ASPEN, CO – Addressing an audience Monday at a summit held in Aspen by The Progress & Freedom Foundation, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras expressed strong doubt concerning the need for Congress to pass legislation mandating so-called “net...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — It’s been 50 years since anyone in Philadelphia has been able to legally toss back a cold one and watch a cutie gyrate on their lap while in an exotic dance establishment. Thanks to a recent federal appeals decision, happy days are here...

SANDY SPRINGS, GA – A previously delayed vote on a proposed municipal anti-obscenity ordinance was held Tuesday by the Sandy Springs City Council, with the ordinance passing unanimously despite concerns that the law contains provisions similar to Georgia’s recently invalidated...

MIAMI, FL — Security cameras may have captured it and the evidence may well be smolderingly obvious — but nobody can quite believe what happened at the Bird Road adult book store.Anti-porn activists will often decry the violence and sexual abuse that they insist walks...

REDMOND, WA – Microsoft Corp. has announced the launch of an “enforcement campaign” designed to take down a number of alleged cybersquatters and typosquatters for violations of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA).In a press release issued Tuesday, Microsoft...

BOSTON, MA — Still reeling from a series of expensive and high publicity sex scandals involving Catholic clergy and non-consenting underage children, Boston is doing everything it can to improve its image — including installing Catholic priests in strip clubs,...

LONDON — A strong and memorable trademark can mean the difference between success and failure for a business — and Jeberaj Kenneth was sure he’d come up with a name that would capture the imaginations of his European customers-to-be. The Office of Harmonisation...

CULVER CITY, CA – According to a press release from California-based technology company Audible Magic Corp (AMC), the “first Los Angeles-area municipality to offer the public a free all-access wireless Internet system” is now filtering that access to strain out “illegal and...

ST. LOUIS, MO – In a ruling filed Monday August 21st, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit found that a Missouri law regulating advertising by sexually oriented businesses unconstitutionally restricts commercial speech.The panel’s ruling overturns...

INDIA — It’s the stuff of sexual fantasies — but for a 24-year-old Indian businessman, it’s a living nightmare. The unnamed man was born with two penises and he wants one of them gone.Unlike most men born with what is called penile duplication or...