I laughed at this.putowtin said:
OT: doesn't surprise me. People are going to be people. Time for Sony to enable various different playrooms for various different user types.
PS4 The Playroom Being Used by Some People for Live Sex Shows
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OT: doesn't surprise me. People are going to be people. Time for Sony to enable various different playrooms for various different user types.
Hah, the idea of the robots interacting with these shows amuses me to no end.
On the other hand, I don't see as how this could have surprised ANYONE, especially in this age.
Lastly, I might feel this was deserved by Sony, but then I remembered it was XBONE that was shoving Kinect down everyone's throat. So yeah, if this ever happens on XBL, I'll have another laugh at Microsoft's expense.
On the other hand, I don't see as how this could have surprised ANYONE, especially in this age.
Lastly, I might feel this was deserved by Sony, but then I remembered it was XBONE that was shoving Kinect down everyone's throat. So yeah, if this ever happens on XBL, I'll have another laugh at Microsoft's expense.
Creating a video site will always have this kind of danger. If they want to monitor it then they'll have to do what Youtube does. If they don't then welcome to the internet.
Well, in every great "media war", porn has decided the victor. Betamax refused porn, HDDVD refused porn... PS3 had superior hardware and generally equivalent software, but the 360 had Uno, which was used exclusively for amateur porn and assorted dick-waving. And now Sony has the far-too-literally-named Playroom...
Well played, Sony. GG.
Well played, Sony. GG.
wait, the people who posted a video of themselves having sex online were embarassed there were pictures?Smeatza said:
Apparently, I think that's pretty bold of them to request that it be taken down.orangeapples said:
"Hey you, yes you with those pictures of us having sex, take them down! Even though we were the ones who sent them to you... (Basically)."
OT: I have to go with the general consensus; who DIDN'T see it coming? I say just make it highly against the ToS to do this outside of an AO area... Also not a lawyer by any means but couldn't this be illegal? I mean you're basically "forcing" someone to see something, similar to on Chat Roulette (Yes I know you can skip/turn it off but what's seen is seen)? No I'm not a prude by any means either!
It certainly gives the phrase '#4ThePlayers' a whole knew meaning.Scrumpmonkey said:
Christ, the dude even has a backwards cap on. XD
I can see this causing a lot of legal trouble for Sony, who are either going to have to shut this all down pretty quickly, or impose some tough age restrictions on the Playroom and adult content.
When people are broadcasting themselves having sex and other's are watching the Playroom streams, which country's legal age of consent has jurisdiction and decides whether or not they're broadcasting underage pornography?
For example, if a Playstation 4 owner in the UK had sex with his 16 year old girlfriend on Playroom, but that was viewed by someone in America, would he be breaking US laws despite not breaking UK laws, or would only the US Playstation 4 owner be guilty of possessing or viewing child pornography?
On the other hand, since Sony is a Japanese company and this is a Japanese console, is this all governed by Japan's age of consent of just 13, and have the potential to get a lot of Western doors in the US and UK kicked in and have a lot of Western PS4s seized by the police because their owners had stumbled into a Playroom featuring the sex antics of a 13 year old Japanese girl?
How long is it going to be before some angry parent sues Sony for easily allowing their son or daughter to accidentally view under-age porn, or for supplying their household with unsolicited and unwanted child porn? After all, I'm pretty sure that nowhere on the PS4's packaging does it warn purchasers that it can be used to view live sex shows, so at the very least Sony could be sued for irresponsible advertising or not warning parents of the pornographic capabilities of the games console they bough their children for Christmas.
When people are broadcasting themselves having sex and other's are watching the Playroom streams, which country's legal age of consent has jurisdiction and decides whether or not they're broadcasting underage pornography?
For example, if a Playstation 4 owner in the UK had sex with his 16 year old girlfriend on Playroom, but that was viewed by someone in America, would he be breaking US laws despite not breaking UK laws, or would only the US Playstation 4 owner be guilty of possessing or viewing child pornography?
On the other hand, since Sony is a Japanese company and this is a Japanese console, is this all governed by Japan's age of consent of just 13, and have the potential to get a lot of Western doors in the US and UK kicked in and have a lot of Western PS4s seized by the police because their owners had stumbled into a Playroom featuring the sex antics of a 13 year old Japanese girl?
How long is it going to be before some angry parent sues Sony for easily allowing their son or daughter to accidentally view under-age porn, or for supplying their household with unsolicited and unwanted child porn? After all, I'm pretty sure that nowhere on the PS4's packaging does it warn purchasers that it can be used to view live sex shows, so at the very least Sony could be sued for irresponsible advertising or not warning parents of the pornographic capabilities of the games console they bough their children for Christmas.
Anyone else find it incredibly funny how people find live porn so objectionable? Sure, set such streams aside and away from people who do not want to see it, but banning it is just mean-spirited towards people who watch them. It even goes against the business interest of increasing viewership.
Such is the plight of the Western culture we have today. Hey, it could be worse.
Such is the plight of the Western culture we have today. Hey, it could be worse.
Western culture, mainly the United States, has always been so wary and shunning of pornographic material it seems. Then you look at violence and it seems the US doesn't really mind that too much at all.Xman490 said:
Pretty much I find this old Scandinavia and the World comic about Amnesia: The Dark Descent describes it perfectly.
OT: Honestly if Sony is surprised that this happened then they really don't know how humans work. At the same time I can see this causing legal problems a lot like how Jamash pointed out in his post. Really though hopefully they don't decide to ax the Playroom function just because a few people are misusing it. Nintendo got a lot of hate for closing down Swapnote because certain groups were using it for the wrong reason. Perhaps Sony could set up age restrictions on the Playroom for certain things I guess. :/
