The production and distribution of pornographic movies are economic activities of some importance. The exact size of the economy of pornography and the influence that it plays in political circles are matter of controversy. Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Distribution is one of the four aspects of marketing. ... Pornographic movies appeared shortly after the creation of the movie technology that made them possible. ...

North America

In the United States, distribution of pornography changed radically after the 1980s, with videotape and cable television largely displacing X-rated theaters. Video distribution in turn is in the process of being replaced by DVD (and Internet distribution for niche markets). Distribution of pornography is a large industry that involves major entertainment companies such as Time Warner (which profits from pornography through its cable channels, and in-room movies provided by hotel chains).(see Pornography in the United States) The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Bottom view of VHS videotape cassette with magnetic tape exposed Videotape is a means of recording television pictures and accompanying sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Pornography may use any of a variety of media — written and spoken text, photos, movies, etc. ...

The porn industry in Canada is mainly situated in Montréal, Québec, the third largest porn producing city in the world after Los Angeles and Amsterdam. Canada has previously seen a major court case where pornographic writings involving children were deemed to be legal. Certain communities such as Medicine Hat, Alberta have seen divisive battles where restrictions have been placed on the sale of pornography. In Medicine Hat, Jim Ogston led an unsuccessful battle against the new restrictions for businesses to have the right to sell pornography. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Agglomeration - 1. ... Medicine Hat, known to locals as the Hat, is a city located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. ... Jim Ogston is from Medicine Hat, Alberta. ...

Pornography generates billions of dollars in sales in the United States alone, and economists have suggested that it has now gotten to the point where the outlawing of the industry, which has been tried on many occasions, could have a major negative economic impact upon the country, and a prohibition-style legislated ban might spark a rise in organized crime much similar to that of the prohibition ban on alcohol did. An estimated 211 new pornographic films are made every week in the United States. ^[1] The term Prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... Organized crime or criminal organizations are groups or operations run by criminals, most commonly for the purpose of generating a monetary profit. ...

Latin America

In Latin America, the pornography industry production is somewhat limited. Yet pornography is abundant, especially pirate DVDs from the USA and Europe, which are present in the streets of most capitals in Latin America . Brazil is perhaps the only country that openly produces porn movies, but with mandatory use of condoms. In addition, in the last 10-15 years numerous American and European actors such as Rocco Siffredi, Nacho Vidal and John Stagliano among others have visited Brazil to produce movies there. Brazil is also a well known market for gay and transsexual pornography. Allegedly, African American actor Darren James contracted H.I.V. after shooting a scene in Brazil with actress Bianca Biaggi who had unprotected sex with a transsexual actor in an American film. Most American productions are shot without condoms. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (Porn) (from Greek πόρνη (porne) prostitute and γραφή (grafe) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... John Stagliano (aka Buttman) (born November 29, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American pornographic actor, producer, and director. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... Darren James Darren James (born Darren Keith Edwards on February 25, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan) is an black ex-pornographic actor who sent shock waves throughout the adult entertainment industry and made worldwide headlines after testing positive for HIV. The six-year veteran performer tested positive on April 13, 2004... Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ... Bianca Biaggi is a Brazilian pornographic actress who tested positive for HIV. Biaggi had unprotected anal sex with veteran pornstar Darren James, and is suspected of infecting him with the virus. ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ...

Other countries commonly visited by American companies involve Colombia and Mexico. Several other movies were produced by the European company Private in Costa Rica in the 1990’s. The American companies Anabolic and Diabolic produced several Latin based series such as Panochitas which included trips to places such as the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and even Chile. Anabolic is an adjective referring to processes of metabolism that result in growth of cells or organisms. ...

Due to being more conservative, in the Catholic countries of Latin America, most of the actresses in the movies are prostitutes from the streets. Most of the Latina actresses in porno movies in the U.S. are born in the U.S., yet a few are born in Latin America, but grew up in the U.S.; for example Olivia del Rio,, who is Brazilian, Alexis Amore, who is Peruvian, are among others. Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... Shayla LaVeaux, Olivia Del Rio (right) Olivia Del Rio (born April 16, 1969 in Rio Casca, Brazil) is a porn star. ... Alexis Amore (born December 29, 1978 in Lima, Peru) is a Latina pornographic actress, exotic dancer and model. ...

