The last time Disney's copyright on the 1923 cartoon Steamboat Willie was due to expire, Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act to prevent Mickey Mouse from entering the public domain. No further extension of copyright terms has been passed since; did the...

Scarlett Johansson says that "trying to protect yourself from the internet and its depravity is basically a lost cause." But through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon is now working on technology to identify fake imagery, hoping to "to level the digital...

Pornhub Vice President Corey Price has rightfully called out the government of India over its censorious ways - but in doing so, he warned that blocking adult sites may simply drive users to sites where they can watch "illegal content." We're compelled to ask: Does illegal...

Who wouldn't want to live across the street from a topless bowling alley? Or possible even a topless bowling alley/sportsbook bar? NIMBYs, the buzzkills responsible for killing all the fun in the world. On the other hand, maybe it would make more sense if the bowling alley...

PLYMOUTH’S ROCK – It’s Thanksgiving again, a time when people are encouraged to recite things for which they are thankful, a tradition which works out nicely for lazy-ass writers who can’t be bothered with dreaming up original ideas for their holiday posts. It’s no good to simply...

Back in the summer of 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump signed a pledge averring that he'd "aggressively enforce" federal obscenity laws. Two and a half years later, what has become of that campaign promise -- and have any of the groups which applauded it noticed?

While its primary value to date may have been headline-friendly drama, the ongoing legal wrangling between Stormy Daniels and President Donald Trump also offers some important lessons about civil litigation. Among them: If you're going to use a "fixer," at least endeavor to find...

Stormy Daniels' defamation complaint against President Donald Trump has been dismissed by the court, an outcome which means an automatic award of attorney's fees to Trump. Given that this outcome was predictable, why file the lawsuit to begin with? What is her attorney Michael...

A 'Jane Doe' plaintiff has named Facebook as a defendant in a lawsuit which claims the social media platform permits "sex traffickers unfiltered access to the most vulnerable members of our society" and is therefor liable for the crimes committed by traffickers who use the site...

Alex Jones has filed a lawsuit against PayPal asserting that the company illegally banned him from using its services. Ben Suroeste isn't sure whether the lawsuit has any merit -- but he is sure that if Jones gets his account reinstated, internet pornographers should be allowed...