And before i say the following it has nothing to do with someone's culture, country.......etc.......to condemn them..........this is to understand what has been happening............Japan is a very strict society...........................for a good reason.........i wish the USA had more strict laws..........here in the U.S................u can plea bargin your way out of crimes or with a good lawyer........not so in Japan......u had better have a darn good alibi...........which is why there is less crime in Japan............they are more strict.......

The urban legend..........whatever u call it.......................conspiracy theory really.......was that Sony snuffed its nose at the porn industry.........which is powerful here in the USA...........esp. in Los Angeles.............where the movies are made..........Hollywood....................and they lost the contract to vhs....................my bad.........i am mixing and matching stuff.................it was between vhs and beta max...................video cassettes.................

Opinion: Is Sony's Blu-ray Porn Stance Repeating Betamax ...

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Feb 7, 2007 - There was such a demand for porn that Betamax - despite being a ... more or less, to protect its brand by keeping it away from the porn industry.

stevemargolis.com | How porn killed the Betamax

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Jul 23, 2012 - But over the next 10 years, Sony's Betamax format and JVC's VHS format ... The porn industry standardized their distribution on the VHS format.

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Jan 25, 2007 - 20 posts - ‎7 authors

VHS: Betamax lost because they didn't license porn (or did so too late) ... And also, because of Sony's strict licensing to the format, companies ...