Europe

European hardcore pornography is dominated by a few pan-European producers and distributors, the most notable of which is the Private Media Group. Most European countries also have local pornography producers, from Portugal (e.g. Naturalvideo) to Romania (e.g. Floyd-Agency), with varying potentials of competition with international producers. This article is about the continent. ... Private Media Group, Inc. ...

Women in European pornography typically have a so-called "more natural" look than in American pornography, with less emphasis on breast implants. The once popular style of Euro-chic pornography represented by directors Lasse Braun, Joe d'Amato, and Michel Gentil has lost ground and the Pierre Woodman style of video porn now attracts a larger audience. A few directors like Luca Damiano, Mario Salieri, and Alain Payet continue with the "older" cinematographic and dramatic styles that often distinguish European pornography from those of other cultures. (See European pornography) A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a womans breasts (known as breast augmentation) for cosmetic reasons, to reconstruct the breast (e. ... Lasse Braun (born as Alberto Ferro in 1936 in Algiers, Algeria) is an Italian director, labelled as the Legendary King of Modern Pornography, who produced films with the motto He claims to have lost his virginity at age 8, with a 9-year-old Italian girl in the attic of... Laura Gemser in Joe dAmatos Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals ( 1977) Joe DAmato (born Aristide Massaccesi on December 15, 1936 , in Rome, Italy, died January 23, 1999) was an Italian director of numerous horror and hardcore pornography titles. ... Jean Rollin on the set of La Vampire nue, 1969. ... Pierre Woodman (born 1963 in Auvergne, France) is a French porn director. ... Luca Damiano né Franco lo Cascio (1947 - ) is an Italian director who began his carreer as an assistant to Vittorio de Sica. ... Mario Salieri is an Italian porn director. ... Alain Payet (born January 17, 1947) is a French director of Nazi exploitation and chic porn movies. ... Pornography in Europe is dominated by a few pan-European producers and distributors, the most notable of which is the Private Media Group that had successfully claimed the throne of Color Climax Corporation in early 1990s. ...

Throughout Europe, ostensibly private "stolen" videos featuring celebrities (mostly TV and music stars) having sex are very popular on the Internet and in the black market. It is debatable whether these videos were truly released without their participants' permission, or whether they constitute a type of publicity stunt planned by stars themselves. In recent years, starting with the Severina Vučković "incident" in 2004, the Croatian public has seen a great number of these videos being released, causing a phenomenon of imitation by teenagers. The Paris Hilton sex tape Pam & Tommy Lee: Hardcore & Uncensored 1 Night In China dvd cover Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly in Tonya and Jeffs Wedding Night A celebrity sex tape is a home video of sex acts, as performed by a celebrity and his or her partner, which... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The media itself often stages stunts for movies and television shows. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Many US-centric pornography websites distribute or focus on content shot in Europe or featuring actresses from European (particularly Eastern European) countries. These actresses (often advertised as "Eurobabes" ^[2]) may conform more to a look usually identified with US actresses than European ones, although they may still be considered to look "more natural". Regions of Europe as delineated by the United Nations (UN definition of Eastern Europe marked salmon):  Northern Europe  Western Europe  Eastern Europe  Southern Europe Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium...

Turkey, with its deeply rooted secular attitudes towards Islam, is an exception for pornography production in the Islamic World. After a long period of producing Italian-inspired softcore comedies in 1970s, the first hardcore film Öyle Bir Kadın Ki was legally distributed in 1979, followed by many more until the 1980 coup d'état, which strictly prohibited graphic sex in cinema. In the late 1990s, Turkish pornography lived a relatively humble revival, producing cheap material of much lower quality. Contemporary producers of Turkish porn (e.g. Trimax) are centred in Germany, although they still recruit their performers from Turkey, Sibel Kekilli and Şahin K being the most famous. Sibel Kekilli's life inspired the Golden Bear winning film Head-On. Today, a government regulated website, terbiyesiz.net, shows amateur porn produced throughout the country. Interior of the Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey, June 1994. ... The Islamic world is the world-wide community of those who identify with Islam, known as Muslims, and who number approximately one-and-a-half billion people. ... Öyle Bir Kadın Ki (She is Such a Woman) (1979) is the first Turkish film which included hardcore scenes to be legally produced and distributed. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... A coup détat (pronounced ), or simply coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means by a part of the state establishment — mostly replacing just the high-level figures. ... Sibel Kekilli with Birol Ãœnel in Gegen die Wand. ... Åžahin K (aka Åžahin Yılmaz aka Ali Yorulmaz né Åževket Åžahin) (1968 in Aksaray, Turkey - ) is a Turkish pornographic actor and co-producer for the German pornography producers Trimax. ... Head On is also a 1998 film; see Head On (film). ...

