Pornhub
 | This article contains promotional content. (January 2013) |
| Pornhub logo | |
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Pornographic video sharing |
| Available in | English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese |
| Headquarters | , |
| No. of locations | Global, based in Canada |
| Owner | E.T. Bokep Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Malcolm Flannigan |
| Services | Pornography |
| URL | www.pornhub.com |
| Registration | Optional |
| Current status | Active |
Pornhub is a pornographic video sharing website. Based in Montreal, Canada, Pornhub is a free, ad-supported website, which allows its users to view professional pornography, in addition to amateur pornography.
Overview
Pornhub allows users to watch hundreds of thousands of videos for free. The website also offers a paid for subscription service which give users extra benefits such as the ability to download videos. Like many other such video sites, Pornhub requires the browser plug-in Flash technology.
Pornhub uses the concept of Porn 2.0 as the website also offers a webcam service and users can upload their own videos. It is ranked the 68th most popular website on the Internet[1] making it the third-most popular pornographic website, behind LiveJasmin and XVideos.
Copyright infringement claims
In 2010, Mansef Inc. and Interhub, the owners of Pornhub, were sued by the copyright holding company of the pornographic film production company Pink Visual, Ventura Content, for the copyright infringement of 45 videos on websites, including Pornhub, Keezmovies, Extremetube, and Tube8.[2] According to Ventura Content the 45 videos were streamed “tens of millions of times”[3] and they claimed the piracy threatened the "entire adult entertainment industry."[4] Porn 2.0 sites such as these are seen as posing notable competition for paid pornographic websites and traditional magazine and DVD-based pornography.[5][6]
Breast Cancer Fundraising
In 2012, the website launched a "Save the Boobs!" campaign for the month of October for breast cancer awareness and research. For every 30 large-breast or small-breast videos viewed, the website offered to donate a penny to breast cancer research.[7][8]
After the Susan G. Komen Foundation refused to be publicly associated with the effort, Pornhub announced that they would seek another breast cancer charity as beneficiary.[9]
References
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- ^ Pardon, Rhett. "Brazzers Parent Calls Infringement Suit 'Fatally Defective'". XBIZ Newswire. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ "Pink Visual sues tubes, charges Canadians with vag overfishing". 2010-02-16. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Chiang, Oliver (2010-02-17). ""Tube Sites" Threaten Porn Studios". Forbes. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Purveyors of porn scramble to keep up with Internet, USA Today, 5 June 2007
- ^ YouTube with fewer clothes, The Times, 19 June 2007
- ^ Brown, Eryn (2012-10-05). "Breast cancer awareness month gets fundraising boost from Pornhub". latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ^ "Is This the Worst Breast Cancer Month Idea Ever? - The Cut". Nymag.com. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "Pornhub.com Donates!". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 October 2012.