Pornhub
Encyclopedia
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 making it the third-most popular pornographic website, behind LiveJasmin
and Xhamster.
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
.
'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. According to Ventura Content the 45 videos were streamed “tens of millions of times” and they claimed the piracy threatened the "entire adult entertainment industry." Porn 2.0
sites such as these are seen as posing notable competition for paid pornographic websites and traditional magazine and DVD-based pornography.
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
video sharing website which allows users to watch professional and amateur porn
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. Reality pornography is professionally made porn which seeks to emulate the style of amateur pornography...
.
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
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
technology.
It uses the concept of Porn 2.0
Porn 2.0
Porn 2.0, named after the Web 2.0 is a concept of internet-based websites featuring user-generated content. These ideas are sometimes described as intermediate social networking mediums using dynamics contents such as user-based categorizing, webcam hosting in ?tube as opposed to static contents in...
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 making it the third-most popular pornographic website, behind LiveJasmin
LiveJasmin
LiveJasmin is an adult video chat site of AWEmpire with thousands of chat hosts online in several categories, who can be taken on private chat after a preceding — and optional — free chat....
and Xhamster.
Audience
Pornhub is most popular in the USAUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the website receives 28.4% of its users from there. This is followed by 4.9% which is shared by both the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Copyright infringement claims
In 2010 Mansef Inc and Interhub, the owners of Pornhub.com, were sued by the pornographic film production company Pink VisualPink Visual
Pink Visual, based in Van Nuys, California, USA, is a reality and gonzo pornography film production company. It began as an Internet pornography provider before eventually moving into DVD production. Pink Visual also licenses adult content to cable, satellite, pay-per-view, hotel chain channels,...
'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. According to Ventura Content the 45 videos were streamed “tens of millions of times” and they claimed the piracy threatened the "entire adult entertainment industry." Porn 2.0
Porn 2.0
Porn 2.0, named after the Web 2.0 is a concept of internet-based websites featuring user-generated content. These ideas are sometimes described as intermediate social networking mediums using dynamics contents such as user-based categorizing, webcam hosting in ?tube as opposed to static contents in...
sites such as these are seen as posing notable competition for paid pornographic websites and traditional magazine and DVD-based pornography.