By M. Christian YNOT – Quick: What do you think of when you hear the word condom? For some in the adult industry, the first response may be a grimace as a few California municipalities recently passed laws mandating condom use in all sexually explicit productions.

YNOT – Australian Sex Party President Fiona Patten went starkers for a pictorial published in May’s Australian edition of Hustler magazine. In the feature, titled “Wet Politics,” Patten praises Hustler publisher Larry Flynt as a hero of free speech, rails against what she...

YNOT – Despite the frequently decried negative impact of America’s “celebrity culture,” a new study commissioned by adult products retailer Adam & Eve has determined about one-third of American adults have watched a celebrity sex tape. Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, Kim...

YNOT – Adult industry copyright watchdog Takedown Piracy was named to Google Inc.’s list of top copyright-infringement reporters within the past month. TDP came in fourth on the list of the top five companies and organizations requesting URLs be removed from Google’s search...

YNOT – TopBucks, one of the online adult industry’s longest running affiliate programs, has been retooled and redesigned. A new look, improved tools and a focus on parent company Pink Visual’s latest products all are part of the remix. “We’ve adopted a more streamlined,...

YNOT – The Indie Erotic Quickies Competition, now in its seventh year of showcasing sexy short films from around the world, has opened for submissions. Organized by San Francisco-based adult products retailer Good Vibrations, the competition welcomes filmmakers to share shorts of...

YNOT – Bisexual adult performer James Huntsman has renewed his exclusive contract with Montreal-based gay company Next Door Entertainment. As his first official act under the new deal, the 23-year-old tattooed blonde will perform for the first time as a top in a scene scheduled...

YNOT – Cecil Howard’s venerable Command Cinema studio has filed a lawsuit claiming two websites owned by a Houston company are selling copies of Command’s classic adult titles without authorization. Filed May 10 in U.S. District Court for the Southern Division of Texas, Houston...

YNOT – A new site devoted to hard-bodied women aims to provide fans of female bodybuilding a new gym to call home. ILoveFemaleMuscle.com debuted Wednesday. The new website offers photos and videos of hard-bodied bikini girls, fitness girls and female bodybuilders. Instead of...

YNOT – The Video Secrets Broadcasting Network is seeking new models, and referrals could net the source $500 for each new recruit. The bounty is available to all Flirt4Free models, and there are no limits on the number of models they can refer. Video Secrets provides links and...