Florida May Declare Porn A “Public Health Risk”
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida is poised to become the latest state to have its legislature address pornography as matter of public health – with a slight twist on the verbiage ...
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ASOCEA Seeks Members To Represent Colombia’s Adult Industry
CALI, Colombia – In November, a new adult trade organization called the Asociación del Comercio Electrónico para Adultos (“ASOCEA”) met for the first time, with the goal of better supporting ...
Two Very Different Revenge Porn Stories Out Of D.C.
WASHINGTON – Two very different stories out of the nation’s capital this week underscore the difficulty of tackling revenge porn, from both a legal and cultural perspective. First, there’s an ...
Brick And Mortified: The More Things Change…
ARDEN-ARCADE, Calif. – I’m often struck by how much public perception of adult entertainment has changed over the last 30 years, a shift I think it’s reasonable to largely attribute ...
Fla. Attorney Redefines The Term “Porn Lawyer”
TAMPA – For the record, if you're a lawyer, the right to film yourself banging someone inside a jail’s private meeting room is not what the courts mean by “attorney-client ...
Insurers Have No Duty To Defend Kink, Courts Find
SAN FRANCISCO – Two recent rulings from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California have dealt blows to efforts by Kink.com to have litigation costs covered by ...
Malibu Settlement Talks To Be Overseen By Court
BALTIMORE – If you’ve followed the news surrounding adult entertainment studios engaged in mass copyright litigation, you’re no doubt aware of the concern expressed by many attorneys, journalists and judges ...
Commercial Porn Isn’t The ENOUGH Act’s Target
WASHINGTON – For several years now, activists and victims' advocates have been calling for a federal law addressing the scourge of “revenge porn,” the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images to ...
Do Porn Stars Really Have ‘Control’ Over Their Images?
DENVER – It’s amazing how often a pundit hailing from outside the adult entertainment industry invokes something about the porn industry to make a point. Most of the time they ...
Are U.K. Soldiers Really this Clueless about Porn?
LONDON – I’ll be the first to admit I don’t much about the British military. I do know the Brits spell the word “defense” like their soldiers’ overarching mission is ...
