The development of technology creates easier access to get pornographic materials. Most of the porn sites provide pornographic photos and videos. The pornography industry is clearly growing fast and has a worldwide market. Adult internet users can access million of erotic materials on the porn websites or searching on the shared file hosting for free porn. The oldest surviving pornographic film is an 1896 film, Le Coucher de la Marie. This film is directed and produced by Eugene Pirou and Albert Kirchner. The seven minute film feature Louise Willy performed a striptease. The oldest porn in the form of book is Fanny Hill; this erotic novel was published in England in 1748. It was written by John Cleland, this book is one of the most prosecuted and banned in history.

The rapid growth of internet users that access pornographic materials has driven the industry towards different direction. The porn lover community has gathered by means of internet forums. The use of anonymous identity or pseudonyms on online forum enables most people to express their opinion and interest more straightforward and transparent. The community also gathered by some adult websites that provide social connection among the users like the BangYouLater site. This site provides video conversation that transforms the site from a usual adult porn site into adult dating site.

The term pornography itself means a portrayal of sexual content explicitly, that intended for sexual arousal or erotic satisfaction. The practice of viewing pornographic materials is usually done in private. Some society and religion stated that pornography is taboo. Denmark was the first country that legalized pornography in 1969 and started the explosion of commercial pornography. Before that time, pornographic materials were produced underground by amateurs and distributed in discreet way. Even after the first legalization of pornography, the materials have to be smuggled in distribution because it was still illegal in other countries.