Annnnnnd ... Action!

There is a good reason to think sex will continue to drive the growth of the web:

Erika Kole stood topless in front of the class, discussing the finer points of Title 18 of the U.S. Criminal code, section 2251, which governs how old actors have to be to appear in adult sex videos.

Kole, 25, and 28-year-old Nikki Napoli then acted out a live sex scene. But the 30 students, who each paid more than $200 for the three-hour lecture, appeared more interested in what the blonde model told them about Web site design, product distribution and the porn business than what they were doing in front of the camera.

It was to find porn that brought people to the web in the first instance, and it'll be to distribute porn that they'll continue coming back to the web. Sex sells, but anonymous sex in the comfort of your own home sells faster.

So as the costs of bandwidth and high-speed internet access fall, does this mean amateur pornographers will make life difficult for the pros? No, I don't think so. Just as blogging hasn't crowded out editorial writing, homemade porn is not going to win viewers away from the professional version. As the need for the classes in the article make clear, you can't just pick up a digital video camera and make movies that look professional. Sure, most mainstream porn is crap, but it's crap with high production values. Unless someone invents a camera that finds the right actors, lights the scene, designs it, shoots it, and edits it for you, an increase in homemade porn will simply expand the choices that people have already.

(Tip: Amorous Propensities.)

Comments

[Hal]

"The thing that screams 'amateur' is poorly lit genitalia"

rofl.