03-16-2014, 01:56 PM
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Is the Porn Bubble About to Pop?
I went to the AVN Expo last week to teach a seminar on sex education in retail settings for Good Vibrations. I?ve been to a few shows before, so it wasn?t new. That?s a good thing because I find Las Vegas a bit much even without dozens of porn performers wandering around in skimpy clothing, hundreds of fans getting autographed copies of DVDs, flashing lights, loud (and bad) music, and giant screens showing porn clips.
I?m not the only one who noticed that this year?s show was a lot smaller than past ones. There were fewer booths and many companies had smaller spaces. There also seemed to be fewer fans and the awards show was in a smaller venue. Of course, no industry is truly recession-proof, but I think that the porn industry faces some unique difficulties.
Partly, that?s because of porn?s history. Until recently, porn was pretty much disposable. People (mostly, but not only men) bought it, watched it a few times and threw it out or hid it in the attic. The industry could constantly produce more and more magazines and movies because it was rare for people to keep them for long. The internet has changed that, though. These days, movies don?t go away to make room for new ones. Instead, they get shifted to a different webpage. That led to a glut and the industry hasn?t really figured out how to deal with that. This is made more complex by the increase in non-industry folks who film themselves having sex and upload it to a tube site like xtube.com, as well as clips of pirated movies. Why in the world should someone pay for porn when they can find lots of whatever turns them on for free?
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