Amateur pornography

Amateur pornography is a category of pornography that features models or actors performing without pay, or for whom this material is their first or only paid modeling work. The label is also sometimes applied to professionally-produced pornography which mimics genuinely amateur work.

Like traditional magazine and VHS/DVD-based pornography, Internet pornography has long been a profitable venture. However, with the rise of Web 2.0 ventures and amateur pornography, websites based upon the YouTube platform of user-generated content and video sharing have become very popular. Video hosting service websites feature free user-uploaded amateur pornography and have become the most visited pornography websites on the entire internet (and, in fact, sites such as Redtube and YouPorn rank among the most visited websites on any subject) [http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none] as users seek to bypass the spam, ads, viruses, and troublesome cookies associated with pay sites.Fact|date=May 2008

Since the content of these websites is entirely free and of reasonably high quality, and because most of the videos are full-length instead of short clips, these websites have been criticized for sharply cutting in to the profits of pay-per-view pornographic websites and traditional magazine and DVD-based pornography. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2007-06-05-internet-porn_N.htm Purveyors of porn scramble to keep up with Internet - USATODAY.com ] ]

Pornography based on video game system networks, pornography on cell phones, and other alternative methods of distribution have also been gaining popularity in the last few years.Fact|date=May 2008

ee also

* Reality pornography
* Internet pornography
* Xtube
* YouPorn
* PornoTube
* Alt porn
* Wifey's World

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