I guess it was inevitable -- different cellular phone providers are debating whether they should offer their customers services that allow them to download pornographic pictures (as well as violent video games) onto their cellphones. As a New York Times article notes,

A growing number of content providers are adapting steamy images and video for use on mobile phones. But the major phone operators are blanching at the images and at providing access to new video games that are violent, explicit and designed for phones. . . Such decisions show the fine line that the carriers are trying to walk. Many, for example, already offer downloadable images of bikini-clad models from magazines like Sports Illustrated and Maxim.

But some critics are raising concerns that the phone operators are acting as content gatekeepers. Historically, telephone carriers have not been allowed to censor what people say over the telephone or what phone numbers they call. Similarly, the Federal Communications Commission has said that mobile phone operators cannot censor what sites consumers visit on the Internet. But the F.C.C. said no rule governed what content the carriers could sponsor and sell themselves.

So what do you think will win out in the end -- morality or capitalism?