VASSALBORO, ME — The place used to be called the Grand View Motel, but a proposal to turn the now-vacant building into something with an even grander view has residents of rural Vassalboro, ME, covering their eyes and opening their mouths.On Tuesday night, a businessman who...

BEIJING — Chinese officials have launched an offensive designed to rid the Chinese Web of sites that offer pornography and “vulgarity.”During a teleconference Monday, seven Chinese government departments — the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and...

COWETA COUNTY, GA —Rev. Billy Ball has a serious problem with pornography. Actually, he appears to have a serious problem with nudity, pornography – and the truth. Now that a non-adult shop has plans to open this month and sell a few sexy items, the good reverend has the...

BURBANK, CA — YNOT is everywhere that online adult content wants to be – including exhibiting at both the January Adult Entertainment Expo and Internext Expo in Las Vegas. Starting with the January 8th AEE trade-only day in the Sands Expo Center and continuing through the...

CINCINNATI, OH — A U.S. appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to hold adult dating site SexSearch accountable for a member’s misconduct.The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled plaintiff John Doe “failed to state a claim” in his...

WARWICK, RI — Claiming unauthorized transmission of the Playboy Channel caused them “great pain, anxiety, nervousness and mental anguish,” a Warwick, RI, family has filed a civil lawsuit against Verizon Communications’ cable television division.Filed November 24th in Kent...

ROCKPORT, IN — The new year didn’t bring good tidings for the 231 Adult Plaza. Instead, it brought a contempt of court ruling and an order to close its doors and pay more than $360,000 in fines and attorney and witness fees.Spencer Circuit Judge Wayne A. Roell handed down...

CANOGA PARK, CA — Titan Media attorney Gill Sperlein and XBIZ president Alec Helmy will join six incumbent and five other members of the Free Speech Coalition board of directors, according to a press release distributed by the trade association today.Returning incumbents...

CARTHAGE, MO — Missouri may not be the Show Me State much longer if a state representative has his way.State Rep. Ed Emery [R-Lamar] plans to reintroduce this month controversial statewide adult-business regulatory codes. Among other things, the proposed legislation would...

HOUSTON, TX — As 2008 ended, the City of Houston was handed what officials hail as a major legal victory in its long-running battle with strip clubs and erotic boutiques. According to a state district court, such businesses can be considered “public nuisances.”The most...