Vuze Cashing in on Porn BitTorrent Users

Written by Ernesto on May 16, 2009 

In a bid to increase their revenue, among other things, Vuze has added a catalog of HD adult videos to their BitTorrent client. For a few dollars a month Vuze users can subscribe to the latest hotness. Of course, all torrents on the erotica network are well seeded.

BitTorrent companies don’t have a magic wand to avoid the effects of the economic downturn. Similar to BitTorrent Inc, Vuze now finds itself looking for new business opportunities to crank up its revenue. Earlier this month they released a paid portable version of their BitTorrent client, and in addition to this they’ve added a High Definition erotic entertainment section to the Vuze app.

StudioHD is owned and operated by Vuze Inc. and was silently integrated into one of the latest releases. Its network currently offers over 250 videos that can be downloaded with BitTorrent once the user has signed up for a subscription.

The current rates are $24.99 for a month or $149.99 annually and there’s a three day trial available for $3.99. In comparison, The Pirate Bay’s section dedicated to similar HD videos lists 600 titles that can be downloaded for free – even with Vuze.

BitTorrent and adult entertainment go hand in hand, so to speak. When Bram Cohen, the inventor of the protocol wanted to test his application in the wild, he used adult content to do so. Even today, a pretty significant portion of all BitTorrent transfers are porn related, although streaming sites have taken over a fair chunk of this part of the market.

Vuze’s adult entertainment network

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Vuze’s porn section fully integrates with the regular BitTorrent client and offers videos from MC-Nudes, Mac & Bumble, Xisty, Walter Bosque, David Nudes, LSG, Digital Desire, to name just a few model agencies. They promise to add fresh content to the network regularly.

Judging from the advertisements on some BitTorrent sites, and MediaDefender’s porn marketing experience, there is money to be made in this particular area. Some will argue it’s one of the reasons the Internet was invented.

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61 Responses

1 May 16, 2009 at 22:00 by Rekrul

Where’s the fetish section? ;)

2 May 16, 2009 at 22:04 by myself

as long as they keep developing i don|t care where the money comes from

3 May 16, 2009 at 22:07 by Black Pirate

that sounds so good to here but the price a little bit to high tho but thats a nice idea tho

4 May 16, 2009 at 22:16 by someone

porn is addictive. Be careful.

5 May 16, 2009 at 22:20 by you

Sure, Pay for porn on bittorrent, its not like it’s available for free or anything…

6 May 16, 2009 at 22:23 by someone else

4 is right. This sucks.

7 May 16, 2009 at 22:24 by a7a

ya, why pay when u can get it for free???

8 May 16, 2009 at 22:25 by a7a

you can get the porn for free and save your money for whores ;)

9 May 16, 2009 at 22:38 by Willow

@8 i think that’s paying the artist directly witch i support :)

10 May 16, 2009 at 22:44 by watergirl258

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11 May 16, 2009 at 22:52 by Myself

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

12 May 16, 2009 at 22:53 by www.eZee.se

A little too steep especially when you take into consideration sites like juxxxxx.biz offering over 4tb of hardcore stuff including fetish (for poster #1) and everything in between for $5 more.

Also remember, the people who use this service already know about torrents and “the two big” porn torrent sites as well as the multitude of streaming sites..

13 May 16, 2009 at 22:57 by jim

unlucky no.11!

14 May 16, 2009 at 22:58 by Gargamel

Well ya know, really i can’t Dog them for trying to some extra cash and at least trying. Reason? Vuze sold out a long time ago so this isnt like some massive stab in the back people didn’t see coming.

Now if it was Deluge…

Anyways, they are trying to make a few bucks off the scrubs and naive people that arent either tech savvy enough to find porn on torrent sites yet or are simply to damn lazy to be bothered.

They’ll discover the Pron/torrent sites soon enough and realize they got duped. Its digital evolution in progress.

15 May 16, 2009 at 23:12 by wat

@10
That’s a huge bitch!

16 May 16, 2009 at 23:45 by Karai

Is there a horse section?

17 May 17, 2009 at 00:08 by mister_playboy

pr0n is good. I approve.

18 May 17, 2009 at 00:10 by Anonymous

A bit late perhaps TF; my little brother stumbled on this weeks ago. He now uses uTorrent.

19 May 17, 2009 at 00:47 by moogle

All very well for straight boys…

20 May 17, 2009 at 01:00 by watergirl258

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21 May 17, 2009 at 01:01 by helloboy

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22 May 17, 2009 at 01:02 by Anonymous

Pay for porn? ON THE INTERNET?!

Are they serious?

That’s like paying for sand in the desert.

23 May 17, 2009 at 01:04 by hmm

“The current rates are $24.99 for a month or $149.99 annually”

dude… that’s completely unreal….

gl vuze. Failed idea though… fine another business model honestly

24 May 17, 2009 at 01:05 by riaatard

I see the spammers are in their usual topnotch form as per usual.

25 May 17, 2009 at 01:13 by Anonymous

why would you want to 1 pay for for this 2 use YOUR upload to help others download what you are paying for. Not when there are 100’s of places to get free working passwords for top quality sites and just download them straight from there at good high speed…lol makes no sense

26 May 17, 2009 at 01:22 by Yeahhhhboi

I tend to only watch about 2-3 minutes of porn at a time. So I have no need to buy full movies. :)

27 May 17, 2009 at 01:47 by Anonymous

Old News is Old.

