THE DARK WEB – If I were to write a book called Seven Habits of the Highly Unsuccessful Criminal, right at the top of the list would be the tendency on the part of many criminals to tell other people about their exploits, and a related tendency to believe they understand things...

BOSTON – When BoodiGo co-founder Colin Rowntree looks out over the horizon of the online adult entertainment industry, he sees a fundamental contradiction in play. On the one hand, the public appears to be more accepting of pornography than ever before, but on the other, many...

LOS ANGELES – The addition of digital fingerprinting technology to a popular anti-piracy program “virtually assures pirated material will be found and reported,” according to a spokesman for the company behind the product. Takedown Piracy’s proprietary digital fingerprinting...

NEW YORK – It’s only mid-November, but already holiday-themed gay adult content releases are showing up in stores. The first to bow is Lucas Entertainment’s A Very Merry Bareback Christmas. The DVD will street Nov. 21; online video-on-demand availability begins Dec. 5.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The so-called grandfathering program that promised .xxx domain registrants protection of corresponding names in the .porn, .adult and .sex spaces has been abandoned by registrar ICM Registry five months before two of the new generic Top Level Domains...

CANADA – Alex Lecomte, winner of the 2014 YNOT Award for Best Industry Rep, has joined the staff and adult advertising network JuicyAds. He will lead the company’s initiatives in the Latin American market. Formerly the marketing manager for mobile traffic monetization platform...

LOS ANGELES – The nomination period for the 2015 GFY People’s Choice Awards opened Friday. Awards will be presented in 24 categories representing the people, companies, services and products that compose the online sector of the adult entertainment industry. When the awards...

By Diane Duke CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Michael Weinstein and the controversial AIDS Healthcare Foundation have announced they will be protesting at Cal/OSHA offices in Los Angeles. While we’re not exactly sure what they’re protesting—Cal/OSHA is expected to release workplace...

PITTSBURGH – Eleven years after its debut, the official website of saucy BBW performer Reyna has undergone its fourth makeover and re-launched. When ReynasHouse.com launched in August 2003, Reyna worked as a receptionist by day and an exotic dancer at night. Since becoming a...

LONGWOOD, Fla. – An adult industry attorney has released a mobile application designed to help content owners enforce their intellectual property rights on the go. QuickDMCA, developed by noted First Amendment attorney Lawrence G. Walters, allows “the quick and easy creation of a...