Indian porn peddlers peddle Internet porn clips on mobile memory cards

There were several reports (Sex on the go – Demand for mobile porn) on the shifting of the illegal Indian pornography industry from CD/DVD’s to memory cards in mobile phones. Owners of mobile repair shops which are found at every street corner, download these clips from the Internet, and load them onto 4/16 GB memory cards which are then sold to customers, for between 2 to 8 US$ based on the quality of the clips. A 16 GB clip can hold upto 200 porn clips. According to reports, clips on recent scandals are the flavor of the market. Some of these are surreptiously filmed and not made by professional porn stars.

India has over 850 million mobile users. Approximately 8-10% of the mobile users have smart phones. Assuming a small percentage of these smart phone users say 2% are porn watchers then the market size is between 5-10m $ annually. Not very large! The market thrives as many customers are net illiterate and do not have access to wifi networks.

All porn peddlers violate Indian law which forbids the creation and distribution of pornographic content. Viewing porn is not considered a crime.

Swapping memory cards or loading them with pirated videos or clips can lead to malware infection.