Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Sex, Lawsuits and Celebrities Caught on Tape

By LOLA OGUNNAIKE

TWO years ago Red Light District, a little known video company in California, hit the jackpot when it landed distribution rights to the Paris Hilton sex tape, an explicit bedroom video shot by a former boyfriend. The DVD has sold some 600,000 copies, establishing Red Light District as the leading player in a lucrative niche of the pornography industry: a purveyor of explicit videos of famous people, sold to an eager public, often over the vehement objections of the participants.



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The Real Price of Sex.com

By Keith Regan

Porn and the Internet were made for each other. In exchange for some much-desired privacy, users are willing to deal with fly-by-night companies and even give their credit card data to questionable vendors.