The porn industry hopes to find an unlikely ally in Google

The porn industry hopes to find an unlikely ally in Google
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The pornography industry hopes that Google will help save its work from piracy.

Both porn stars and pornography studios have asked Google to publicize "legal ways to buy adult content," the BBC reports. Google offers suggestions for legal ways to listen to Taylor Swift's music, which isn't on Spotify, and the porn industry thinks they deserve the same treatment.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.