GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday the indictment of a Michigan couple on charges of “operating an obscenity distribution business and related offenses,” as well as alleged possession of child pornography.John Mart Messer and Deborah Messer,...

CYBERSPACE – According to the latest spam research released by security firm Sophos, the United States remains leading point of origin for unsolicited email for individual countries, but a sharp increase in spam sent from China and South Korea has made Asia the top continent for...

TOPEKA, KS – Leaders of an anti-pornography campaign in Topeka, Kansas announced the initiation of legal action against four local adult businesses, which they claim are violating the state’s obscenity laws.Reverend Paul Barnes, the president of Topeka Evangelical Area...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – In the wake of news that a nude image of her had been included in the packaging of a checkers set designed for use by children, Jenna Jameson has issued a strong statement, leaving no doubt about her feelings concerning the incident.“I am offended and very upset...

ALEXANDRIA, VA – In a speech delivered today at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Attorney General Alberto Gonzales delved into the ongoing efforts of the federal government to combat child pornography, and announced a new piece of legislation that...

CYBERSPACE — Not for the first time has the well-respected and deep pocketed mainstream entertainment industry been given an opportunity to learn how to increase profits and efficiency by watching its less savory but more daring sibling, adult entertainment.This time around...

SACRAMENTO, CA – For the ninth year in a row, members of the adult entertainment industry will take the initiative and exercise their right to free expression – by going directly to California lawmakers and making their thoughts on matters political known as part of the Celebrate...

NEW YORK, NY – According to an attorney for former Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain, the model and her ex-boyfriend actor Colin Farrel have reached an “amicable settlement” in their dispute over a sex tape the couple filmed together approximately three years ago.“We were able to...

CYBERSPACE – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) yesterday posted a revised version of the proposed .xxx registry agreement submitted by ICM Registry.While the revised proposal contains very few changes of substance (very few changes of any kind, for...

CYERSPACE — While some sex researchers such as Juliana Heiman, director of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University, Bloomington, dream of a future where “a multi-sensual experience of virtual sex” is possible, developers like...