Free Speech Coalition
70 Porn Stars Show Up at Meeting Over Condom Use
About 70 porn stars have shown up at a workplace safety meeting attended by Free Speech Coalition officials, health care groups and Cal/OSHA officials in a discussion over draft rules on mandating condoms in adult entertainment.
FSC Report Blasts Health Officials, Says STD Findings Faulty
A Free Speech Coalition report commissioned by Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Lawrence Mayer says presentations made by two Los Angeles public health officials targeting adult entertainment industry disease screenings were faulty and misleading.
FSC Outlines Goals of New Performer Health Program
The Free Speech Coalition on Thursday gave an overview of its new health program called Adult Production Health and Safety Services (APHSS) during a meeting of adult industry stakeholders.
FSC Makes Plans for Production Health & Safety Services
The Free Speech Coalition's Board of Directors has voted to support the creation of Adult Performers Health and Safety Services (APHSS) as a result of conversations with producers, agents and performers, and in response to the closing of AIM.
FSC Calls Industry Only Meetings to Discuss Workplace Safety, Testing
Free Speech Coalition is calling for industry members to meet this Friday to discuss current developments with workplace safety protocols and performer STD testing. These meetings will review the current status of workplace safety and performer testing, as well as what is on the horizon for adult film productions.
FSC's Duke Debates Corn-Revere on CNN
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) Executive Director Diane Duke on Tuesday appeared live on CNN International to debate the newly-launched .XXX “sponsored” Top Level Domain with ICM Registry legal counsel, Robert Corn-Revere.
FSC Anti-Piracy Program Adds Slutload, Takes Down Bootlegger
Ventura Content, parent company of Pink Visual, this week reached a settlement with AFIC, Inc., operators of tubesite Slutload.com, in a copyright infringement suit filed in December.
FSC Launches Anti-.XXX Campaign
The Free Speech Coalition announced Friday that it is launching an anti-.XXX campaign and urging adult online businesses not to buy into the newly-approved .XXX sTLD.
FSC 'Love Lounge' Benefit Draws Retail's Top Tier
Sponsors, porn stars and retail industry honchos all showed their love for the hard work and dedication of the Free Speech Coalition at the organization's "Free Love Lounge" fundraiser at this year's XBIZ Retail Conference and Expo.
FSC 'Free Love Lounge' Fundraiser Adds Stars, Prizes
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) is holding the "Free Love Lounge" fundraiser event this Thursday as part of the XBIZ Retail Expo & Conference. The event will be held at the Stone Rose Lounge inside the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles.
Wasteland's Rowntree to Receive FSC Leadership Award
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced today that Wasteland.com CEO Colin Rowntree will receive the FSC Leadership Award, to be presented at the XBIZ Awards on Feb. 9 at the Hollywood Palladium.
FSC APAP Adds 3 More Tubesites
Free Speech Coalition’s Anti-Piracy Protection Program (APAP) has added three more tubesites to its list of participants. The latest tubesites to join the program are TNAflix, Empflix and XHamster, bringing the total number of sites participating in its Mediawise program to 12.
FSC Sends Letter to GAC, ICANN Board
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) on Friday sent a letter to the Board of Directors of Internet regulator ICANN and to its Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), urging the Board not approve Internet registrar ICM’s application for the proposed .XXX sponsored top level domain (sTLD).
FSC Announces New Board of Directors
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced its new Board of Directors today.
FSC Submits Letter to ICANN, Travels to Colombia
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) Executive Director Diane Duke and FSC Board Chair Jeffrey Douglas will travel to Cartagena, Colombia, next week to oppose the proposed .XXX sTLD at the ICANN Board of Directors meeting.
AHF Plans to Address L.A. City Council Over HIV Scare
Officials of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation plan to make an appearance today before the Los Angeles City Council, asking them to suspend adult filming.
FSC Announces Breakthrough With Tube Sites
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced today that several tube sites have agreed to implement the FSC’s Anti-Piracy Action Program (APAP) and use the program’s software technology to flag infringing content and prevent users from posting material that is not legal for them to post.
Pink Visual Donates Site for FSC Anti-Piracy Program
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has announced that Pink Visual has donated the website design and URL address for FSCAPAP.com, the new information website for FSC’s Anti-Piracy Action Program (APAP).
Medical Protocols, Condoms Remain Central Issues at Cal/OSHA Meeting
Strict medical protocols and bloodbourne pathogen regulations for adult industry productions remained the central focus of the latest Cal/OSHA subcommittee meeting.