CANADA — Bill C-57, currently before the country’s House of Commons, would allow immigration officers to reject foreign workers deemed to be at risk of being sexually exploited, humiliated, or degraded in the country. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley has...

PHILIPPINES — When 29-year-old Barare Macadantay’s porn collection was set afire by Manila’s Mayor Alfredo Lim, it wasn’t merely because he has a problem with smut. It was because the P40,000 ($856) worth of VCDs and DVDs were pirated. In addition to the unauthorized copies...

MIAMI, FL — After listening to more than a day’s worth of arguments and presentations, Miami’s Code Enforcement Board ruled this week that Flava Works, an Internet adult production and distribution company owned by Phillip Bleicher, is illegally operating an adult business...

CHINA — Chinese government authorities have punished the operators of 348 websites for running “pornographic novels” online, state media reported this week.While the government’s Xinhua news agency is not giving the exact number, a number of the websites have been shut...

ROME, GA — The trial against comic book retailer Gordon Lee has been pushed off today, because the judge was unable to appear due to illness.Lee still faces two misdemeanor counts of distributing material harmful to minors, carrying penalties of up to a year in prison, and...

WASHINGTON, DC — Ronco chief financial officer Ronald Craig Stone faces allegations from Jill Kelly for misappropriating funds and driving her adult movie company, Jill Kelly Productions, into bankruptcy. Stone was fired after the company filed for bankruptcy in August...

SEATTLE, WA — Playboy empire builder Hugh Hefner is a new father, a tasteful adult entertainment mogul, and a man contemplating the introduction of his product to the mobile market via an upscale, branded telephone. If teledildonics pioneer and Private Label Phone Company...

ROME, GA — Comic book retailer Gordon Lee is standing trial for two misdemeanor counts of distributing harmful material to minors and faces penalties of up to a year in prison and $1,000 in fines for each count, if convicted. His trial began yesterday. Lee’s day in...

CYBERSPACE — The new, improved website of photographer J. Stephen Hicks, Digital Desire.com, has been officially launched. Previously know as Digital Dreamgirls (DDGirls), Hicks and his team have upgraded their already well-done site.With 10 years of web publishing and...

VIETNAM — According to a recent online poll, there are a few things that Vietnamese adults stuck on long airplane trips love to do to wile away the time. The second most popular activity that helps burn the miles and hours… is watching porn.The poll was inspired by the...