June 3, 2007
User generated (porn) content hurting porn industry
According to The New York Times, the market for porn images and videos is declining - because of the Internet.
"The online availability of free or low-cost photos and videos has begun to take a fierce toll on sales of X-rated DVDs.
Inexpensive digital technology has paved the way for aspiring amateur pornographers, who are flooding the market, while everyone in the industry is giving away more material to lure paying customers.
And unlike consumers looking for music and other media, viewers of pornography do not seem to mind giving up brand-name producers and performers for anonymous ones, or a well-lighted movie set for a ratty couch at an amateur videographer’s house.
One site operated by Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network has 200,000 videos, many of them submitted by amateur videographers, said Scott Coffman, the company’s president.
“We get input from all over the world — Japan, Germany, Brazil,” Mr. Coffman said, noting that even he was surprised by the number of contributors. “It’s the same thing as YouTube, where you’re wondering, How many people out there have cameras and are filming this stuff?”
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/tv/archives/2007/06/016122.htm