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Marketing BDSM

I don't know about you, but one of the first fantasies I had when I thought of pushing the edge of my sexual comfort zone had to do with silk scarves restraining my partner. Last time I checked, that is borderline bondage. Many people would never admit they are into bondage, because society has...... More »

Regulating U.K. Web Erotica

Editor's note: this article originally appeared in the May, 2008 issue of XBIZ World magazine In the U.K., there has been much discussion over how adult entertainment should be regulated on the Internet. Parliament has been considering some controversial legislation that would make it a felony...... More »

Glam and Gloss

What's it like being a contract girl? In my limited view, being a contract girl is like being in a polygamist marriage: We get involved because there is a mutual attraction that doesn't quite resemble true love (the company is attracted to our waist-to-hip ratios and marketability, we are...... More »

Custom Videos

With countless DVDs released each year and the increasing number of niches within, one would think that there would be something for everyone. But fetishes are like bellybuttons (and, for some, bellybuttons are the fetish), so it is almost impossible to satisfy the vast market and its quirks...... More »

Tackling the Tubes

Recently, XBIZ World Magazine asked several industry players "How do you think the industry should deal with the tube site phenomenon?" Here's what they had to say: The key to tubes is you squeeze from the bottom, and then gradually roll them up as you use them. But if you mean Internet...... More »

Content Run Amok

Piracy is one of the most vexing problems facing the adult entertainment industry today. More so even than governmental regulation and conservative outcry, the wholesale theft of copyrighted content threatens the very existence of an entire adult industry sector. As more content owners begin to...... More »

Online Piracy and the March of Technology

It's no secret to anyone operating in the online adult entertainment industry that we're a technology-driven community, and the impact that technology has on our operations extends well beyond the hardware and software that power our enterprises. It is a factor that affects our business plans as...... More »

The Asian Invasion

On March 31, 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry negotiated the first treaty between Japan and the United States. Within 90 years, Japan had industrialized sufficiently to win the Russo-Japanese War, invade mainland China, march through the Far East and then, in 1941, bomb Pearl Harbor. Then World War II...... More »

Competing With Mainstream

Adult products have graced the shelves of big-name mainstream stores such as Macy's and Sharper Image for years — in disguise. Often labeled "massagers," vibrators and other sex toys have been an open secret for years in the nonadult marketplace. Not anymore. A few years ago, Internet...... More »

Making Hyperlinks Hyperactive

They're the foundation of the web and the basis for all traffic on the Internet — yet at the same time, they are one of the most overlooked aspects of web development: "They" are hyperlinks, the paths by which visitors enter and exit your website. For adult website operators concerned with...... More »

LEGAL PERSPECTIVES

Regulating U.K. Web Erotica

Editor's note: this article originally appeared in the May, 2008 issue of XBIZ World magazine In the U.K., there has been much discussion over how adult entertainment should be regulated on the Internet.... More »

Now That's Obscene

The feds have indicted John Stagliano on obscenity charges, which is an act that takes a lot of chutzpah. The movies they chose to indict him on are pretty vanilla in my book, but I don't think the material... More »

Antipiracy Panel Sheds Light

As we come to the end of the Bush administration, it appears that in the coming years intellectual property theft will likely pose a greater challenge to the survival of most adult entertainment companies... More »
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