LONDON – As the U.K. government prepares to roll out an update to the Digital Economy Act, a great deal of commentary is rightfully focused on questions about privacy, the specter of government censorship and the feasibility of age-verification in an online context. Less...

LONDON – One of the few advantages to getting older is when certain exaggerated social concerns cycle back through the op/ed pages of the international media, old farts like me immediately recognize them as recycled and retread, as opposed to new and novel. When it comes to...

WADENA, Minn. – Last week, I got all excited by the promise I would learn how to kill lust, only to be viciously let down when the “instructions” for doing so turning out to be one of those “tune in next time…” affairs. This approach to hooking your audience is the cheapest of...

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. – While CamSoda’s press push announcing the company’s alleged “Penis Recognition Tech” is clearly a publicity ploy, there’s little doubt many male CamSoda users will respond by taking and uploading pictures of their penises. More incentive for men to take dick...

WASHINGTON – Back in the 1990s, when I took my first job in adult entertainment, the porn industry was not at all like the entity it has become — and it certainly wasn’t perceived by the public or the media in the same way it is today. Twenty years ago, mainstream media coverage...

DES MOINES, Iowa – If you associate with enough attorneys, professionally or personally, at some point you’re almost certain to hear some version of an old law school saying that goes something like “hard facts make bad law.” Typically, this old saw is trotted out when discussing...

WADENA, Minn. – As a former Boy Scout, I fully appreciate the need to be prepared — and I mean prepared at all times, and for all contingencies. This obsession with readiness has served me well over the years, with the notable exception of the years I spent building an...

CAMARILLO, Calif. – Of all the many reasons I’m glad I’m not a deeply religious or socially conservative person, the fact I’m largely free from concern over the world’s many corrupting influences ranks right at the top of my list. Since I don’t base my daily decisions and actions...

AUSTIN, Texas – I recently got into a debate with an old friend of mine over the oft-stated axiom “violence should never be condoned.” His position, which I’ll freely admit is more admirable and principled than mine, is even retaliatory violence should be considered morally and...

INDIANAPOLIS – By their very nature, social media platforms like Twitter are subject to their users posting and publishing just about anything they please, including materials that clearly violate the platform’s terms of use. In Twitter’s case, even though porn (and “promotion”...