SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Sex writer Violet Blue has filed suit against porn performer Violet Blue for trademark infringement and dilution, as well as unfair business practices. The writer wants the porn star to stop using the name Violet Blue and to pay damages to the writer....

BOSTON, MA — A genetic contraceptive that could interfere with the consistency of women’s eggs during ovulation each month and which is also designed to have none of the side effects of traditional hormone-based pills is being developed by scientists. The new...

PITTSBURGH, PA —Public radio station WDUQ has pulled Planned Parenthood advertising and returned more than $5,000 donated after the station’s license holder, Duquesne University, said the government-funded women’s health organization did not share the school’s...

WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, President Bush appointed Susan Orr to oversee federal family planning programs at the Department of Health and Human Services. Orr, who is currently directing HHS child welfare programs, was saluted by the administration as “highly...

CYBERSPACE —PimpRoll.com has announced the launching of FoodBangers.com, described by PimpRoll.com’s released as “a 100-percent exclusive, new high-definition site that’s guaranteed to satiate your sexual appetite.”Taking uncommon aphrodisiacs to a hardcore level,...

Now that the Sixth Circuit has ruled that 18 U.S.C. § 2257 is unconstitutional, what does that mean for the adult industry? The following is a document prepared by the Free Speech Coalition, which addresses common questions about the recent 2257 ruling in the Sixth Circuit....

WASHINGTON, DC —Representatives for author Dianne Miller say their client was never compensated for her contributions to former porn star/Vivid contract performer Heather Hunter’s debut novel.A statement issued by KD Communications alleges Hunter’s book,...

STOCKHOLMBerth Milton, the CEO of international porn production company Private Media Group, has been ordered by the government to pay back taxes from the last 10 years, during which he lived out of the country.The bill could be as high as 650 million kronor ($101 million USD)....

WASHINGTON, DC — David Greening, researcher leader of Sydney, Australia’s Sydney IVF — the nation’s leading fertility clinic — presented his recent study’s results at the American Science For Reproductive Medicine conference earlier this month. Greening found...

CINCINNATI, OH — The adult entertainment industry has been waiting for some good news to emerge from Ohio and hoping for a decision favoring reason and justice concerning 18 U.S.C. 2257. Today it received both when the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit...