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5-Point Checklist for Content Producers

5-Point Checklist for Content Producers
Online adult entertainment companies are producing their own content more than ever before. Low production costs and an international pool of relatively inexpensive professional and amateur talent have practically eliminated any meaningful economic barrier to entry into the adult content production ... More »

A Look Ahead, Part 2

A Look Ahead, Part 2
This is the second in a series of articles in which we take a look ahead at some of the issues and events I believe will be of great interest to adult entertainment businesses in 2012. This month we will highlight two events that I believe will be important technological milestones for the adult en... More »

A Look Ahead, Part I

A Look Ahead, Part I
The adult entertainment industry was barraged with a lot of legal news this year. The adult industry press reported stories about mass copyright infringement lawsuits, a new crop of patent troll lawsuits, health and safety regulation of adult content production in California, a terrible 2257 decisio... More »

Need for Serious Value in Content

Need for Serious Value in Content
Most adult entertainment business owners know that distributing sexually explicit materials exposes them to the possibility of prosecution for violation of obscenity laws. But while many know that the risk exists, over the years I have found that most distributors of adult content are generally unfa... More »

Romney? Perry? 5 Things to Prepare for

Romney? Perry? 5 Things to Prepare for
It’s the fall of 2011, and the U.S. unemployment rate is at 9.1 percent and the economy appears too many to be heading back into recession. It is not surprising that President Obama’s approval ratings are in the low 40s and sinking. Because of this many operators of adult entertainment c... More »

Killing the Messenger: The Campaign Against Online Escort Advertising Sites

Killing the Messenger: The Campaign Against Online Escort Advertising Sites
The recent guilty plea by Escorts.com has ignited interest in the legal issues surrounding the operation of an online escort site.  In this two-part blog post, the author will examine real-world examples of the government’s recent resurgence in its crusade against escort advertising direc... More »

Patent Troll Attacks and Need for Info

Patent Troll Attacks and Need for Info
Adult entertainment companies are increasingly becoming the target of patent rights enforcement. In the last year alone scores of adult entertainment businesses have either been sued for patent infringement or have received letters threatening patent enforcement. Patent infringement occurs when a p... More »

License to Stream

License to Stream
These days, it seems like barely a week goes by that I do not negotiate or draft an adult content licensing agreement. The reason is simple: more and more adult entertainment companies have determined that licensing their content as often as possible, and for exploitation in as many media as possib... More »

DMCA Safe-Harbor Burden is Global

DMCA Safe-Harbor Burden is Global
Our law firm is often asked by clients, and potential clients, whether they should designate a DMCA agent for their site, and how to go about doing so. While that is an important first question to ask, particularly for any site that contains material provided by third parties, it is only the beginni... More »

The Future of 2257

The Future of 2257
For several years the adult industry’s legal focus has been on hot button topics like online piracy, and, of course, .XXX. With a Democrat in the White House, adult business owners are understandably less concerned about criminal prosecution than they are about economic survival these days. Be... More »

EDUCATIONAL FEATURES

Dangerous Intersections

Could a webcam model also be a paid escort and an active member of a “hookup” dating site? Naturally, the answer is “yes,” but at what costs? Blurring the lines between these adult-themed... More »

The Skinny on NDAs

It is axiomatic that not all knowledge is obvious; in commerce, just as much as in science, information, know-how, and the means and methods by which results are achieved are often the result of extensive... More »

Legal Concerns Unique to Adult Entertainment Companies

It is no coincidence that the adult entertainment industry has an abundance of skillful attorneys who devote much of their time to advising the industry. From 2257 to billing matters to California Assembly... More »
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