Is the Internet ruining porn?

Recently I read an article that was recommended in our Pornography lecture, titled “Lights, Camera, Lots of Action. Forget the Script”. The article discusses how the pornography industry is slowly starting to lose interest in plot and dialogue. They believe ‘moviemakers’ are beginning to focus less on story lines, and are instead filming shorter scenes that can be uploaded onto the Internet in “several minute chunks”. The article states that the rise in popularity of the Internet has caused the pornography industry to lose money in DVD sales. Mr Fishbein has estimate that DVD sales have fallen at least 50% in the past few years. It is because of this that porn stars, like Savanna Samson aren’t getting the chance to emerge themselves in their character roles.

The pornography industry has successfully transformed with the Internect. In order to keep making money, they have cut back on making DVD’s and focused more of their time on creating small clips to upload to the Internet. Most pornography sites offers a monthly/yearly membership, this small fee allows audiences access to the sites pornographic content.

Personally, I don’t think porn stars such as Savanna Samson should worry about not being able to develop their characters. It should be the least of their worries; after all they are porn stars not actors. If there not excited anymore then maybe it’s time to leave their chosen profession. Even with fewer story lines, the porn industry is doing just fine. As the Internet has grown in popularity, the porn industry has grown with it. The Internet has provided its users with instant access to pornography, making it just a mouse click away.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/business/media/08porn.html?_r=3&scp=3&sq=porn%20internet&st=cse