Monday, March 02, 2009
by Alistair R. B. Forbes
Pornography is a subjective term which doesn’t in anyway reflect more specific content than sex. It seems to be any depiction of sex, in fact, to which the person using the word objects to and finds disapproving. I much prefer the genre adult entertainment, or AE to save ink.
Because AE is often available in hotel rooms, I am regularly asked if the current explosion in technology and content, plus the X and Y generations, will lead to the demise of such content?
Alas...it's unlikely.
At the dawn of every new media, it has been AE that has grown quickest and often to be the largest. From early cave paintings of 40,000 years ago, to the printing press, to TV and DVD and, of course, the Internet - AE has proliferated. It does appear to go on and on. The most recent research published by XBIZ research shows that the industry showed substantial growth in 2008 and 70% of adult businesses were expecting moderate to substantial growth in 2009.
The current economic correction may slow things down a little whilst the AE industry awaits a new wave on which to ride...3D perhaps??