Rich Fiscus
16 Sep 2007 9:14
At a conference of porn producers, attorneys, and other prominent industry figures, discussions were held on reducing the rampant piracy faced by the industry today.
Even though porn piracy has been rampant on the internet for years, and some would even say the porn industry was the driving force in technological innovation for years, falling sales have led the industry to look for a way to stop unauthorized sharing of their videos.
According to attorney Greg Piccionelli, "The lack of enforcement over the years has left the pirates and consumers with the impression that copying and stealing adult content is something that has absolutely no punitive consequence associated with it whatsoever, and so the industry has really sort of dug its own grave to this degree."
Despite sounding a lot like more mainstream media companies, whose only thought in the beginning was to solve piracy problems with DRM, Piccionelli doesn't believe that's a legitimate solution. "I worry about [the producers] coming up with DRM or technological solutions, because they're not going to work," he said.
Source: Ars Technica