KAMPALA, UGANDA — The Ugandan parliament is considering draft legislation that will impose fines or imprisonment upon anyone who creates or distributes pornographic material in print or on the Web.Ethics and Integrity Minister James Nsaba Buturo said passage of the bill is...

ATLANTA, GA — Lawmakers love to pretend that they’re deeply sensitive to the sorrows of their constituents and no better way to show off their high moral values than playing the blame-and-tax game with adult entertainment businesses. Georgia state legislators have...

LONDON — At least one vigilante has risen to fill the void left by the police chiefs association’s recent announcement that local constabularies would not “actively enforce” Britain’s new “extreme porn law.”An organization calling itself extremeporn (extremeporn.org.uk)...

SELMA, CA — William Hill is not a happy man. It’s not that his life is necessarily unhappy, but his relationship with quaint Selma, CA is not all that he had hoped. The City Council has labeled his paperwork processing-only escort business office an “adult entertainment...

WASHINGTON, DC — All right, you pervs at the National Science Foundation: The jig is up. You’ve pissed off Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-Iowa], and he’s gunning for your funding.Grassley, the powerful ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, reportedly was incensed when he...

NORFOLK, VA — The fallout from that all-too-brief glimpse of Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl halftime nipple guard continues to send ripples through the advertising world. Not only will there be no Playboy Super Bowl party – but there will be no PETA “Veggie Love”...

BRUGES, BELGIUM — Belgium has joined a growing list of European nations that intend to maintain secret lists of websites blocked from internet users in their countries.The move is not entirely popular with rank-and-file Belgians, many of whom fear creating an official list...

CANOGA PARK, CA — With the latest version of 2257 regulations freshly released, many within the adult entertainment industry are curious about the possibility of using third-party record keepers. On February 12th, those attending the XBIZ conference in Los Angeles will have...

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong filmmaker said he intends to lure audiences back to theaters with what he is calling “the world’s first 3D erotic movie.”Hong Kong cinemas have seen steadily declining revenues and many have closed in recent years as viewers switch to watching movies...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Although the American mythos has effectively erased many of the contributions that brothels and brother workers made to the civilization and development of the frontier, the spirit of civic pride is still alive, if a recent offer by representatives of the...