This is an accepted version of this page A celebrity sex tape is typically an amateur pornographic video recording involving one or more famous people which has, intentionally or unintentionally, been made available publicly.
[1] The surfacing of sex tapes has become so common that some are "leaked" as a marketing tool to advance or establish a media career.
[1] A celebrity can fight the release in court to maintain deniability while still enjoying the career benefits.
Alternatively, a celebrity may take the route of openly releasing the tape and benefitting directly from royalties as well as indirectly from the publicity.
The public acceptance of celebrities with sex tapes is speculated by Joe Levy, executive editor of Rolling Stone, to be due to the easy availability of pornography, as well as couples more commonly making their own tapes due to the prevalence of video cameras.