Online Porn: Regulating the “Elephant in the Middle of the Room”
By Dave Wieneke on Nov 3, 2007 in Best of / fresh takes, Free speech / censorship, Public policy | comments(0)
This week, two diverse publications–The Christian Science Monitor and Wired Magazine–asked the same question: “Are we going overboard in regulating adult content?”
I attend at least a dozen online-industry events a year, and listen to podcasts, read blogs and pay for research from countless industry pundits. And in each case, the online adult entertainment industry, an estimated 3 billion dollar chunk of online commerce, goes completely unmentioned. Just compare that revenue to Facebook or Second Life, which get their own conferences.
Online marketing and the law surely converge in this business. Come see how.
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