YNOT – A respected Manhattan criminal court jurist whom colleagues described as “professional” and “careful on the law” resigned Thursday amid allegations he viewed pornography on his work computer.James Gibbons, who was appointed to the bench in December 2001 by departing Mayor...

YNOT – Warrendale, Pa.-based Right Ascension Inc., parent company of e-tailer AdultDVDEmpire, last week pleaded guilty to a single count of mailing obscene materials after being charged with mailing four sadomasochistic DVDs to undercover FBI agents in 2007.The company faced...

YNOT – Newly formed company YNOT Group LLC has acquired and taken direct control of the assets of YNOT Network LP, including popular YNOT.com, one of the oldest resource-and-information websites devoted to adult entertainment professionals.The acquisition, backed by a private...

YNOT – DirtyHardDrive has added official fan sites for adult starlets Andy San Dimas, Tiffany Tyler and Kayla Carrera to its network.All three sites currently offer blogs penned by the performers, but DHD owner Rick Barcode said content-rich virtual homes are in the works. “Rick...

YNOT – Affiliate program IHeartBucks has launched its latest incarnation. Version 3.0 of IHeartBucks.com offers a more streamline website and more sales tools.Online since 2006, the program focuses mainly on the blonde teen solo-babe niche, with membership sites including...

YNOT – San Francisco-based Io Group Inc., parent company of gay adult studio Titan Media, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages from and an injunction against 244 anonymous defendants the company accuses of content piracy and civil conspiracy. The action, filed Aug. 19 in...

YNOT – To celebrate its 10th anniversary, affiliate program TopBucks will offer increased pay-per-sign-up rates on select sites Sept. 6-10.“The bonus week is really just a way of saying thanks to our webmasters for all the years of support they’ve given us,” said Lea Busick,...

YNOT – The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has opened a 30-day comment period in order to solicit public input about the proposed dot-xxx sponsored Top-Level Domain. Interested parties may submit comments online between noon PT Aug. 24 and 11:59 p.m. PT...

YNOT – Attorneys for adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition on Tuesday filed a motion asking a federal district court in Philadelphia to reconsider FSC’s lawsuit challenging the federal labeling and recordkeeping law, 18 USC §2257 and 2257A.Filed in the U.S....

YNOT – On Aug. 13, iP4Play facilitated its first iPhone call between adult cam girl Brees Kelly and a client in the U.S. The client paid for a 10-minute session but the call ended in satisfaction after just over five minutes.Since that initial session, iP4Play.com has sold nearly...