Monday, September 20, 2010

Tom Foremski: Is Apple’s Porn Ban Damaging the Future of Media?

Maybe Jobs's ban against porm on the iPad is something more than just a fascist denial of the First Amendment. Maybe it is also a strategic technological and business mistake. memeburn: "I’ve long been an admirer of the porn industry’s innovative business models as applied to technology and media. ... Every time a new technology has been introduced, way back to the printing press, sexual content has helped drive that technology and develop thriving business models that others have been able to adopt and prosper with. ... "