This recession is so bad not even sex sells
John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News
Issue date: 7/1/09 Section: News
"The Internet is both a help and a hindrance," said longtime porn performer and producer Dave Cummings, who expects his next movie, "Knee Pad Nymphos Volume 10," to fall victim to online thieves. "I'm convinced the first day it's out it will be a popular video to be stolen."
Many at the conference talked of altering business plans to provide content, such as live Webcams, that can't be ripped off. "There is no incentive for a surfer to subscribe to a site unless you have some offering that is unique and can't be replicated on a tube site," Webber said.
More than anything, the Internet has made the adult industry more mainstream. Adult videos are still vilified by critics, but their stars are adored by autograph-seeking fans. Upon checking in at the expo, attendees, many of whom are eager to cloak their real identities, are asked what they want to be called on their name tags.
Some were soccer moms and dads. Model Black said she is a pastor's daughter. Cruz, who has a thing for whips and ropes, admits to being an inner geek-she designs Web sites at night-and is a comic book fanatic. "I'm a dork," said the performer in short shorts.
Cummings, who at 69 is the oldest active performer in the industry, said he is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and once taught at West Point. He has since performed in more than 600 scenes.
"That's a lot of sex," he said.
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(c) 2009, San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.).
Many at the conference talked of altering business plans to provide content, such as live Webcams, that can't be ripped off. "There is no incentive for a surfer to subscribe to a site unless you have some offering that is unique and can't be replicated on a tube site," Webber said.
More than anything, the Internet has made the adult industry more mainstream. Adult videos are still vilified by critics, but their stars are adored by autograph-seeking fans. Upon checking in at the expo, attendees, many of whom are eager to cloak their real identities, are asked what they want to be called on their name tags.
Some were soccer moms and dads. Model Black said she is a pastor's daughter. Cruz, who has a thing for whips and ropes, admits to being an inner geek-she designs Web sites at night-and is a comic book fanatic. "I'm a dork," said the performer in short shorts.
Cummings, who at 69 is the oldest active performer in the industry, said he is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and once taught at West Point. He has since performed in more than 600 scenes.
"That's a lot of sex," he said.
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(c) 2009, San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.).
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