“What they don’t include in the story is this is only offered by a hand full of independant franchies.”
The reason it’s not included in the story, Restornu, is that it’s simply false.
It’s only a handful of Marriotts that don’t offer porn (at least two because they were threatened with obscenity charges by local prosecutors).
In fact, Marriott Corp. negotiated a system-wide contract for the porn with On Command.
Here’s how Marriott CEO and board chair J.W. Marriott, Jr., explained corporate policy in a June 6, 2000 letter:
“The in-room entertainment operators who provide our systems rely upon a certain volume of movie types in order to be economically viable. If we were to elminate the R- and non-rated offerings, the systems would not be economic.”
Please note that Bill Marriott does not falsely claim that R- and X-rated porn flicks, some of which anti-porn activists and prosecutors believe violate state and federal obscenity laws, are available only at a “handful” of Marriott hotels.
In my hometown, the big fancy Marriott downtown is the only hotel in town that offers X-rated movies:
“Patty Perry, Ashman Court director of sales and marketing, confirmed that X-rated movies are available through On Command.” Midland Daily News, Aug. 17, 2002 at:
http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5079223&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472542&rfi=6
Boy what a bunch of ignoramus, I keep trying to figure out what you were talking about than I realized my Time Warner cable has Command pay-per-view service
TIME WARNER CABLE
All the major cable services has this service and yes for a hefty fee you can get smut!
This service is offered to anyone that has digital cable an is in any home across America that has digital cable service.
There is no way a young person could watch this stuff unless they ordered it for a costly fee. It is not inexpensive like $3.95 a movie, if you have digital cable service you have it on you own TV.