SEATTLE, WA — Mayor Greg Nickels’ idea to create the Sodo cabaret district for strip clubs was rejected by the city’s Planning Commission on Thursday. Instead, the commission proposed that Seattle continue to view such establishments in the same way it views...

WEST MONROE, LA — Once the West Monroe Red Door adult novelty shop opened, Ouachita Parish authorities started receiving complaints from its neighbors. “People that saw it opening up didn’t want them in and around their communities,” insists Maj. Jay...

TRENTON, NJ – Naked Rhino Media (NR), the owner and operator of the XclusiveCash affiliate program, has filed a lawsuit against Too Much Media (TMM), maker of NATS affiliate tracking software, and TMM owner John Albright, alleging breach of contract and defamation.Alleging that...

ASPEN, CO – At a speech delivered to the Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) in Aspen earlier this week, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sharply criticized recent broadcast indecency rulings issued by the Commission, decisions in...

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — The Auckland City Councilor insists that it was nothing more than “indecent exposure around the country and around the world,” but not everybody agrees with him.”It’s shabby and it’s sleazy and we don’t need...

MONTREAL, CANADA — Although not immediately obvious as a problem to most English speaking and reading porn fans, a great percentage of the world does not. Speak or read English, that is. But they do like to look at porn.How can the eager non-English reading consumer of...

ASPEN, CO – Addressing an audience Monday at a summit held in Aspen by The Progress & Freedom Foundation, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras expressed strong doubt concerning the need for Congress to pass legislation mandating so-called “net...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — It’s been 50 years since anyone in Philadelphia has been able to legally toss back a cold one and watch a cutie gyrate on their lap while in an exotic dance establishment. Thanks to a recent federal appeals decision, happy days are here...

SANDY SPRINGS, GA – A previously delayed vote on a proposed municipal anti-obscenity ordinance was held Tuesday by the Sandy Springs City Council, with the ordinance passing unanimously despite concerns that the law contains provisions similar to Georgia’s recently invalidated...

MIAMI, FL — Security cameras may have captured it and the evidence may well be smolderingly obvious — but nobody can quite believe what happened at the Bird Road adult book store.Anti-porn activists will often decry the violence and sexual abuse that they insist walks...