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Maryland Strikes Down Child Porn Law
A court of appeals ruled this week that Maryland state law does not consider downloading child pornography a crime. The decision is based on an appeal filed by a man convicted of child porn possession after police raided his home in 2003 and discovered downloaded pictures of underage girls engaged in sex acts.
Porn Helps DVD Retailers Survive Challenges
Independent DVD retailers, facing competition from large chains, online rental services and video-on-demand, as well as slumping sales and rentals of DVDs in general, are increasingly relying on porn to help them survive in tough times.
Iraqi Religious Right Target Porn Dealers
Free from the state censorship of Saddam Hussein’s Bath Party, some enterprising Iraqis have dipped their toes in the waters of adult entertainment — but they face deadly opposition from religious zealots.
Game Porn: A New Hybrid
From the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center, the 2005 E3 Videogame Expo feels very much like Internext. Both conventions feature pounding music, scantily clad booth girls and a throng of nerdy fans. But delve deeper and you'll notice an important difference. While the adult convention blatantly sells sex, the big players at the yearly gathering-of-the-tribes of the gaming industry generally downplay the sex that helps them peddle games, leaving the more hardcore market to smaller players from overseas.
FCC Hires Anti-Porn Conservative
With the political climate in Washington becoming increasingly conservative, the Federal Communications Commission has ratcheted up the stakes by hiring anti-porn advocate Penny Nance as its newest advisor for the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis.
Anti-Porn Group Chides Cox Communications Over Usenet Groups
Considered the third largest cable television and high-speed provider in the country, Atlanta-based Cox Communications found itself in the child porn hot seat after an anti-pornography group launched a petition to force Cox to stop any contributory actions related to child porn distribution.
Dateline Smacks Down Porn Spammer
A months-long exposé by Dateline NBC created a buzz among the webmaster community this past weekend when it was revealed that reporter John Hockenberry had traced an email that promised content of nude women and animals to a high-profile adult company.
Hackers Getting Free Hotel Porn
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hotel infrared TV systems to watch adult movies for free. In addition to porn thievery, hackers can tap into their own hotel bills as well as those of other guests.
Illegal Porn Operation Busted
Local, state and federal authorities raided an illegal pornography distribution operation Tuesday. Louisiana State Police Trooper Doug Pierrelee told XBiz that Daniel Smart was making upwards of $40,000 a month from videos sold through his Cybertainment website.
JustWantFuck.com Aggregates Porn Blog XML Feeds
LAS VEGAS – Ri Media has announced the release of its latest website, JustWantFuck.com, a Porn Blog XML Aggregator.
P2P Porn May Be Next Target for Democrats
The day after one group of congressmen introduced a proposal to tax adult Internet transactions, another group held a meeting to discuss the possibility of legislation against adult content on peer-to-peer networks.
Validity of Anti-Porn Report in Question
“The Porn Standard: Children And Pornography on the Internet,” a 25-page annotated treatise from newly-formed progressive think tank The Third Way, is a potentially dangerous piece of shoddy research, outdated news and misinformation, sources within the adult industry say.
ACLU Seeks to Defend Virtual Child Porn
The American Civil Liberties Union has come under attack for seeking First Amendment protection for virtual child porn, in which actors or characters appearing to be underage are exhibited in a sexual manner.
India Mobilizes Against Cellphone Porn
While possessing most types of porn on a cellphone in India is not illegal, distribution is. Indian police are increasingly cracking down on mobile users who appear “intent to distribute” pornographic images.
Brits Consider Child Porn Disclosure Rule
Margaret Moran, a Labour MP, has introduced legislation to Parliament that would require Internet service providers to declare the steps they’ve taken to block access to child pornography on their networks.
Porn Excise Tax Bill to Be Unveiled Wednesday
The online adult industry faces another regulatory assault tomorrow when Sen. Blanche Lincoln rolls out proposed federal legislation that would impose a 25 percent excise tax for all adult transactions.
Australia Losing Out on Porn Dollars, Group Says
More offensive adult content is streaming from Russia and China and less from Australia and the United States, according to an Internet free-speech advocacy group based in Australia.
Carney Wants to Reinvent Gay Porn
Sean Carney, who this week announced his departure from Hustler as its marketing director, will begin a gay adult production company using his nom de porn Sean Carnage.
Kansas Lawmakers Look at Porn Tax
Following the lead of states such as Utah, Missouri and Oklahoma, Kansas legislators met Monday to discuss the merits of a state tax that could raise the cost of adult materials by up to 20 percent in that state.
Morality in Media Blasts President Bush’s Weak Stand on Porn
Only weeks after the unexpected resignation of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, watchdog group Morality in Media has called on the Bush Administration to stop allowing the First Amendment to be used as a shield for pornographers that commercially distribute adult entertainment.