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Midterm Porn Politics: 1

It is not a secret that the regulatory environment for the adult entertainment industry has become markedly more hostile in recent years. In fact, if you keep up with the news and commentary generated by the industry media, you may feel that you are at war with your own government. In the past couple of years, the bellicose statements and invective rhetoric directed at the industry by its right wing enemies such as Sen. Sam Brownback and Rep. Mike Pence sound like Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to annihilate the state of Israel.

Gregory A. Piccionelli ·
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Porn I'd like to see

One of the ways the media attempts to depict a magnate, celebrity, or politician as "out of touch" is to quiz him or her on how much a loaf of bread or bottle of milk costs

Gram Ponante ·

Anti-porn Group Launches Mail Campaign

Cincinnati-based anti-pornography group Citizens for Community Values is taking its fight to rid Butler County of adult materials and sexually oriented businesses to the people with the launch of a 6,000 strong direct mail campaign.

Swedish Feminists Force Military to Ban Porn

In what could signal a turnaround in an otherwise sexually liberal country, a group of feminist have succeeded in convincing the Swedish military to ban porn from its bases.

Radio Station Dumps God for Porn Format

KLOVE, a Christian format radio group probably didn’t expect its Fresno-area station KFYE to become synonymous with porn when the company sold the radio station last month. But that’s precisely what happened, with new owner Jerry Clifton electing to program what he calls “porn radio” in favor of the previous religious format that area listeners had become accustomed to.

Porn and Punchlines Show to Debut at the Laugh Factory

Producer/director/performer Tee Reel is adding another title to his resume: comedy show organizer. His Porn and Punchlines show makes its debut Aug. 11 at the Laugh Factory, bringing together professional standup comics and adult performers with comedic aspirations.

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Porn Gets Lots of Coverage

In the 2000s, there has been no shortage of well-known mainstream magazines, newspapers and websites willing to run articles pertaining to the adult entertainment industry — mainstream publications have included the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Daily Variety, Forbes, Salon.com, Maxim, the Hollywood Reporter and countless others.

Alex Henderson ·

FBI Shuts Down Site Said to Advertise Child Porn

The FBI arrested two men and shut down a website in connection of an investigation involving a message board that allegedly advertised child pornography. The website, Namgla.net, was closed for business Tuesday after FBI agents searched homes and workplaces at 35 locations in 20 states, as well as 11 countries.

Porn Providers Seek Digital TV Channels

The Australian adult entertainment organization Eros Association is seeking government approval to designate some of the country’s new digital TV channels for pornographic content.

Judge Blocks Texas Agency From Seizing Porn, Cites 1st Amendment

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) will no longer be able to seize adult videos and publications it deems obscene without first securing a court order, according to a ruling from a federal judge.

Image Analysis Software Capable of Detecting Porn

Visesh Infotecnics Ltd., a New Delhi-based infotech software firm, and U.S.-based Cyberworks Software have teamed up to offer image analysis software that is capable of detecting offensive images on PCs and wireless devices.

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Audacia Ray and the trick to casting porn

I like Audacia Ray despite knowing pretty much nothing about her

Gram Ponante ·

England Gets Tough on Credit Cards Used to Purchase Child Porn

The House of Lords has amended the Data Protection Act of 1998, granting British banks and savings and loan institutions, the power to investigate if credit cards they’ve issued are being used to access illegal child pornography.

Indiana Bans Porn in Prison

Two inmates are leading a class-action lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Corrections over a new policy that prohibits printed media that contains sexual conduct or simple nudity.

Israel Cracks Down on Porn

Internet porn may soon be unavailable in Israel if lawmakers from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party have their way; the group set fourth a two-pronged piece of legislation aimed at curbing online adult content in the country.

U.K. Mail Order Porn Merchants Jailed

The owners of a mail order adult video service will go to prison after pleading guilty to charges of money laundering and illegally films.

Dell Blog Confused With Porn Site

Surfers that type in One2One.com expecting to land at computer giant Dell’s blog will instead find themselves at an adult website.

Florida Judge Punished for Viewing Porn on the Job

Paying the piper for his penchant for viewing online pornography in his chambers, a judge has been given an official reprimand by the Florida Supreme Court and warned that any further porn misconduct will end in immediate dismissal.

Heatseek Browser Focuses on Porn

Browsing for adult content just got easier thanks to the launch of Heatseek, a webbrowser that claims to make searching for and viewing adult content more efficient. The browser is only compatible on PCs running Windows, and is powered by Internet Explorer’s engine.

Liberal Town Says ‘No’ to Porn Shop

Citizens of the small New England town that is home to college students, artists and bohemian businesses have organized NoPornNorthampton to block Capital Video Corp. from opening a store in the town.