PHILADELPHIA – The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday vacated a lower court’s July 2013 ruling declaring constitutionally valid the federal labeling and recordkeeping statutes pertaining to the adult entertainment industry. In light of two recent Supreme Court...

SEATTLE – Defying the usual odds, Yanks.com has partnered with a mainstream charity to battle domestic abuse and sexual violence. Starting with its June 2016 balance sheets, the company has designated a portion of sales to benefit Call to Safety, an Oregon-based nonprofit devoted...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – This month live-cam platform Flirt4Free celebrates two decades of streaming live video-chat. A multiple award-winner and one of the pioneers in the industry, the company has no intention of resting on its laurels. According to Executive Vice President...

LONDON – First they came for the physical and verbal abuse and spanking. Then they came for the strangulation, face-sitting and fisting. Now the U.K. government is after anal sex. Earlier this year, the British Department for Culture, Media and Sport released an official...

SALT LAKE CITY – Smoking, drinking to excess and abusing prescription medications long have been considered “public health hazards.” Leave it to Utah to one-up everyone else by venturing into uncharted territory and declaring pornography a public health hazard, too. On Tuesday,...

TEMPE, Ariz. – From a field of 50 drivers, Americans took the top two trophies at the 2016 YNOT Grand Prix’s Phoenix leg. Chris from JuicyAds won the gold, barely edging out second-place finisher Chris from Way3 Hosting. Both men are Americans. Nice job, guys! Now the fans in the...

HOUSTON – “Sometimes partnerships make sense, and sometimes they make a lot of sense.” So said YNOT’s Jay Kopita about the partnership that resulted in YNOTShootMe.com, a new online repository of photos from trade shows, parties, awards ceremonies and other adult industry events....

PHOENIX – The second leg of the YNOT Grand Prix’s 2016 season will take to the track March 30 — without the European driver who has trounced everyone else for the past two years. Jurgen from PlugRush will sit this one out. Perhaps this time American drivers can win a race in...

QUEBEC CITY, Canada – A U.S. federal appeals court upheld a district court’s decision invalidating a so-called “affiliate pooling” patent, effectively ending a long-running judicial battle involving both mainstream and adult industry companies. Essociate, Inc. v. Clickbooth.com,...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – As the 2016 presidential election looms ever nearer on the horizon, trade association Free Speech Coalition warns adult entertainment industry members the battle over 18 U.S.C. §2257 may be more important than ever. Known more commonly in the adult industry...