AUSTIN, Texas – When I launched my first free porn site during those carefree days of the late 1990s, despite what Justice Potter Stewart said about the definition of porn some 30 years earlier, I think most people agreed what did and did not constitute a “porn site.” Even in the...

WASHINGTON – Amid the sound and fury attending the signing of his various executive orders, many of which appear designed to deliver immediately on specific campaign promises, one of President Donald Trump’s election season pledges has gone largely unremarked. Trump signed the...

LUFKIN, Texas – Let’s say, hypothetically, you’re a mid-level management figure at a firm that manufactures equipment for use by the oil and gas industry, and it comes to your attention one of your subordinates is selling porn DVDs around the office as a side business....

PORTSMOUTH, England – With the enactment of new policies banning the possession of pornography on its warships, submarines and on-shore bases, the Royal Navy (RN) has joined its allies across the pond in demanding more decency and sexual modesty among its sailors. For those...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – “That battle has been fought and won. You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free and so it’s just passé at this juncture.” This is how Playboy Chief Executive Officer Scott Flanders explained the decision to drop nudity to The New...

OTTAWA – There are certain subjects that stymie scientific examination not due to their complexity or because they have an innately opaque nature, but because the realities of non-scientific fields (like the law, for example) greatly complicate the process of setting up...

COSTA MESA, Calif. – When it comes to the basics of website and online brand maintenance, it appears some California politicians could use a remedial course. Specifically, someone needs to let these guys know if they want to continue to use any given domain names, it might not be...

LONDON – Whatever the merits of requiring adult websites to verify the age of visitors, the question about how to meet the condition is more difficult and fraught with pitfalls than its proponents realize — or are willing to acknowledge publicly, at least. Looking at the...

BARCELONA – As a generally cynical person, I’m prone to look for ulterior motives behind things like public service campaigns initiated by individuals and companies, particularly when the goal or rhetoric of the campaign is something that might appear contrary to the financial...

CYPRUS – In 2008, I had a remarkable conversation with a marketing director from a major adult entertainment studio about a porn parody planned by his creative team but derailed by the company’s owner over what seemed to me a very unusual and unlikely concern. John McCain, then a...