It's amazing how porn constinues to innovate faster than Hollywood, the music industry, Microsoft, Apple, and other internet content providers. Think about it, the internet might as well be named the global pornography network, they were at the forefront of delivering multimedia content to consumers long before the movie industry, including huge catalogues of downloadable mainstream porn (like Vivid) online. Hell, porn jumped to video cassette while that asshole Jack Valenti was testifying in front of congress saying the VCR would bankrupt Hollywood. Those assholes at the RIAA opposed cassette tapes saying they would bankrupt music labels and even forced sellers of cassette tapes to include a fee to pay for the damage done by people dubbing music. The RIAA even says that ripping CDs to play on your iPod is theft! Ironically, someone evaluated the president's iPod for "stolen" music and found he had Beatles songs on it, meaning he (or a staffer) had to have ripped or "stolen" the music in order to even have it on his iPod. This is insanity!

The LA Times has an article discussing how porn is cutting edge in delivering burnable-to-DVD content while Hollywood and other providers obsessed with DRM are lagging behind. Every single step of the way in developing new technology to provide consumers with more options to listen to music and watch movies, the major industries have fought again and again to limit consumer choice.

Why is this the case? Is it because porn providers are more interested in making money than obsessing over copyright? Is it because they simply lack the resources to sue college students? Why are so-called legitimate providers of content so obsessed with erecting walls around their product while the porn industry seems to be indifferent (and more profitable)? I'm really curious.

Maybe I've said too much.