HONG KONG – For many years now, there has been a close, but sometimes complicated, relationship between dating sites and the online adult entertainment industry. No shortage of traffic has been sent back and forth between the two business sectors, with millions in advertising...

LISBON – The YNOT Grand Prix is revving up for its ninth exciting season, which kicks off at The European Summit in Lisbon on March 2. For the first time, the YNOT GP will run at Lisboa Kart, the only indoor Go-Kart track in the Lisbon area. The race begins at 3:30pm local and...

NEW YORK – In a ruling issued late last week which has drawn a strong negative response from some attorneys and other commentators observing the case, U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest found that an embedded tweet in a news story can be construed as violating a...

SALT LAKE CITY – Twenty-five years ago, it was rare to see anything porn-related in the news, outside of the occasional headline about an obscenity prosecution, or the occasional pearl-clutching opinion piece in a local newspaper about adult stores (allegedly) ruining property...

LOS ANGELES – A court has dismissed a lawsuit filed in November by Playboy against Boing Boing which alleged direct, vicarious and/or contributory copyright infringement. In dismissing Playboy’s complaint, however, the judge left room for Playboy to file a second amended...

NEW YORK – The statement released by Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen explaining (and for the first time, admitting to) a payment made to Stormy Daniels raises far more questions than it answers. One of those questions: Why is so much of the reporting on Cohen’s...

PASADENA, Calif. – Back in the summer of 2015, Teofil Brank (better known as “Jarec Wentworth,” the name under which he performed in gay porn) was convicted on six counts in connection with a scheme to extort Florida billionaire Donald Burns, the former chairman of the Board of...

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Senate this week became the latest legislative body to pass a resolution declaring pornography a “public health hazard,” passing Senate Resolution 1723 by a vote of 35-4. As with similar resolutions passed by other state legislatures, SR 1723 draws a...

SAN FRANCISCO – When Kink.com announced last year that it was planning to cease producing content at the San Francisco Armory, owner Peter Ackworth sounded more than a little wistful about the prospect of leaving the historic building behind. “It’s a little sad,” Acworth said at...

RICHMOND, Va. – A recent copyright ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals underlines several aspects of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) which are important to understand for those who operate websites which depend on the...