BENEATH THE FALLING SKY, NY – To me, the best part of any new or emerging entertainment-related technology isn’t the wondrous things we can do with it. It’s the guaranteed freak-out over the perils of the same technology we get to hear from people who are reflexively afraid of...

LOS ANGELES – I’ll be the first to admit that I’m easily confused at times – a function, perhaps, of my many years of dedicated pursuit of chemically-induced happiness. Still, there are times when my befuddlement stems not from my own eroding mental capacity, but from the fact...

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...

LOS ANGELES – On the eve of the release of his latest porn parody film, HR Puffnpenis, adult filmmaker Skidley Rott took the occasion to complain about a “severe lack of good new kid’s shows” for him to parody, which he says has forced him to “aim deep within the back-catalog” of...

PROVIDENCE – From what I hear, legislators all around the country are initially supporting, then later withdrawing support for legislation called the Human Trafficking Prevention Act (HTPA), purportedly because of the bill’s “dubious origins.” It seems state legislators think...

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...

PINEDALE, Wyo. – With much of the online adult industry heading to The Phoenix Forum this week, the man behind the industry’s second-favorite late March institution, the Pinedale Forum, is chomping at the bit to kick off his show. “Those Phoenix Forum folks won’t know what hit...

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...