Pornhub
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Pornographic video sharing |
| Available in | English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Polish |
| Headquarters | , |
| No. of locations | Global on web, offices in: Montreal, Quebec San Francisco, California Houston, Texas New Orleans, Lousiana. |
| 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. It is one of the most popular pornographic websites active. The site was trending worldwide on Twitter on February 10, 2013. Pornhub also has offices and servers in Houston, Texas, San Francisco, California, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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][7]
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.[8][9]
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.[10]
References
- ^ "Pornhub.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-02-1.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ 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
- ^ Official Pornhub Twitter
- ^ 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.