This Day in History: The Communications Decency Act was passed by the Congress on this day in 1996 in order to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. As lowbrow and unseemly porn is, it has always been on the forefront of technological progress. The Gutenberg Press may be known for printing that beautiful large Latin Bible, but the press was subsidized by printing more bawdy material. The invention of still photography was, as some would say, "the single most important event in the history of pornography." Porn in film was standard since 1896, and it also standardized Super 8 film. Porn was at the forefront of the VHS vs Betamax debate. Porn was also the first industry to invent payment processing on the internet. You have to know that robotics will move a great leap forward because of this as well. Many of the inventions we take for granted might never have advanced or existed had it not been for porn.
I actually feel uncomfortable sharing all this.
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