WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court today refused without comment to consider a case that could have overturned an Alabama state law that bans the sale of many different kinds of sex toys. The Alabama law, enacted in 1998, bans the sale of any device whose primary function...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – A new bill that would attempt to stop minors from accessing adult websites has been tagged potentially unconstitutional by legislative staff attorneys.Republican John McDougall, R-American Fork, the bill’s sponsor, has said that he will make some changes and...

COLDSPRING, TX – The judge had no choice but to declare a mistrial after jurors couldn’t agree whether San Jacinto County Judge Bill Law illegally stored pornographic images on his office laptop.Jurors deliberated for six hours on Friday, until 11 p.m. when the judge dismissed...

While most adult businesses are content to operate as low on the government’s radar as possible, there are growing indications that porn is fast becoming one of the controversial hotbeds of the American economy.Recently, at least two states have proposed tax bills targeted...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Contradicting an earlier statement that it would not release a new IE version before the next major update to Windows (code-named Longhorn) was ready, Microsoft has announced that the company will ship an update of its IE browser separately from the next...

BOCA RATON, Florida – An herbal supplement company out of Boca Raton, Florida is facing a class-action lawsuit over herbal “penis enlargement” pills that an East Coast man says just don’t work as advertised. Michael Coluzzi, a businessman out of New Jersey, has claimed in a...

CYBERSPACE – ASACP (asacp.org) is the organization that helps the adult online industry make a difference in the battle against child pornography (CP). ASACP provides a self-regulatory vehicle for its members through a Code of Ethics that promotes the protection of children...

I teach “How to Make Adult Films” in Los Angeles and San Diego for The Learning Annex, a fine educational organization that provides a variety of classes for adults in eight American and six Canadian cities. Students of the three-hour class span a wide age spectrum, and most are...

NEW DELHI, India – Adult movies, music videos and advertisements will soon be available to late-night television viewers across India. Due to a proliferation of adult movies that have appeared in Indian markets in recent months, the federal government has decided to bring about...

NEGRIL, Jamaica – Professionals from the adult entertainment industry have started to arrive in Negril, Jamaica today for the first ever YP Jamaica gathering. YP, which stands for YNOT Party, is a casual networking opportunity for adult industry professionals who want to get away...