WASHINGTON, DC — It’s not uncommon for government officials to insist that adult entertainment venues are dangerous; after all, what could be more risky than a young, naked or mostly naked woman? Today, the State Department announced that, among all the strip clubs that...

CHICAGO, IL — Chicago may be Obama territory, but the regulars at Chicago’s North Side Old Town Ale House have a special place in their heart for GOP vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin – especially naked. Thanks to artist and ale house co-owner Bruce Elliott, the place...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008, a new copyright-protection law that establishes a cabinet-level “copyright czar” position, received unanimous approval in the Senate on Friday. The House of Representatives is expected to take up...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The Swiss House of Representatives on September 25th passed measures banning the distribution of violent or sexually explicit material to cellular phones. Now the country’s legislators face a new quandary: how to stop consumers from downloading the...

CYBERSPACE — The stock market may be taking a massive hit, but that’s no reason for adult webmasters to suffer. Thanks to PussyCash and ImLive, affiliate members can make as much as $150 per sign up during the month of October.As part of its campaign to have the “highest...

ORLANDO, FL — Former First Amendment attorney and advocate David Wasserman died Thursday at his home. He was 52.Authorities are calling the death a suicide. In the 1990s, Wasserman was a high-profile attorney for the adult entertainment industry. He rose to prominence by...

SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN — Thirty-five percent of all content online at the end of 2007 was pornography, according to a study performed by Spanish IT security firm Optenet.However, although the number of individual adult pages “soared” to 155 million last year, the ratio of...

CANOGA PARK, CA — Adult industry trade organization Free Speech Coalition will kick off “Election 2008 Bash” at 5:30 p.m. October 11th at Universal Studio’s Globe Theatre in Universal City, CA. The event supersedes “Night of the Stars” as the organization’s annual...

SANTA MONICA, CA — The file-sharing blog TorrentFreak has caused a minor online kerfuffle by outing anti-piracy operation MediaDefender as a friend to porn. On September 20th, TorrentFreak accused MediaDefender of padding its profits with revenue earned by redirecting users...

NEW YORK, NY — The number of consumers watching video streamed through a browser over broadband networks has doubled over the past year, according to a new report from ABI Research.During a survey of online households in the United States, ABI noticed a jump from 32-percent...