WASHINGTON, DC – The conservative advocacy group Family Research Council is praising the Department of Justice and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for cracking down on the internet porn industry, citing last week’s indictment of three alleged spammers in particular.“Attorney...

PHONEIX, AZ – A federal grand jury has indicted three individuals on charges of violating the CAN-SPAM Act, as well as federal obscenity, money laundering and conspiracy charges, Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Paul...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Perfect 10, Inc., has filed for a preliminary injunction against Google, Inc., seeking to enjoin Google from “copying, displaying, and distributing Perfect 10 copyrighted images,” according to a statement issued by Perfect 10.In November of 2004, Perfect 10...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Playboy Enterprises Inc. has announced it will launch a digital edition of its popular flagship men’s magazine in conjunction with its October issue.The online version of Playboy, being produced in association with the San Francisco-based company Zinio...

UTAH – Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff hopes he can keep a challenge to the state’s attempt to suppress internet pornography out of the court room. According to Shurtleff, at least 11 of the 15 plaintiffs challenging what he calls “The Truth in Porn Law” cannot prove...

UNITED KINGDOM – The rape and strangulation of a UK special education teacher after her attacker viewed violent porn online has spurred the British government to promise to take a stronger stance against the extreme form of sexual entertainment.Liz Longhurst, mother of the...

SANTA CLARA, CA – In an effort to create standardized software for digital rights management (DRM), Sun Microsystems has announced that it will make some of its software available to the open-source community.The aim of the Open Media Commons (OMC) initiative, which Sun CEO...

GLEN COVE, NY – Most porn fans only dream of spending time on a set during filming – but a lucky online auction hound will soon know precisely what it’s like to have dreams come true.The 5,300 hits to porn star Taylor Rain’s film shoot auction were racked up during a mere week on...

JAPAN – Groups lead by Sony and Toshiba have failed to come to an agreement in their negotiations on a standard format for next-generation DVD technology, creating the potential for what some observers are calling “VHS and Betamax all over again.”The two parties cited time...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Gay web surfers that secretly enjoy straight content have a friend in super popular porn sensation Jenna Jameson. Although she’s attracted the kind of queer fan following usually associated with the likes of Liza Minelli, Judy Garland, Cher, and Marilyn...