Sony Can Not Stop PlayStation Porn

James Joyner · Friday, June 17, 2005 · 3 Comments

Sony: We Can’t Stop PSP Porn Release (Top Tech News)

Pornography producers will soon release sexually explicit discs for Sony’s Latest News about Sony PlayStation Portable Latest News about PlayStation Portable game console, most of whose users are minors.

Two makers of adult movies plan to sell their products for the console as early as July, and several other pornographers are apparently ready to follow, Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun reported Friday.

“It is utterly undesirable, but we cannot stop software makers from selling such videos,” a public relations official at Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said.

It’s hardly Sony’s responsibility to stop third party producers from generating content for which there’s a large market. To the extent that children get these games, it’s the responsibility of their parents, not Sony, to supervise them.

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Brian J. says:

Friday, June 17, 2005 at 14:26

Since they’re not violent, can Illinois children still buy them?

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sgtfluffy says:

Friday, June 17, 2005 at 15:03

On a high note, Eyeglass and contact makers are gearing up for what looks like a good year.

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PAXALLES says:

Friday, June 17, 2005 at 17:43

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/10991

Sony Play-Boy-Station Cannot Prevent Risque Disques.
According to Outside the Beltway,

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