CYBERSPACE — The Associated Press reports that ICANN likely will vote on whether to approve the .xxx sTLD as proposed by ICM Registry at the internet-oversight organization’s meeting next week in Lisbon, Portugal.Penned by AP Internet writer Anick Jesdanun, the article does...

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr. issued his ruling today that the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) is unconstitutional, declaring that the government had “failed to show that COPA is narrowly tailored to Congress’ compelling interest” and...

CANOGA PARK, CA – In a press release issued earlier this week, the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) called on all adult content studios to participate in Freedom Streams ‘07, a fundraising effort the FSC terms “one of the most important adult-oriented events of 2007.”“After last...

SAN MATEO, CA — In a ruling issued last Friday and publicized yesterday, Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit challenging the means by which Google Inc. determines the search rankings returned by queries...

SPAIN Although religious women have long been told that humans are made in God’s image, they have also long known that when their creator chose a human body for its earthly manifestation, it was a man’s. For some women, this has created a conflict concerning their own...

WESTPORT, MA — If a proposed amendment to the Westport, MA bylaw regulating adult entertainment passes, the new district for adult businesses would not include the site for an already-proposed strip club, a maneuver that the club’s attorney asserts infringes on his client’s...

BURBANK, CA — There’s just no knowing what will happen when Darklady goes to a convention. This time around, she brought home the devil. Well, perhaps not Old Scratch himself, but certainly two of his more capable representatives: Shane Bugbee and wife, Amy. While...

WASHINGTON, DC — As details concerning the dismissal of eight U.S. Attorneys continue to surface, the claim that a reticence to prosecute obscenity cases led to the downfall of at least two of the terminated attorneys – as well as the underlying claim that Alberto Gonzales...

NEW YORK, NY – Shares of New Frontier Media Inc. (Nasdaq: NOOF) climbed Tuesday following an analysts upgrade of the stock from “Hold” to “Buy” in anticipation of international expansion by the Boulder, CO-based adult entertainment company.In addition to upgrading his rating of...

SAN DIEGO, CA — It’s a dirty shame.She thought it was a tribute. He thought it was just another kind of female trouble. Now big beautiful blues diva Candye Kane and cult film diva director John Waters find themselves feeling a little demented thanks to a song that...