Porn
Jan LaRue Blasts DOJ for Not Doing Enough to Stop Porn
Adult entertainment industry detractor Jan LaRue, who serves as chief counsel for the conservative values group Concerned Women for America (CWA), has issued a report critical of the FBI and Justice Department for not doing enough to bring obscenity prosecution against pornographers.
"Porn flatters itself," sniffs Blu-ray
Blu-ray Association spokesman Andy Parsons, a vice president of Pioneer, suggests that adult's notion of itself as a technology Taste Leader is exaggerated, even if the industry helped decide the VHS-Betamax war in the 80's
U.K. Man Fined for Selling Gay Porn Online
A man accused of importing and selling hardcore gay films was sentenced to perform 150 hours of community service and pay a $1,200 fine.
Canadian Telecom Company Does 180, Drops Porn
Canadian telecom giant Telus, which recently announced it would offer users adult entertainment on cellphones, has bowed to pressure and quietly dropped its blue business, according to a report in the Vancouver Sun.
Passages: Hentai turns back on porn screenwriting
Today I talked with former AVN coworker/current HentaiPR owner Wayne Hentai
Anti-Porn Group Releases Documentary
Anti-porn group CP80 and film company Living Biography have joined forces to release “Traffic Control,” a new documentary that details what it calls the rampant rise in Internet pornography and the fight to stop it.
Teacher Could Face 40 Years in Prison for Porn Popups
A substitute teacher is facing a lengthy prison sentence following her conviction for endangering students by exposing them to pornography on a school computer. Julie Amero could spend 40 years in jail when she is sentenced March 2.
Mobile Carrier Telus Faces Lawsuit Over Porn
The controversy over a recent decision by Telus to carry adult content has a new player — businessman Gordon Keast, who filed suit against the company for refusing to honor his demand to cancel his service contract when he learned of the carrier’s decision.
English Porn Supplier Fined
The owners of an illegal mail order DVD enterprise will have to part with the fruit of the earnings after an English judge ordered the ringleader to pay nearly $700,000 in restitution to the Crown.
XFANZ, Booble Partner to Launch The Booble Porn Minute
Adult entertainment consumer portal XFANZ.com has partnered with adult search engine Booble.com for The Booble Porn Minute, a 60-second “fun, flirty and free” video on adult news.
Brickhouse Mobile Prez: Mobile Porn Sales Nothing Compared to Ringtones
Mobile phone ringtones and music always will generate more revenue than games or porn Brickhouse Mobile President Clint Fayling said at the 3GSM Conference yesterday.
Pleasure Productions Inks Matt Zane for Alt-porn Series
An early pioneer of using tattooed and pierced females in adult movies set to hard-pounding rock music before the genre became known as alt-porn, Matt Zane has returned to the director’s chair via an exclusive deal with Pleasure Productions.
DOJ Submits Budget Requests, Asks for Increases for Obscenity, Child Porn
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has announced that the President’s 2008 fiscal year budget proposal for the Justice Department contains $21.8 billion dollars in discretionary funding, with a $25 million increase earmarked to combat child pornography and obscenity.
Judge: Falcon Foto, Porn Kings Must Litigate in Seattle
A judge in the ongoing legal battle between Porn Kings and Falcon Foto has clarified the multistate copyright dispute, consolidating cases filed by both parties into a single action, which will be heard in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
Bahraini Lawmakers to Punish Porn Downloads With Jail Time
A local lawmaker has introduced legislation that would impose a 1-year prison sentence for anyone found guilty of downloading Internet pornography, according to a report in the Gulf News.
Officials Learn Porn Film Was Shot on BSU Property
Film director Christopher Gregory was given permission to shoot his film, “Vampire Diaries,” on Ball State University property, but officials say they were not told it was pornographic.
Canada’s Telus Defends Selling Porn to Cellphone Users
Canada's second largest phone company on Friday defended its right to sell porn to cellphone customers. "We can't make adult content go away. It's on your TV, it's on your home computer, it's now coming to your cellphones,” Telus spokesman Jim Johanssen said.
Concentric circle jerks of porn profits
The next-most-useless thing to the inflated revenue declared by Big Porn is people blogging about it
Porn Sites Lose Ground in U.K., Internet Monitor Says
Once the stalwarts of Internet traffic, adult websites have fallen out of favor with U.K.-based users, according to a report from market research firm Hitwise, which said that search engines now rank No. 1 among those online.