Another "Porn Industry Doomed (too)" article, but with some lobbying info FSC etc
 

From alternet the left wing grass roots yadayada newsletter/website.

The article starts with teh premise that like newspapers and the music industry etc, costless digital reproduction and the internet were dooming the porn industry as well.

Them the article mentions some bits of good political news.

Still mostly a puff piece, only worth reading if you are interested in this kind of thing.

XXX: Is the Porn Industry Doomed?
Like newspapers and other businesses buffeted by the financial crisis, the porn industry is in danger of extinction.


http://www.alternet.org/sex/140012/x...dustry_doomed/

Obama appointed noted litigator David Ogden to the Justice Department's No. 2 post, deputy attorney general. Armed with a briefing prepared by Fidelis, a Catholic "family values" political action committee, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah decried Ogden's representation, in his private practice, of the American Civil Liberties Union, Playboy Enterprises, Penthouse, and even the scandalous American Library Association.

Guilty as charged. In 1986 and 1990, Ogden successfully required the Library of Congress to translate Playboy articles into Braille. In 2000, he argued against provisions of the Children Internet Protection Act that required libraries to censor pornographic online content. (In case you were wondering, according to Fidelis, Ogden is also a supporter of interpreting the Constitution according to "the latest fad of the intelligentsia." You know, because free speech is just a trend.) At Ogden's confirmation hearing, Hatch spat, "The pornography industry is excited about Mr. Ogden's nomination." That, it seems, is true. Diane Duke describes Ogden, who was confirmed on March 12, as a champion of her industry. "Everyone was calling me asking, 'What do you think about this?!'" Duke says of the Ogden hearings. "If someone [like Ogden] has a genuine respect for the integrity of the Constitution, that's who we should have in government, in all of our offices."


The porn industry used to be represented on Capitol Hill by the Raben Group, a powerful Democratic lobbying firm headed by Robert Raben, a former aide to Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the first openly gay member of Congress. But as Raben took on a glut of new clients in the wake of the Democratic gains of 2006 and 2008, the Free Speech Coalition and Raben Group parted ways. "We've grown up. We're ready to take lobbying on ourselves," Duke says. In the past, the Free Speech Coalition pressured Congress to act against creating a dedicated .xxx Internet address for pornography and in favor of allowing the sale of Penthouse and Playboy on military bases. Both efforts were successful.

Dear Mr president,

I need a small bailout. 50 million dollars (tax free!) should be OK. I'm not greedy like banks, carmakers and wall street gamblers. I'll even write down a business plan and give you a handjob if you send the money.

I think to say that the industry is doomed is exaggerating. Sure it's probably been affected negatively by the economy and piracy but I wouldn't say that it is doomed.

Two responses to that article:
"Flint even said it was a joke.. that he's making 400 billion per year.. that he didn't really need a bail out.. and still people hold it up as a sign that people are turning away from porn."

"there will always be a market for a good B.J. movie..whatever the economy.. " |blowjob|

Those looking for quick and easy money are doomed.

70% searches on the internet are porn, no need to worry about the recessions :D hehe