Articles by Marc John Randaza

Challenging The Copyrightability Of Porn

Adult entertainment companies have become increasingly aggressive about defending their intellectual property rights, with high-profile cases being filed against illegal tube sites, file lockers, and torrenters. With the advent of porn companies enforcing their rights, a chorus has risen against the industry — calling its efforts too “heavy handed,” or (laughably) “censorship.” The industry’s efforts are neither — and the voices against its efforts are largely a chorus of those who benefit the most from the theft industry (and rest assured, content theft is an “industry” in itself) and traditional anti-porn groups.