The XXX Factor

Published Thursday, May 25, 2006

It’s a maxim in our business that when it comes to the technology of personal or home video, pornography is the decider. Like it or not, smut played a decisive role in the triumph of VHS over Betamax, the rise of video-on-demand and online streaming, and the development of all manner of Internet commerce for the lonely. There are many out there for whom the term JPEG still means something naughty, like etchings in the 19th century. What, after all, laid the groundwork for YouTube and Google Video, or selling videos on

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