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Sony Not Blocking Blu-Ray Porn
Sony has been getting a
lot of heat lately about whether or not it has been blocking porn-makers from
using the Blu-ray disc format. Sony has finally decided to comment on the whole
sordid affair by claiming that while it will not promote porn on blu-ray, it
will not block porn makers either. In a recent interview a Sony spokesperson
said:
“There's no prohibition
against adult content. We don't tell people how they can use the licenses they
get from the Blu-ray Disc Association. Sony disc manufacturing will not
manufacture adult titles. We have never done it, and we have no plans to.”
In reality, Sony is
treading a dangerous line here. The failure of its Betamax video tape format in ther 1980s was
partly due to it’s 
anti-porn stance and the porn movie makers opting for the
cheaper VHS format.
It cannot afford to have Blu-ray cut out of the porn picture this
time around, considering that the current standard DVD porn market is worth almost $4bn alone
in the US. Already, it seems that porn producers are favouring
the cheaper HD DVD format.
You can find the full
article here.
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