East Asia

Further information: Pornography in Japan

The three main producers of pornography in Asia are Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Japan has a world's largest pornography industry (see Pornography in Japan) which features more natural looking women usually wearing little makeup servicing multiple men who tend to be anonymous. Women in some Asian pornography often act as if the sexual act were painful. In Japan, fetish pornography has a great variety, ranging from well-known bukkake to tamakeri. Hong Kong and Thailand produces much print pornography but less video. The men in Thai pornography tend to be younger than in Japanese or American pornography. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The basic idea of sexual fetishism is sexual arousal and satisfaction through an inanimate object, the fetish. ... Bukkake   is a group sex practice that features a woman being ejaculated on by multiple men. ... Tamakeri is a recently introduced type of Japanese fetish pornography. ...

In 2004 and 2005, Malaysia was shocked with a few exposures of budding wannabe pornographers - couples having sex for the camera. While a few show the performers willingly doing it for the camera, others seem to have been captured secretly (voyeurism). VCD copies of these are widely sold on the blackmarket. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. ... VCD can stand for: Video CD Voice command device Value Change Dump (IEEE 1364 Verilog) Value-Centered Design This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Middle East

In Azerbaijan in accordance with article 3 of the Media Act of December 7, 1999, the "pornographic materials" are defined as works of art, photographic reproductions of paintings, information and other materials the main content of which is the crude and undignified depiction of the anatomical and physiological aspects of sexual relations. Pornography in Azerbaijan is easily and cheaply obtainable in Baku, although not in most other places. Pornographic images, either printed or recorded may cause problems when crossing the border. Taking the soft-core materials should have no problems, but Azeri borders guards can require a few extra euros^[3]. Meanwhile the legal activity to combat child pornography is governed by 1998 Rights of the Child Act, 1999 Media Act, the Plan of Measures to Solve the Problem of Homeless and Street Children and the National Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons^[4]. December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Municipality: Baku Area: 1000 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: AZ10 Area code: +99412 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 41° 01 52 N Longitude: 21° 20 25 E Weather types: 9 of 11 Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ... Child pornography refers to pornography depicting minors. ...

In Israel, which is often seen as a Western country in the Middle East, pornograpic films began to be produced in the 1990s, However most of the films were shot in the 2000s . Israeli pornography may be considered nascent but has gone a way since its beginnings. Today, the biggest pornography company is SexStyle that produces films for the Israeli public. In 2003, the first pornographic film featuring Arab performers, produced by this company, caused a public uproar among Israeli Arab community^[5]. A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... This article is very long Some browsers may have difficulty rendering this article. ... This article is becoming very long. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Languages Arabic other languages (Arab minorities) Religions Predominantly Muslim Some adherents of Druze, Judaism, Samaritan, Christianity Related ethnic groups Mizrachi Jews, Sephardi Jews[], Ashkenazi Jews, Canaanites, other Semitic-speaking groups An Arab (Arabic: ‎; transliteration: ) is a member of a Semitic-speaking people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories... Arab citizens of Israel, Arabs of Israel or Arab population of Israel are terms used by Israeli authorities and Israeli Hebrew-speaking media to refer to non-Jewish Arabs who are citizens of the State of Israel. ...

See also

• List of pornography laws by region

Pornography laws differ widely from region to region. ...

References

1. ^ With pot and porn outstripping corn, America's black economy is flying high, The Guardian
2. ^ Eurobabeindex. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.
3. ^ Sex in Azerbaijan - Ñåêñ â Àçåðáàéäæàíå - Azerb.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.
4. ^ Information concerning the questionnaire of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (DOC). Retrieved on 2006-10-05.
5. ^ Israeli Arab Porn Video Inflames Community Passions - Israel Forum. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.