Re: Ric Porter's Memoir Now Available!
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:25 am
I?m nearing the end now. The book represents a interesting journey. Each time Ric nears the end of a era, just when it appears to be game over (the goal posts moved etc) Ric strikes it lucky. He paints a picture of an industry that started out small, then grow bigger and bigger. The bigger it became the more difficult it becomes to remain a part of it, at least from a profitably point of view. The whole section on Deric, and Television X dragged on possibly too much. That said, it does add a sensation of what Ric was going through, possibly the biggest time of his career.
Towards the very end of the book, it progresses onto the internet.
Here?s some quotes, and questions:
?Two British companies were heavily fined for outputting downloadable footage that hadn?t been given a BBFC certificate?
?These became test cases in which it was ruled in British courts that the word ?supply? in the Video Recordings Act had the wider meaning beyond the word ?sale?. Effectively, the legal ?loophole? that had so far allowed British porn producers to send out uncertificated DVDs back to Britain from Europe by post was now closed. Similarly, if a British based porn company was offering uncertified footage to download and own via the internet, this was also now illegal, even if that producer?s website was being hosted off-shore.?
?We took legal advice and decided that video streaming would have to be the way to go. That way, no one could actually download any clip to keep and could only pay to watch it stream in real time.?
From this, it appears that ?British porn producers? will be hauled before the British courts, where as anyone overseas gets away scot-free. Doesn?t put the British at a disadvantage ?
Does ?streaming video? not have to be passed by the BBFC ?
If that is the case, it makes little sense.
Any streaming video can be easily captured (via software, or directed to video cam) real time, thus allowing them to ?keep? the footage and re-watch.
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On a side note - is the DVD side of the porn industry really dying out ?
If so, maybe the internet is to blame for that, what with streaming video, and probably more to blame, illegal downloading.
To my knowledge Private are still producing DVDs. Maybe they have the advantage of producing and distribution. They also appear to have a full time team working on taking down any illegal downloads. Which is a good thing, as it makes their product more desirable.
I am wondering if things will go full circle. As with Vhs pre cert film days, all internet porn will shut down-over night, and the only way to purchase XXX will be though licensed outlets. For the moment the internet seems too bigger beast to control, at least for the time being. I?m sure the rules to kick in one by one.
Towards the very end of the book, it progresses onto the internet.
Here?s some quotes, and questions:
?Two British companies were heavily fined for outputting downloadable footage that hadn?t been given a BBFC certificate?
?These became test cases in which it was ruled in British courts that the word ?supply? in the Video Recordings Act had the wider meaning beyond the word ?sale?. Effectively, the legal ?loophole? that had so far allowed British porn producers to send out uncertificated DVDs back to Britain from Europe by post was now closed. Similarly, if a British based porn company was offering uncertified footage to download and own via the internet, this was also now illegal, even if that producer?s website was being hosted off-shore.?
?We took legal advice and decided that video streaming would have to be the way to go. That way, no one could actually download any clip to keep and could only pay to watch it stream in real time.?
From this, it appears that ?British porn producers? will be hauled before the British courts, where as anyone overseas gets away scot-free. Doesn?t put the British at a disadvantage ?
Does ?streaming video? not have to be passed by the BBFC ?
If that is the case, it makes little sense.
Any streaming video can be easily captured (via software, or directed to video cam) real time, thus allowing them to ?keep? the footage and re-watch.
-
On a side note - is the DVD side of the porn industry really dying out ?
If so, maybe the internet is to blame for that, what with streaming video, and probably more to blame, illegal downloading.
To my knowledge Private are still producing DVDs. Maybe they have the advantage of producing and distribution. They also appear to have a full time team working on taking down any illegal downloads. Which is a good thing, as it makes their product more desirable.
I am wondering if things will go full circle. As with Vhs pre cert film days, all internet porn will shut down-over night, and the only way to purchase XXX will be though licensed outlets. For the moment the internet seems too bigger beast to control, at least for the time being. I?m sure the rules to kick in one by one.