i don't think porn is any riskier than any other business.

because arie works in manufacturing and my parents worked in aerospace, i've seen how many companies were taken over or went out of business with economic shifts. even more, the fact that work outsourced to china and india is not only cheaper but is on time - being on time is very rare with products made within the u.s. - a lot more large companies are going with outsourcing. the local places in burbank where there was a lot of manufacturing started going out of business when lockheed left years ago.

large movie and music companies are being very slow to adapt and are losing huge amounts of revenue, not only to file sharing changes in how we deal with our entertainment. also those who want to sell in bulk at places like walmart have to cut their profits to the bone.

how about retail? thousands of retail stores are being put out of business or are seeing their profits grow smaller and smaller because they can't possibly compete with prices at walmart or target. not to mention we can now shop competitively on the internet and also get a much wider variety of products.

we live in a time of fast change and only those businesses that can evolve and adapt quckly will thrive - no matter what type of business they are.