BURLINGTON, VT – A case now before the U.S. District Court in Vermont has far-reaching implications beyond the child-pornography charges that originally spawned it.At issue is whether forcing a suspect to unlock encrypted files on his computer’s hard drive is tantamount to...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Few adult performers have rocked the industry like underage porn sensation Traci Lords. After sizzling in a very age-inappropriate manner both in 100 now-illegal X-rated films and the pages of Penthouse magazine, Lords ended her porn career shortly after...

DALLAS, TX – Looming over the surrounding flatlands along the Trinity River, the sprawling, North-Central Texas metropolis of Dallas is known for stereotypical women with big hair, men with big egos, and commercial endeavors with big dreams.Since a recent Dallas Morning News...

NEW YORK, NY – In the face of growing public and governmental condemnation of the potential for sexual predators to lure underage victims using MySpace, the popular social-networking site owned by News Corp. has reached an agreement with the attorneys general of 49 states and the...

HAMPSHIRE, England – Increasing adoption of streamed video and video-chat services, fuelled by a sharp rise in the adoption of 3G services, will push revenues derived from mobile adult services to nearly $3.5 billion by 2010, according to a new report from Juniper...

LAS VEGAS, NV – Not so long ago, many adult-entertainment companies were leaning toward Toshiba’s HD DVD format as the direction the industry would take for the next generation of brick-and-mortar distribution. After all, it is less expensive to reproduce high-definition content...

HERNDON, VA – Domain registrar Network Solutions Inc. last week first denied and then admitted it engages in a practice known as “front-running” domain names users have researched on its website.Front-running arises from an artifact in the registration process that allows people...

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Federal Communications Commission will investigate complaints that Comcast discriminates against users by throttling their bandwidth when it suspects files are being shared online, Chairman Kevin Martin announced Tuesday during an appearance at the Consumer...

LAS VEGAS, NV – A panel discussion about piracy at the Consumer Electronic Show on Tuesday may represent music to some content producers’ ears: internet service providers may be ready to start filtering traffic for copyright infringement.“We’ve got to figure out a friendly way to...

MCLEAN, VA – The contentious legal battle between a former chief financial officer and the largest provider of assisted-living services in the U.S. turned even uglier recently when Sunrise Senior Living made public allegations that Bradley B. Rush stored pornography on the laptop...