LOS ANGELES, CA – A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits Hustler magnate Larry Flynt’s nephews from using the family surname on their adult entertainment products without a prominent disclaimer.U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz on Wednesday told...

BEIJING, CHINA — China’s dedication to keeping the minds of its citizens sanitized to hospital perfection continues – and has expanded beyond arrests for internet pornography offenses. Although the Xinhau news agency reports that 29 criminal cases for “vulgar” internet...

TAMPA, FL — The Florida Family Association, an affiliate of the American Family Association, is taking to task the American Association of Retired Persons over an advertisement that appeared in the organization’s January 2009 Bulletin.The ad, placed by the Sinclair...

SELMA, CA — The battle against When the Sun Goes Down Entertainment is not one against the forces of the blood thirsty living dead rising from their graves after dark. It is yet another battle between yet another city council and yet another escort service. According to ABC...

WASHINGTON, DC — After struggling to thrive for 13 agonizing years, the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) was allowed to die quietly today when the U.S. Supreme Court declined without comment the opportunity to reconsider Mukasey v. ACLU. The Clinton-era law was allegedly...

WINNIPEG, CANADA — Everybody has a reason why they can’t behave. Michael Leahy wrote the book Porn Nation to explain how an addiction to pornography caused his life to unravel, eventually costing him his career, his wife of 15 years and his two children.Now he’s a celebrity...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A new application that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to manipulate a 3D model in ways Apple might not approve nonetheless has found its way into the Apple App Store and onto iTunes.Resistor Productions’ iGirl application became available on Apple’s...

GUANAJUATO, MEXICO — Once upon a time, not so long ago, the city of Guanajuato adopted an anti-obscenity law. Along with the usual naughty words and tantalizing images that were clearly forbidden, many conjectured that the salacious act of kissing in public was also...

NEW YORK, NY — The Source is the most respected voice in hip-hop journalism. Although many consider the hip-hop culture and its musical message sometimes problematic and one month’s cover featured a seemingly suicidal man with a pistol poked under his chin while another...

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND — Members of the Scottish Parliament are poised to follow their counterparts in England, Wales and Northern and pass a law that criminalizes the possession of “extreme pornography.”The British ban, which takes effect January 26th, provides up to...