SAN BRUNO, Calif. – If you’ve ever worked for an adult affiliate program, chances are you’re acutely aware of the problems individual affiliates can cause, often without meaning to do so. Whether it’s spamming the known universe with hardcore images which link to your sites, or...

PHOENIX – Often lost in the debate surrounding the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (“FOSTA”) and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (“SESTA”) is a question which seems like it should have been central to the conversation: Is a change in law really needed for prosecutors to target...

LONDON — As talk of “age verification” heats up, now might be a good time to remember that “disruptive” technologies can sometimes benefit only the disruptor. The idea of disrupting the status quo through technical innovation can sound very attractive when explained by any...

WASHINGTON – Even if the Kansas City Royals don’t think so, porn is American as mom MILFs, baseball, apple pie and ineffective federal regulations. Just ask some of the federal employees who are subject to a prohibition on porn in the workplace – a prohibition to which some of...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – We’ve all heard it said that “politics makes strange bedfellows” – but it’s worth noting that sometimes one of the bedfellows is considerably stranger than the others. Let’s say you’re an earnest, well-meaning, hardworking state representative toiling away...

LONDON – I remember sitting down with a software developer in early 2005 to look at a 2257-compliance software solution he had written. I was running a sizeable affiliate program at the time and was looking for a compliance solution sufficiently robust and feature-packed to...

TALLAHASSEE – In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the liberal media has been all over the good folks of the Florida legislature for declining to debate the possibility of restrictions on “assault rifles” and instead...

SALT LAKE CITY – Twenty-five years ago, it was rare to see anything porn-related in the news, outside of the occasional headline about an obscenity prosecution, or the occasional pearl-clutching opinion piece in a local newspaper about adult stores (allegedly) ruining property...

NEW YORK – I’m a simple guy, so it should come as no surprise to find that I like simple solutions. In fact, I’d go so far as to say I like simple solutions so much, it doesn’t matter to me whether they have any impact whatsoever on the problems they purport to address, or maybe...

NEW YORK – I’m not one to leap to outrageous conclusions based on just a couple similar stories appearing in the press, but some recent news items have me concerned about the state of the market for a class of product which is central to the ongoing health of the adult industry....