WASHINGTON – In the modern anti-porn movement, there’s an immense emphasis on the alleged impact of porn on those who compulsively overindulge in watching the stuff. Whether it’s a celebrity like Chris Rock or Russell Brand revealing his porn-problems, or an unidentified author...

WASHINGTON – If you pay attention to porn-related headlines, you’ve probably noticed quite a few lately about people using drones to smuggle contraband, including porn, into prisons. “Inmates fly mobile phones, drugs and porn into jail – via drone,” is how one USA Today headline...

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. – In the late 1990s, when I was still something of a newcomer to the online adult industry, there was a lot of buzz surrounding an operation called Voyeur Dorm. Much of the hubbub involved a legal battle between Voyeur Dorm and the city of Tampa, in which the...

BEIJING – With all the legislative talk about porn being a “public health crisis,” some who work within the adult entertainment industry (and some who enjoy the products made by the industry, as well) are understandably nervous about the prospect of a government crackdown on...

LOS ANGELES – As much as I stand by the right of people who make and consume porn to think, write, depict and say a lot of things I personally find truly repulsive, there’s a difference between what people have the right to do and what it’s smart, wise or in the self-interest of...

NEW YORK – In a case that reaches back to the days of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his campaign to eliminate adult businesses from Times Square (among other places in the city), this week the New York State Court of Appeals upheld the city’s ban on adult businesses operating within...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When former University of Florida deputy Title IX coordinator Chris Loschiavo was fired in 2016, the university initially justified his termination by claiming conflict of interest. This rationale was, as it turns out, somewhat less than half the story. The...

GLENDORA, Calif. – If you study crime statistics, or any other statistics that track trends, you’ll quickly notice something undeniable: All trend lines start at zero, not because the events or actions they track never happened before, but because zero represents when tracking...

ST. CATHARINES, Canada – If you ever find yourself employing lies to keep from getting into trouble, here’s an important tip to bear in mind: Whatever bullshit you float as you’re trying to wriggle your way off the hook, make sure it’s plausible bullshit. Another, related piece...

DANVILLE, Ill. – As you’ve no doubt heard by now, infamous “copyright troll” attorney John Steele has been disbarred, an unsurprising development in the wake of his pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in March. To those of us who have been unfortunate enough to...