28 May 17, 2009 at 01:54 by Anonymous

@25 Well at least you took longer than 30 seconds :)

29 May 17, 2009 at 02:21 by Anonymous

Damn, @26 I meant

Well that boned that joke (:-|

30 May 17, 2009 at 02:46 by Hom3r

Boo. Another reason not to use this bloated java shit.

31 May 17, 2009 at 02:46 by BuggerMeButtocks

Why pay for porn?…I Just Look In The Mirror…….:~)

32 May 17, 2009 at 02:48 by Anonymous

lol the free stuff is often times just as good or better why bother paying.

33 May 17, 2009 at 03:54 by Guest

@ 30

Same here

34 May 17, 2009 at 04:13 by NubCakes

What!! No Llama porn? BOOOOOOO!

35 May 17, 2009 at 07:21 by Anonymous

Yeahhhhboi: “I tend to only watch about 2-3 minutes of porn at a time. So I have no need to buy full movies. :)”

I bet you scream “Yeahhhhboi” at around the 2m 30s mark right?

36 May 17, 2009 at 07:37 by Turbis

@33
You wank for more than 2m? That sounds dumb.

37 May 17, 2009 at 08:16 by Karl Rosenqvist

I’ve always found it fascinating how the porn-industry are usually much more progressive about using new technology. When Gutenberg made the printingpress the religions and publishers of the world were aghast and feared it would kill the business, erotic novels came instantly. Same with photography, soundrecording and of course vcr’s and the internet, I would not be at all surprised if there was an erotic telegraph ;)

38 May 17, 2009 at 08:53 by Soundwave

oh baby STOP i cant wait STOP this telegraph porn is really hot STOP dont stop STOP

39 May 17, 2009 at 09:08 by vyvyan

they have started thinking along those corporate lines and they have sunk too low. And aren’t the prices too high? I think renting DVDs would be cheaper, swap it with your friend after you both have watched it, return it i.e. if you’re thinking of paying.

And if you really can’t find porn on internet for free, you really need some help.

I’m sure seekingtall.com will provide you with all the help you need. wont’ you watergirl :P

40 May 17, 2009 at 09:14 by Anonymous

beeeep beep beep beeeeep beeeep beeeep beep beeep splash!

41 May 17, 2009 at 10:58 by Anonymous

I prefer to wank over free porn, It eases my catholic guilt :D

42 May 17, 2009 at 11:03 by Anonymous

Be warned!: masturbation leads to going blind and you won’t get into heaven or be saved when the apocalypse occurs.

Be warned filthy thieving sinners.

43 May 17, 2009 at 11:08 by Ghostofchris

http://puretna.com/ is nice!

44 May 17, 2009 at 11:18 by Anonymous

@39

OOOOooohhhhhhaaaa I just came over your comment, thanks ;)

45 May 17, 2009 at 11:48 by Arch

People still use Vuze & Firefox ? The 2 apps that pushed me to upgrade my hardware !
I’m thankful I resisted the push. I moved to deluge & Opera/Midori a long time ago .

46 May 17, 2009 at 11:51 by Terminator

Vuze is so dumb. They don’t seem to get the point that p2p is meant for ‘free’dom.

@1,8,9,25,30,32 to 39
We pirates are very naughty. ;-D

47 May 17, 2009 at 12:22 by #YLS#

I’d rather stick to being a free seeder than shelling out to do it.

Sites like Cheggit and pureTNA are great aslong as you can keep a good share ratio.

I feel a little bad for the porn companies who are probably losing alot of business in some ways but hey at least they don’t bitch about it like the movie/record industry.

48 May 17, 2009 at 13:16 by VaNTeC

http://tinyurl.com/sceneblog

49 May 17, 2009 at 14:40 by fcuk bittorrent

Ha, who would pay to download shit from bittorrent, when the same shit is readily available on filehosts, bittorrent really is for morons :eye-roll:

and no, I don’t give a flying fuck that some might find this offensive.

50 May 17, 2009 at 15:06 by NoOne

Why would I pay for that when YouPorn is there? Not only streaming but one can also download videos. If you have a girlfriend there’s also an upload section, and it’s all for free :p

51 May 17, 2009 at 15:13 by insinuendo

reading these comments are almost as entertaining as porn…free porn that is;)

52 May 17, 2009 at 16:57 by roarr

not being able to find free porn on the internet is like not being able to find the power button on the computer in the first place.
it takes a damned fool to manage it.

53 May 17, 2009 at 17:01 by Anonymous

“reading these comments are almost as entertaining as porn…free porn that is”

So, er… your masturbating while reading the comments?

54 May 17, 2009 at 17:27 by Anonymous

Yes

55 May 17, 2009 at 19:16 by Anonymous

lame

56 May 17, 2009 at 21:09 by Anonymous

no gay porn? :(

57 May 18, 2009 at 01:33 by Tiamat

You’d have to be a real imbecile to pay for porn!

58 May 18, 2009 at 03:11 by MM

Cashing in on porn on the internet… congrats on catching up to the 90s vuze xD

59 May 18, 2009 at 09:16 by Anonymous

Its just like spam, they only need a small fraction of like 5% or 10% to fall for it and its profitable…

60 May 19, 2009 at 03:42 by U know it's probably true....

I like watching hidden cam footage of Dan Glickman in thigh-highs and garter belt being spanked by Monique Wadsted. :P

61 May 20, 2009 at 16:44 by JTK

Paying for porn is stupid, anyone with half a brain can get it for free.

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4904885/We_re_All_The_Pirate_Bay_RAP_REMIX

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