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| February 4, 2010 |
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YNOT – A male high-fashion model who has worked for several top designers will head for an Arkansas courtroom immediately after he leaves the catwalk in New York. ... continue
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| January 28, 2010 |
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YNOT – Some disputed portions of an Ohio state law intended to protect children from online pornography and predators have passed constitutional muster with the state’s Supreme Court, despite protests from free-speech advocates. ... continue
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| January 27, 2010 |
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YNOT – One year after he was fired when superiors discovered his gay porn past, a former Hollywood, Fla., police officer has filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination based on sexual orientation. He wants to be reinstated. ... continue
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| January 26, 2010 |
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YNOT – Hustler founder and staunch First Amendment defender Larry Flynt will deliver the keynote address at the eighth annual University of North Carolina First Amendment Law Review Symposium. The Feb. 18-19 event is organized and presented by students and the school’s law journal. ... continue
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| January 19, 2010 |
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YNOT – Within the past six weeks, the Chinese government has paid 215 whistleblowers a total of 224,000 yuan (about U.S. $33,000) for reporting smut they found online. The bounties are part of China’s latest effort to sanitize the web. Rewards ranged from 1,000 yuan (about U.S. $146) to 10,000 yuan each. ... continue
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| January 14, 2010 |
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YNOT – In response to Google's threats to pull out of the Chinese market, unless it can operate without censoring search results, an official from the Chinese government has responded by defending his country's official pro-censorship stance. In a statement that was posted on the State Council Information Office website, cabinet spokesman Wang Chen argued that censoring the Internet protects the citizens of China from any adverse consequences that might be caused by "rumors" or misleading information. ... continue
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| January 6, 2010 |
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YNOT – Six people who worked in a gentlemen’s cabaret in Bandung, Indonesia, will become the first to be prosecuted under the country’s stringent new anti-pornography laws. ... continue
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| January 4, 2010 |
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YNOT – More than 400 British police officers and administrative staff have been dismissed or presented with formal warnings after viewing online pornography or other “inappropriate materials” on departmental computers, London’s Daily Mail reported Saturday. The newspaper noted the 439 disciplinary actions for which it obtained records under the Freedom of Information Act may represent only a small portion of the total, as some departments cited data protection rules they said prevented them from providing reports ... continue
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| December 28, 2009 |
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YNOT – Comcast has agreed to pay $16 million US dollars to settle a two year old class action lawsuit that claimed the company deceived its customers by throttling down its service for those who used P2P file-sharing networks. Comcast has not admitted any wrongdoing in settling the case. ... continue
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| December 28, 2009 |
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YNOT – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on Friday sentenced four Vietnamese men to spend from 15 months to two years in prison after they pleaded guilty to “disseminating depraved material” online. ... continue
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| December 28, 2009 |
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YNOT – As many as 80 percent of the violent criminals in one Chinese prison descended into a hell of their own making after becoming addicted to online games, according to a documentary aired on the country’s state-run China Central Television. ... continue
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| December 24, 2009 |
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YNOT – Evidently “reality TV” can get a bit too real, at least in Australia. Based on public outcry over alleged explicit sexuality and rough treatment of contestants on the hit-but-now-defunct show Big Brother, the government’s television watchdog has instituted new rules that require broadcasters to justify as essential any nudity, sexual content and “off-color” humor to which viewers take exception. ... continue
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| December 18, 2009 |
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YNOT – A mainstream television and film actress has sued an adult dating agency with a remarkably similar name, claiming the website’s promotion of marital infidelity is harming the actress’ reputation and public image. ... continue
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| December 16, 2009 |
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YNOT – Porn tycoon Larry Flynt’s good name is safe from alleged tarnish now that a federal jury has determined Flynt’s nephews violated a trademark when they founded their own company under the family moniker. ... continue
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| December 15, 2009 |
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YNOT – When a Christian group in Los Angeles organized a series of prayer events for its small number of members, it clearly chose the language of war even while choosing only non-violent activities. The group, called "Strike LA," organizes what it calls "strikes" on various sections of the Los Angeles community that it has decided are sinful and morally corrupt. The latest target was, of course, the adult entertainment industry – and according to the "Christian Post," as many as "dozens" of people descended on their chosen target, the Playboy Mansion, for a round of really aggressive praying. ... continue
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| December 14, 2009 |
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YNOT – Liberty Media Holdings LLC, the parent company of San Diego, Calif.-based gay adult studio Corbin Fisher, has filed a federal lawsuit claiming as many as 51 eBay sellers are engaged in a widespread counterfeit DVD distribution enterprise. Named so far in the suit are David Trice of Dallas and Eric Brown of Pittsburgh. Other individuals may replace “Does 2-50” as the company’s investigation into the eBay marketplace continues. ... continue
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| December 11, 2009 |
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YNOT – Free Speech Coalition on Wednesday travelled to Sacramento, Calif., to lobby against possible mandatory condom legislation and to speak to legislators about workplace safety for the adult industry. The meetings with state representatives followed recent concerns raised by CalOSHA inspections at several adult production companies, as well as current litigation filed against CalOSHA by Adult Industry Medical Healthcare. ... continue
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| December 10, 2009 |
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YNOT – Perfect 10 owner Norm Zada is nothing if not persistent. ... continue
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| December 8, 2009 |
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YNOT – Despite public outcry, police in a British community have determined men who have sex in their cars and the woods surrounding a highway rest area in Ipswich are breaking no laws. ... continue
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| December 7, 2009 |
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YNOT – Chinese authorities have added a new tool to their arsenal for ridding the internet of “inappropriate” content: Cash. The government now offers a reward of up to 10,000 yuan (about $1,500) to surfers who report any pornographic website that has escaped the country’s diligent censors. ... continue
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