Pride Studios co-founder Harlan Yaffe has passed away at age 56 on Monday, his brother Hal announced on Facebook. Harlan was universally regarded as one of the adult industry's nicest, kindest people, a fact reflected in the heartbroken responses from his friends in the industry.

A Michigan man has filed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Playboy of disclosing its magazine subscribers' personal information to "data aggregators, data appenders, data cooperatives, and list brokers" in violation of the state's "Preservation of Personal Privacy Act."

In lawsuits filed in several different states, model, actress and recording artist Carmen Electra has targeted strip clubs which have used images of her on their websites and social media accounts without her permission. In so doing, Electra claims the clubs have violated the...

Model Gigi Hadid has been sued for posting a picture of herself to Instagram without permission of the photo's copyright-holder. The situation presents a valuable lesson for social media users - including the importance of learning from past mistakes to avoid repeating them.

The Free Speech Coalition announced Thursday afternoon that the Performer Availability Scheduling Services (PASS) database will be offline from 1am to 4am Pacific Time on Sunday, February 3 for "routine updates and maintenance."

The UK's Crown Prosecution Service says it will no longer bring obscenity charges "based on material that depicts consensual and legal activity between adults where no serious harm is caused and the likely audience is over the age of 18," marking a massive change in UK policy.

A member of the New York General Assembly has introduced a bill which would establish a $2 surcharge on all "sexually oriented media" sold in NY. In addition to magazines, DVDs and other products, the law would apply to any "website whose domain name is registered in this state."

Following the company's year-end review, billing services provider Vendo came away with a clear goal for 2019: To be the industry's "most customer-centric organization." In furtherance of that goal, Vendo is growing its team and "investing heavily" in new tools for its customers.

Nevada-based legal brothel Sheri's Ranch has released an infographic which provides insight into the bordello's website statistics for 2018. According to Sheri's, 74% of users were male, 26% female, reflecting a "significant shift in the number of women interested in seeing a...

The Free Speech Coalition released a statement today saying the FSC's Performer Availability Screening Services (PASS) program "has not changed" and there's no current plan to change it. FSC emphasized changes discussed on a recent AEE panel were entirely speculative.