CYBERSPACE – The owner of three BDSM websites, known in the BDSM community as GrandPa DeSade, announced today that he would be removing his websites from the internet out of fear of a possible obscenity crackdown by the federal government. The move comes after other BDSM...

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – Acacia Research Corporation has announced that it will release its third quarter financial results on Thursday, October 20th, and conduct a conference call for shareholders on the same day.While there has been little news of late concerning the ongoing...

CYBERSPACE – Obscenity busts are becoming all the rage, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a new site dedicated to letting people know what the federal government considers naughty and what it considers nice when it comes to publicly engaging in...

LAKELAND, FL – Chris Wilson’s websites have raised eyebrows and attracted law enforcement attention in the past, but he never expected it to lead to jail time – especially before a conviction. Yet today he sits in the Polk County jail, accused of 300 misdemeanor obscenity counts...

CHICAGO, IL – Playboy Enterprises Inc. announced on Tuesday that it will cut its flagship magazine’s bate rate to 3 million, which represents a reduction of 4.7%. A magazine’s base rate is the estimated circulation that publishers use as a basis for advertising prices – generally...

The good news is that Americans are getting laid and enjoying it. The bad news is that they’re not necessarily making sure that their sex is safe.During September of this year, MSNBC.com and Zogby International polled more than 56,000 adult American men and women between the ages...

CYBERSPACE – Months before hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, federal auditors warned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not have effective procedures for sending equipment or human resources into disaster areas, an assessment that appears to have been...

POLK COUNTY, FL – The Polk Country Sheriff’s Office raided the home of Chris Wilson, 27, of Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, Florida, and charged him with 301 counts of obscenity. Wilson was arrested, and his bail was set at $151,000.Wilson’s amateur porn website...

PITTSBURGH, PA – The FBI raided the home of a controversial erotic stories website owner on Friday, apparently on charges of obscenity. The website, red-rose-stories.com, posted a notice on its home page announcing the raid and warning customers that the FBI now has access...

ST. MARTINVILLE, LA – Judge Charles Porter upheld Louisiana’s obscenity law in the face of challenges that the statute is overbroad and so vague that it could stifle constitutionally protected expression.Among the attorneys representing Emmette Jacob Jr., the owner of Le Video...