Should iTunes sell pornography?

[northy124]

Oh yes oh dear god yes they should sell porn I mean they sell porn for download encoded for iPod/iPhone maybe Apple should finally ca$h in on porn, Come on we live in the erm present were porn is loved, Go Apple sell porn.

Note: I'm not a porn addict just I think iTunes would make alot of money from pervs.

 

[Virgil-TB2]

Yes, I wonder if we'll laugh about this attitude (where so many people like pornography, yet its so frowned upon) in a few years...

I seriously doubt this will happen, but then as I say that ... I realise that really depends on what "pornography" is, both to you and to me.

That's the problem with this whole thread is it's built on a vague and subjective "non-definition" (or two).

Pornography, in the sense of that awful, soul-destroying, negative crap that is in the back room at your local brick and mortar video store will likely be far less popular in any healthy future for the human race, than it is today.

On the other hand, depiction's of nudity and sexual activity will likely be common and people *will* truly laugh out loud at the idea that anyone ever thought that this kind of stuff should be illegal.

only my opinon of course, YMMV

No I don't think so, its just not necessary. But I would like to see Apple sell all Music Videos, TV shows, and Movies with a Explicit option (Or in the case of certain movies an Unrated version) like they do with music. Its a sad day when I buy a Nine Inch Nails music video about censorship only to find its the censored version of the video. (I ended up finding the uncensored one for free on the NIN site).

I sympathise with you about buying something that seems one thing and is then another, but I am still against those labels.

I think in this day and age, when the very worst swearwords are commonplace, that to worry about "explicit" lyrics is just nonsense. It doesn't help or protect anyone and it's just a sop to the Christian community.

The proof is in the opposite label that iTunes uses ..."clean."

"Clean" basically means "christians can listen," or perhaps, "Disney approved." These labels indicate that they are targeting a specific market, American Christians.

Outside of the USA there simply is no big unified group of people who all agree on what's "clean" and what's "explicit."

 

[theBB]

iTunes does not even sell NC-17 versions of movies. A lot of blood gushing, people murdered left and right is apparently OK, but if there is a bit of nudity, "save the children!..."

 

[mr.666]

FIXED.

^^^
how is it that the music industry has suffered so much from free content being out on the net buy the Adult industry continues to thrive?


i wouldnt have a problem if iTunes sold Porn... but i dont think i'd buy any there.

 

[aross99]

I think it is just a big can of worms, and Apple doesn't need the money bad enough to have to deal with it.

I think it would also have a very negative effect on the Apple brand (see some of the comments on this issue, and you will see what I mean).

I just think the negatives far outweigh any monetary gain that they might get.

And as someone else said - there are plenty of other sources for that kind of stuff - free and otherwise...

 

[swingerofbirch]

I'm not advocating for or against it. I just think it's interesting.

I mean the iTunes Store is a platform for goods that Apple doesn't make.

Just like Amazon is a platform for goods that Amazon doesn't make. Amazon sells porn (not a huge selection), sex toys, and erotica. And I don't think people feel that Amazon is some hethonistic company.

In my mind it's kind of like a dictionary. Are you gonna get mad at Meriam Webster for including the word f*ck?

And I'm not saying that people wouldn't be mad at Apple. Of course they would be. I just don't know how logical it is to be mad at the conduit, unless we seek our conduits as editors of what we choose to experience as well. People often say when will AT&T realize it's a dumb pipe? Well, with iTunes, Apple is the pipe and also providing the content (even though it's not theirs). I don't expect Apple to provide porn, but on the other hand I don't expect them to edit the world either. I'm not holding them to that standard. I wouldn't be offended by things I disagree with, in other words.

 

[scotty96LSC]

I don't see that ever happening. Porn will always be there, and much of it free. No need for a major iconic company like Apple to even think about this. That industry is left to "those other people."

 

[bijou]

No, I hope they don't. Wouldn't be surprised if labels leave iTunes if they did, either.

Why is this even being asked, don't most of you use torrents for your amusements, heh?

 

[iphonerain]

I vote no.

Granted, pornography can be controversial in some social circles, and granted, some pornography is disgusting and degrading. But Apple is a retailer for media content, and pornography is a form of media. Oftentimes it's locked up in Windows Media formats that can't play on a Mac. iTunes would give porn vendors a nice venue to sell their product in a protected way to both Mac and PC users. And iTunes could easily implement age-checks.

You might frown on my suggestion, but do you frown on your local video rental store with the adult section in back?

I'm very split with this issue. Pornography doesn't run parallel with my own personal beliefs, so I do frown at my local video store with an adult section in the back. However, I'm always stumped because I know this is just my own subjective belief and there are people out there obviously open to this sort of thing. I don't want my future kids (way way out in the future) growing up thinking it's OK to sell your body for sex twiceover - first when you were filming and second when your film is sold.

I vehemently vote against Apple selling porn on the App Store. Call me judgmental but when I saw those iPorn girls at WWDC, I couldn't help but to mutter "their parents must be SO proud." eh.