton -- with its original cast, including creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda -- is on PornHub, one Twitter user discovered. As the most sought after ticket in town, the play just set a new high-water mark (paywall) for Broadway after taking in $3.8 million at the box office for the week ending Dec. 24.

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  1. I was just watching Zootopia... by sqorbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No Mom, I wasn't watching porn, it was Zootopia, I swear!"

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    1. Re:I was just watching Zootopia... by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh my god! My son's a Furry!

      Please, please tell me you were just looking for BDSM porn, son!

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  2. To be fair by burtosis · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is quite a bit on porn hub that resembles "Zootopia". Maybe some people were viewing it for traditional purposes.

  3. You got me at "Zootopia" by Noryungi · · Score: 2

    Sorry, just had to post that.

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  4. Re:Content like Zootopia may be safe for work by Chrisq · · Score: 2

    Not sure where you work but I'd expect if a manager burst in on someone with something important, and they were watching cartoons instead of working, they would suddenly find themselves with more time to watch cartoons.

    Whereas if he burst in on you watching porn he'd shuffle out again thinking "there but for the grace of God go I".

  5. Brilliant by DeBaas · · Score: 2

    "You're streaming our content!!"

    "so how did you notice?"

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  6. I think there's been a mistake... by hyades1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    PornHub is really slipping. I did a search for "Mad Max: Furry Road" and all I got was some stupid movie with hardly any nudity.

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  7. Don't worry, it's not the real movie... by cyn1c77 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You just didn't watch long enough...

  8. Re:The 'Money' Version of Zootopia by Nidi62 · · Score: 2

    Actually I'd be impressed if someone did. It would mean they had the same resources, money, and time as the original to create it.

    Or it's just being re-enacted by furries.

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  9. Re:Does this really surprise anyone? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 2

    If there's an industry that knows how to fuck others, it's them.

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