http://www.xbiz.com/xml/news/legal.xml XBIZ - Adult Entertainment Industry News & Business Information 60 en-us Copyright 1996-2012 Adnet Media. All Rights Reserved. XBiz is a registered trademark of Adnet Media Group, Inc. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 03:28:14 -0800 editors@xbiz.com (Adnet Media) http://www.xbiz.com/news/144112?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/144112?ln=legal An arbitrator last week ruled in the first .XXX ruling in a uniform domain name dispute resolution case, siding with San Antonio, Texas-based HEB Grocery Co. over an Atlanta resident who registered HEB.xxx. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:15:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/144065?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/144065?ln=legal The trial of fetish filmmaker Ira Isaacs, who faces a 10-count federal indictment of obscenity charges, gets underway three weeks from today. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:45:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/143823?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/143823?ln=legal A feature story on the proliferation of porn companies’ mass piracy lawsuits was highlighted in the U.S. News & World Report. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/143890?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/143890?ln=legal Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has sent cease and desist letter to Madonna to keep her from singing her new song called “Girls Gone Wild” at the Super Bowl or else he’ll take legal action. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/143830?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/143830?ln=legal In the past week 10 porn BitTorrent lawsuits were filed in federal courts throughout the U.S. Meanwhile, Kenneth J. Ford, the porn BitTorrent attorney who runs Adult Copyright Co., has been charged with felonies. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:45:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/143808?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/143808?ln=legal Simi Valley is following in the city of Los Angeles' footsteps on the issue of condoms on porn sets. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:45:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/143806?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/143806?ln=legal Private Media Group received a green light this afternoon from a federal judge to collect $500,000 from the operators of XonDemand.com. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:45:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/143761?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/143761?ln=legal The Electronic Frontier Foundation, in defense of those targeted in a porn BitTorrent case, has asked a federal judge in Washington to protect the identities of individuals named in the suit waged by Hard Drive Productions. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/143737?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/143737?ln=legal The Philippines Senate has passed a bill penalizing cybersex and other online crimes. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/news/143746?ln=legal http://www.xbiz.com/news/143746?ln=legal A judge has issued orders to four adult entertainment companies requiring they prove that the federal court in Washington has jurisdiction over nondistrict residents who pirated their movies through BitTorrent networks. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:45:00 -0800