MONTREAL — The world shook a little when it was announced that Pornhub and its parent company, MindGeek, were acquired by a newly formed private equity firm for an undisclosed sum. Ethical Capital Partners (ECP) is the brand new owner of the world’s most recognized adult...

Reading the recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Olson v. California, a constitutional challenge to a California law commonly referred to as “A.B. 5”  brought by Postmates and Uber, I find myself oddly reminded of a scene from Monty Python’s The...

Adult entertainment is not a normal profession. Between the misinformed assumptions our industry is inherently exploitative to the claims that there is no ethical standard in place, it takes the whole village to communicate to the world what it is we’re all about. For...

I’ve seen just about everything since joining the adult space over 20 years ago. The good, the bad and the ugly. The thing I see a lot with people submitting sites for sale as a website broker are common, sometimes fatal mistakes made by the site owners. Now, I don’t mean these...

It’s 2023. Already, the adult entertainment industry is experiencing a high degree of limitation and challenges as the new year enters full steam. From new laws entering force to shadow bans on social media networks, it’s safe to say 2023 is off to a very rough start....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to Mike Lee’s website, the Senator from Utah has “earned a reputation as an outstanding practitioner of the law based on his sound judgment, abilities in the courtroom, and thorough understanding of the Constitution.” I emphasize that last bit because...

Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, introduced a pair of bills that could damage free speech on the internet significantly. The Shielding Children’s Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (“SCREEN”) Act, is a proposal that would require adult entertainment...

If you’ve been following the progress of the case, but have yet to read the Woodhull Freedom Foundation’s appellant reply brief in Woodhull v. USA, the Foundation’s challenge to the Constitutionality of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (“FOSTA”),...

With the midterm elections just a few weeks behind us, there is a veritable concern among adult industry professionals and firms with the prospects of regulation in the next session of Congress. Results from the midterm place the entirety of the United States in a position to...

Last week on Twitter the mood was decidedly apocalyptic. New reports surfaced about the dire conditions the company’s workers have faced since Twitter was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk, a man who seems to genuinely relish terrorizing the people who work for him. While the...