iPhone Catches Porn Publishers' Attention

The launch of the iPhone raised the visibility of mobile content and services among the general public — and it apparently caught the attention of porn vendors, too, reports PC Magazine. Several porn companies at the AVN show in Las Vegas say the growing power of mobile handsets — embodied in the iPhone — make them a potentially compelling distribution channel. They cite many of the same issues as other, less risque, content providers in getting video onto phones, including the need to re-edit video to eliminate wide shots and focus more on closeups, given the small screen size.

The biggest problem for mobile porn producers in the US has been operators’ unwillingness to sell adult content through their portals, but one company says the iPhone’s full web browser means they can cut the operator out of the picture. Another adds that age-verification systems could help allay operator concerns, but it seems unlikely that this alone will be enough to convince operators to act as adult-content middlemen and risk the wrath of the easily offended.

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