Porn Culture
Porn, porn everywhere/
In my pocket/
At the fair/
Watch in my car/
Or at the beach/
Just give me a cell/
And it's in my reach.
Pornography is spreading from the computer desktop to the small screen, to pocket-sized devices such as cell phones, digital music players and portable game players. The phenomenon is being pushed not only by alternative-culture sites such as SuicideGirls [which offers videos of naked models] but also by old-school skin traders such as Playboy and Penthouse, which this month announced plans to offer movies for viewing on portable devices. . .
Though still in its infancy in the United States, the portable porn market could grow to nearly $200 million a year here by 2009, according to Boston-based research firm Yankee Group. . . .
Stock of Playboy Enterprises Inc. rose this month after a Wall Street analyst said the company is headed for an upturn because of its entry into such new media businesses.
Harvey Kaplan, an Internet porn industry veteran, said sales are growing "fast and furious" for his new company, called Xobile, which focuses exclusively on selling porn for cell phones and handheld computers.
"The adult Internet marketplace hit a ceiling about two years back," he said. "I started looking for alternate ways to reach the same market -- this seemed the logical place to go."
People scoffed when Michigan enacted a "drive-by porn" law last year that prohibited people from viewing pornography where it could be seen by others. Assuming such conduct isn't already covered/prohibited by other legislation (e.g., a disorderly person statute), I think pretty much everyone sees why such legislation is going to be necessary.
Libertarians might oppose such legislation in the name of untrammeled freedom, and so would I, as long as the freedom worked both ways and allowed parents to attack the pervert who shows porn to their children at the soccer field.
