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[if:book] Sam Sugar, author of the adult industry-watching blog SugarBank, says Google would be foolish not to capitalize on this massive underground market, routinely shunned by "respectable" services like PayPal. In an open letter to Google's CEOs, Sugar lays out his arguments and explains how porn could catapult Google to the cutting edge of ecommerce, in much the same way that it helped VHS outmaneuver Betamax.

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Cult of Pop: doesn't mean that underage performers should be allowed in the adult industry, but I'd say most everyone in the business is scared shitless of letting that happen again for fear of the legal consequences and resulting loss of profits. At any rate, enforcement of the new 2257 has been placed on hold by the Free Speech Coalition . (via Cosmos)

InsideGoogle - part of the Blog News Channel: Sam Sugar asks Google to allow the adult entertainment industry to use its upcoming transaction service, which he argues would bring stability and safety to the online porn industry, and give Google a huge edge over PayPal. The benefit to Google he says, would be much like it was to VHS over Betamax; (via Cosmos)

http://www.sugarbank.com  SugarBank: Levchin says that PayPal’s strength is risk management, which is exactly the skill that specialist adult/high-risk processors have at the highest level. His assertion supports my argument, that Google should treat all their transactions as ”˜high-risk’ and run the most efficient system possible because of that. (via Cosmos)

Oliver Thylmann's Blog: SugarBank: An Open Letter to Google RE: Online Payments (via Cosmos)

John Battelle's Searchbloghttp://battellemedia.com  John Battelle's Searchblog: fascinating "open letter" from a blogger who covers the porn industry, asking Google to embrace his industry, especially given its dependance on payment systems just like the one Google is working on. The conclusions are quite interesting. (via Cosmos)

Updates.com[Updates.com] | Latest Google News | Technology Updates: Google has launched its fleshed-out version of Google Video, albeit with verylittle new content as far as I can tell. - June 27 2005 - The Unofficial Google Weblog (Blog)

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