Internet Amateurs Threaten Porn Industry
Technology was once a friend to pornography — first video tapes, then DVDs, then the Internet — but free amateur porn sites are now threatening the professional adult-entertainment industry. Claire Hoffman, contributing editor to Portfolio magazine, discusses her article, "Obscene Losses," about the rise of do-it-yourself Internet porn.
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