PHOENIX – When he and eight women he employed as models were arrested in 2013, William James Hartwell told police and the FBI he expected the law would bust him eventually. He probably did not expect the case to stick. On Friday, a jury convicted Hartwell, 56, of 10 charges...

WASHNGTON – When it comes to loopholes, nobody knows more about how to create and use them than the U.S. Congress. It’s a skill set which comes with lots of practice — practice which includes the occasional need to close such loopholes once public awareness of them has created...

LOS ANGELES – A U.S. federal court has ordered MindGeek subsidiary Pornhub, based in Canada, to turn over personally identifying information about users accused of infringing intellectual property rights belonging to a Seychelles-registered content producer. Foshan Ltd.,...

GUADALAJARA – Over the 20 years or so I’ve been working within and covering the adult entertainment industry, I’ve found myself defending the rights of people to do a whole lot of things I will never do myself, from high-risk sex acts to outrageous publicity stunts and sometimes...

MANHATTAN, New York – Radley Metzger, a Golden Age of Porn filmmaker known for creating “artful” pornography with lavish sets, witty dialogue and unusual camera angles, died March 31 in Manhattan. He was 88. Born in 1929 in The Bronx, Metzger broke into filmmaking in the 1950s by...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – If I have one great disadvantage in the world of dating, it’s the fact I’m not a state legislator. I’m telling you, these “lawmaker” guys have it made when it comes to meeting women, because if they’re ever at a loss for a good pickup line, they can...

By mid-2016, according to Google, 60 percent of searches came from smartphones. With that in mind, the search giant’s page-rank algorithm began giving serious weight to mobile-friendly sites. As Google constantly refines the algorithm to reflect changes it perceives in user...

WASHINGTON – When the news broke about American veterans dying while waiting an unacceptably long time for health care through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), there was universal consternation, just as there should have been. Whatever one’s feelings about the frequently...

Anytime a major platform — online or in the real world — makes a significant change, a certain percentage of users will complain. Some of them will complain loudly. And often. That’s exactly what happened when Twitter removed @username mentions from the 140-character tweet-size...

NEW YORK – In the wake of the announcement Congress intends to repeal a Federal Communications Commission rule (albeit one that hadn’t become effective yet) that would have required internet service providers to obtain a customer’s explicit consent before selling their...