NZ store of Japanese sports brand Asics apologizes over porn played on big screens

If you hack a monitor, it’s an unspoken rule to stream porn.

How about turning off the screen when the shop is closed when is no one there to monitor it.

I'm more amazed that they just decided to wait until opening time the next day to turn off the video, you'd think that as soon as it was discovered they would have tried to stop it right away!

Yes, they should turn the screens off when closed. They will save money on electricity and same their reputation. When do the law suits begin?

I believe the ones to complain were the porn sites who suddenly saw a dip in viewership that evening.

9 hours on non-stop porn on a big screen must have been hard to resist.

When do the law suits begin?

They don't - it's not America

"When do the law suits begin?"

They don't - it's not America

Or Japan.

If it had just flashed on the screen for a minute or so before someone was called, and a few minutes later for security and/or staff to shut it down, it'd be slightly more comedic, but ALL NIGHT? I highly doubt they were hacked. More likely some staff was put it on for a little fun after his shift, not realising it was showing on all shop screens (including the ones facing the outside), and didn't close the window or turn off the DVD.

How about turning off the screen when the shop is closed when is no one there to monitor it.

As they are described as "above" the store. One would assume they are for advertising, and therefor, might be left on 24/7.

Also, if the system is accessible via the Internet, it may be entirely possible that they do shut them off when closed, but the hacker who changed the content turned them back on.

Hahahaha..wait!

was it Japanese or western porn?

others just stopped and watched

No kidding? :D

The explicit content was "totally inappropriate and offensive"

Even if it was Japanese porn, I bet it wasn't as inappropriate and offensive than a lot of Youtube videos that are just senseless violence and cruelty.

"Just do it. "

 They will save money on electricity and same their reputation.

That prank saved them a fortune in marketing budget for the ASICS brand. The news is running worldwide. BINGO ! Outside Japan, they sell overpriced shoes (twice the J-price here in Paris) to hispters that say porn is hip and just want to know what program.... Hello Aly Rustom. Maybe they'll post the running porn list on their site, with a paying download possibility.

One would assume they are for advertising, and therefor, might be left on 24/7.

From photos that looks like a small permanent display part of the neon. Well, the street is probably desert at night, then if nobody called the police between 8 and 10pm, that means 99,99% of people walking in the street never watch their boring screen.

"Some people were shocked, but others just stopped and watched,"

Of course, after hearing the news, everybody had seen and is willing to give an interview...

"Won't somebody please think of the children"... lol

Timely quotes from Wikipedia entry on ASICS:

"The name is an acronym for the Latin phrase anima sana in corpore sano, which translates as "Healthy soul in a healthy body".

Those porn-stars must have some pretty healthy souls.

"In recent years their running shoes have often been ranked among the top performance footwear in the market."

'Top performance' Heh heh heh heh. And I bet this little accident will only help.