LINCOLN, Neb. – Every so often, I’ll hear someone refer to a three-year prison term as a “light punishment,” or complain modern prisons are more like country clubs than correctional facilities. When I hear such things, I immediately suspect two things about the speaker: He or she...

LOS ANGELES – The National Association of Container Distributors has awarded pleasure products manufacturer CalExotics the bronze Package of the Year Award in the novelties category. The awards annually recognize excellence and innovation in product packaging. The award honors...

DANVILLE, Ill. – John Steele, a founding partner in notorious copyright-trolling law firm Prenda Law and now an adjudicated felon, was stripped of his law license Friday by the Illinois Supreme Court. According to court documents, Steele did not contest the disbarment. The court...

MENLO PARK, Calif. – The technologies behind social media platforms may be modern, but the conundrum predates the printing press: When it comes to depictions of sexuality, where is the line drawn between “pornography” and “art”? Among the intriguing details that have emerged from...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – OVO Lifestyle Toys has launched a new resource portal designed to give retailers and distributors quick-and-easy, 24-hour access to promotional collateral. The portal puts product images, sales sheets, videos, merchandising materials and more just a click...

WASHINGTON – According to Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll, a higher percentage of Americans than ever before now consider porn to be “morally acceptable.” Even though 36 percent of respondents said they find it acceptable, porn still ranks well behind medical...

NEW YORK – A popular webcam performer will co-star in an upcoming independent comedy series about a guy, a deferred court sentence and an adult entertainer who has taken up residence inside his head. The comedic series WankBank follows Mika, a young man who is sentenced to attend...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Pipedream has released 18 new styles of King Cock Vibrating Stiffies. The line of realistic dildos is a perennial best-seller for the manufacturer. Made of phthalate-free, latex-free, hypoallergenic PVC rubber in Pipedream’s U.S.-based, state-of-the-art...

On Thursday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 to begin considering whether to dismantle what Americans have come to call “net neutrality.” The vote — two Republicans for moving forward; one Democrat against — does not mean net neutrality is dead. It merely...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – If you’ve ever attended a legal seminar at an adult trade event during which U.S. obscenity law was discussed, you’ve likely heard more than a mouthful about the vagueness and sweeping breadth of the law, be it at the local, state or federal level. While it’s...