Pornhub
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| Type | Pornographic |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Malcolm Flannigan |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Canada |
| No. of locations | Global, but mostly USA |
| Services | Porn |
| Owner | Manwin [1] |
| Website | pornhub.com |
| Alexa rank |  75 (January 2012[update])[2] |
| Type of site | Pornographic video sharing |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available in | English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese |
| Current status | Active |
Pornhub is a free ad-supported pornographic video sharing website which allows users to watch professional and amateur porn. It allows users to watch thousands of videos for free and 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, it requires the browser plug-in Flash technology.
It 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 62nd most popular website on the Internet[2] making it the third-most popular pornographic website, behind LiveJasmin and XVideos.
[edit] Audience
Pornhub is most popular in the USA and the website receives 28.4% of its users from there. This is followed by 4.9% which is shared by both the UK and France.[2][3]
[edit] Copyright infringement claims
In 2010 Mansef Inc and Interhub, the owners of Pornhub.com, were sued by the pornographic film production company Pink Visual's copyright holding company Ventura Content for the copyright infringement of 45 videos on sites including Pornhub.com, Keezmovies.com, Extremetube.com and Tube8.com.[3] According to Ventura Content the 45 videos were streamed “tens of millions of times”[4] and they claimed the piracy threatened the "entire adult entertainment industry."[5] Porn 2.0 sites such as these are seen as posing notable competition for paid pornographic websites and traditional magazine and DVD-based pornography.[6][7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Manwin Files Antitrust Suit Against ICANN and ICM". Manwin. http://www.manwin.com/press3.php. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ a b c "Pornhub.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pornhub.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ^ a b Pardon, Rhett. "Brazzers Parent Calls Infringement Suit 'Fatally Defective'". XBIZ Newswire. http://www.xbiznewswire.com/view.php?id=119348. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ "Pink Visual sues tubes, charges Canadians with vag overfishing". 2010-02-16. http://gramponante.com/pink-visual-sues-tubes-charges-canadians-with-vag-overfishing/. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Chiang, Oliver (2010-02-17). ""Tube Sites" Threaten Porn Studios". Forbes. http://blogs.forbes.com/velocity/2010/02/17/porn-studio-cries-copyright-foul-in-6-75m-suit-against-online-video-sites/. 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
