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(I do not look at porn, by the way!)
I saw somewhere that the porn biz is as big as Hollywood.
It seems to have unlimited new talent.
If not for the porn industry, the classic protocols(HTML, POP3, NNTP, SMTP, Archie and Gopher) would still be the only thing the internet has to offer.
One female porn star was on you tube lamenting that she could not get a job as a teacher, nurse, or any licensed professional any more due to the morals stipulations.
This is the Eastern European coming out in me.
My mother's parents were from Poland and Belarus (and the ones from Belarus seem to have moved there from Lithuania).
There is always that saying: "Follow the money." Alex Barker and Patricia Nilsson are very accomplished investigative reporters employed by The Financial Times Of London. They have "ruffled a lot of feathers." They have made the rich and powerful mad. They have been the subject of numerous lawsuits worldwide. They have been subject to physical intimidation and threats of violence. They do not "back down."
They have produced a brilliant 6-part podcast on the money behind the porn industry. It is titled "Hot Money-Porn, Power and Profit." Here is a link:
https://www.ft.com/content/762e4648-06d7-4abd-8d1e-ccefb74b3244
I recommend that you invest the time to listen to this fascinating story.