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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-11 04:37 PM
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47. Hmm.
I've heard that legend before about Sony prohibiting porn but Sony never had any licenses with film studios - just player manufacturers:

"There's a popular legend that VHS took off because Sony wouldn't let people release porn on Betamax. Well, that's not true; Sony had some control over the Beta licensees, but those companies made VCRs, not movies. The real reason was that early Beta tapes were only an hour long. That was good enough for TV show timeshifting, but no good for movies, dirty or otherwise."

http://www.dansdata.com/gz030.htm

Lots of other online accounts of Beta porn being available (although harder to find).

Any links to support your claim that "Apple refused to enable them (online porn companies)"?

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