Last week, there was a lot of hubbub
about Sony and their stance about porn on Blu-ray. According to one adult film studio, Sony had threatened to withdraw the license from
any copying facility making pornographic films. As the folks at the Inquirer have found out, this isn't entirely true.
The
answer is that it hasn't. Once you get past the sensationalist headlines, there's more to it. Big-time porn studio Vivid has announced
its first Blu-ray porn movie, so there's obviously a leak somewhere in the Blu-ray condom. Even the Blu-ray disc Association has reacted
quickly by saying there is no ban against adult movie content.
It's true that Sony doesn't care for porn on its devices. It was
unhappy when porn started arriving on the UMD disc format for the PSP and from certain quotes by porn makers, Sony is not actually being
that helpful with Blu-ray. It's not blocking them but, at the same time, it's not exactly pointing them in the direction of Blu-ray
disc manufacturers that can help them out. Many are having to find their own production sources.
Vivid isn't the only
company putting porn on Blu-ray either. As we reported the other day, the Japanese studio "Glayz" is also publishing adult films in the
format. If you'd like to read more, the Inquirer's entire article can be found here.
