A lot of art is neither respected nor popular.
Ok, shoot. Name a piece of art that is unpopular and despised that isn't just "a painting"
Not everything that is popular has necessarily a lot of artistic value
That is why I also included respected. Wallpaper is never going to have artistic value because it doesn't have respect.
I disagree with that "translation", this wasn't about whether sex can be art, it was about a producer demanding a huge amount of damages from a filesharer.
These huge amounts of cash would have not even been up for debate had it been an ordinary movie that was REALLY terrible. I mean the worst movie ever.
If it was Disaster Movie (an apt title) it would have still won the case.
I have no idea what the movies looked like, but since porn is normally protected by copyright laws, they must have been really bad.
This is another country and international law is meaningless unless the country agrees with it.
I've seen programs pirated in certain countries because their copyright laws allow it, or movies, or books, or shows (Often it is that "If it isn't licensed in this country, we do not recognize it as a product deserving of copyright))
It is very possible that this is a country where porn is frowned upon and the copyright laws are intentionally skewed against porn so that it doesn't get sold in the country.
Don't forget that there was this court case where someone was selling pornographic comic books NOT to minors, and out of reach and sight of minors, and was successfully trialed for essentially luring children to porn because "comics are for kids yo"