The highest earner from porn last year - $100 via pay pal

MCI, Marriott, Sheraton, Radisson, VISA, MasterCard or American Express

Paul Colichman

Colichman launched the PPV service first

Rob Jacobson, president and CEO of In Demand pay-per-view.

eisner

Comcast

Cox Communications, Inc.

Microsoft (Willian G) has the most shares in Comcast, right?


My guess is M$.

Sumner Redstone - Viacom

So porn star really become rich by doing porn movies.

anyone close? another hint?

yes please post another hint :

You mean William Henry Gates III ?


Me and a few of his buddies just call him Bill.

ummm, would the person who pays the most tax make the most?

Stephen M. Case

I think he was just saying if anyone wants to dispute the list he doesnt give a damn. I wonder why he would feel the need to do that, GFY posters never have disputes....

http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/bio.asp

Who profits the most from porn?

We all know it's the government.

so whats' the answer??

It was me.

Rupert Murdoch

Worldcom

Dell ... where do you think online porn is stored?

Rupert Murdoch for sure

Bell?

Firemarshall Bill.

why ?

AT&T?

LMFAO

Blockbuster
Hollywood Video
Marriott
Comcast

# AOL Time Warner, cable networks and pay-per-view
# AT&T, via phone sex, cable networks and pay-per-view
# Cablevision, cable networks and pay-per-view
# Comcast, cable networks and pay-per-view
# General Motors, (through its ownership of DirectTV) cable networks and pay-per-view
# Hilton, in-room hotel movies
# Holiday Inn, in-room hotel movies
# Hyatt, in-room hotel movies
# Marriott, in-room hotel movies
# Media One, cable networks and pay-per-view
# Sheraton, in-room hotel movies

one of those

man thats sad.

It's either Visa or Cogent...

Dude bailed out without telling, that's fucked up.

It's either cable or time warner for those who care.

dish network?

paul allen

I believe LiquidCash has gone to bed...

beat me to it !

Brian Roberts from Comcast.

Mainstream Corporations are the largest porn revenue generators. It's all about distribution; Movies On Demand. Here's another "mainstream" company to watch over the next few years... I've been watching them grow from concept to major player... they are on the fast track.

Akimbo:
developing a set top box for on demand services. Getting heavily involved with adult and received substantial funding from vip venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins . If you know mainstream and you play the VC game, if Kleiner funds you, it is the ultimate measure of success because they will drop you into the Kleiner Keiretsu (def) and your company will benefit from close family ties, networking, distribution. Ever heard of AOL, Amazon, Verisign, Travelocity, Symantec, Sun, Macromedia, Netscape, Intuit? All Kleiner funded companies. So Kleiner may use Amazon and AOL to promote Akimbo, etc. Perhaps taking Akimbo all the way to IPO or "helping" them get acquired by a larger Kleiner company (i.e. AOL acquired Netscape). But SBC/EchoStar and TIVO (separately) are launching their own Movies On Demand service in 2005, so Akimbo has a long road ahead of them.

and there are a few companies to keep an eye on which are wisely targeting content delivery to mobile devices (Phones, PDAs, PMCs, etc). The Mobile Porn (mPorn) revolution is on the horizon. But obviously, the mainstream companies will be making the most money... the ones that own the wireless subscriber networks that can control which content is allowed into their gateway.

the future is bright.

AT&T

R. kelly

Joe Francis

Fake Nick

Toonces the Driving Cat

Private in vid sales.

No answer yet?
WG

As Online Porn Sales Rise, A Few
(Little-Known) Banks Make It Happen

Porn buyers spend more than $1 billion a year procuring dirty pictures on the Internet, browsing the offerings of Housewife Harlots, Man Lover, Porky Babes and thousands of other naughty or depraved Web sites. Hidden behind all that forbidden skin is the engine making Web porn possible: the banks that handle the credit card purchases, according to a special report for ABCNEWS by Forbes.

Forbes Staff Writer Seth Luvobe also said the banks are a secretive lot, mostly unknown for their porn patronage. Among the banks currently or previously facilitating the titillation trade: Minotola National Bank of Vineland, N.J.; Heartland Bank of St. Louis, Mo.; Benchmark Bank of Dallas; Amtrade International Bank of Atlanta; and First Data's First Financial Bank.

The banks' role is revealed in several lawsuits that have roiled the online porn biz. The main driver of two of those legal spats is a firm known mainly to porn peddlers: Paycom Billing Services of Marina del Rey, Calif., according to Luvobe.

Last month the firm, one of a few obscure processors of credit card purchases outside the mainstream, filed a lawsuit against MasterCard alleging antitrust violations and fraud. The suit is pending in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. MasterCard denies the charges.

Before that, Paycom initiated another battle in the same court, suing middleman Payment Resources International, which used to line up banks for porn companies, alleging it schemed to rip off tens of millions of dollars in porn charges due to Paycom. PRI, of Newport Beach, Calif., countersued, claiming $60 million in lost business.

Bizarrely, the suit drags IBM into the mess, giving new meaning to the nickname Big Blue. Paycom accuses IBM's Denmark unit of taking part in the alleged rip-off. IBM has moved to dismiss itself from the case.

Forbes writer also wrote that Paycom's suit also targets Minotola National Bank, accusing it of "purposefully" bungling the billing for its account. Minotola, with $500 million in assets, characterizes itself as "a legend in hometown banking." It settled the Paycom complaint by returning the $1 million in credit card funds Paycom claimed Minotola was withholding.

Beyond the $1 million, says Minotola's attorney, Thomas Robins, in Los Angeles, "Minotola was so clean in all of this that we didn't part with any money."

Robins, acting on behalf of a receiver, has sued a bank in another case related to porn peddling: Heartland Bank and its since spun-off credit card processing unit. The suit was related to Heartland's alleged role in a notorious porn scandal involving the theft of 800,000 credit card numbers from yet another former porn bank ? Charter Pacific. The case was dismissed on summary judgment last year.

"We thought we understood what we were getting into, but we didn't," says Robert Carr, chief executive of Heartland Payment Systems, adding that the processor has stopped handling porn purchases altogether. "You're not dealing with the most ethical people in the world."

So why even try it? Because of sexy returns. Heartland was able to charge more than the fees it levied on other merchants ? a 3.5 percent take compared with only as much as 2.25 percent typically. Paycom in turn charges its porn clients up to 15 percent. One porn peddler paid $3.6 million to Heartland for handling $72 million in purchases. Paycom, in its suit against IBM and the others, says IBM and the banks took 30 cents per transaction plus up to a 6.5 percent slice, according to the special report published on ABCNEWS.com

© CONTACTO

June 19, 2003
http://www.contactomagazine.com/pornbanks0619.htm

omg no winner yet? ok come on give us one more hint

That was a tough one !