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WebmasterScore Offers Adult Niche Domains
WebmasterScore.com has announced the launch of its Adult Niche Domains system, catering to both domain buyers and sellers.
Demystifying Contracts
For many in the online adult industry the idea of entering into written contracts with someone you do business with can be an intimidating one.
Florida County Moves to Ban Porn
Nassau County Commissioners are considering an ordinance banning the sale, but not the possession of, pornography within the northern Florida County.
Keeping the Kids Out
It's a problem faced by all operators of adult websites: how can you limit access to your website to consenting adults only, while complying with relevant laws and limiting the number of legitimate users that you turn away?
The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch
Several great new online startups get exposure in this week's Tech Watch, which includes looks at new goodies from Apple and Microsoft.
Director's Chair: The Lighter Side of Jonni Darkko
Jonni Darkko left Chicago a decade and a half ago, armed with his trained photographer's eye, a taste for gorgeous ladies and an innate skill at recutting porn flicks in his head while watching them.
The Lighter Side of Jonni Darkko
Jonni Darkko left Chicago a decade and a half ago, armed with his trained photographer's eye, a taste for gorgeous ladies and an innate skill at recutting porn flicks in his head while watching them.
Magazine Website Traffic Surging
While some online market segments are in decline, a new report shows that consumer magazine websites are growing at a rate more than double that of the overall growth of the Internet.
CAN-SPAM Case Implications
It took three years for the case to get through trial, but only three hours for a Seattle jury to decide Impulse Media Group Inc. was not responsible for the actions of affiliates who unrepentantly spammed consumers in violation of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003.
Mortgage Lender Shutters Business, Launches Adult Website
In another sign of hard times for the housing market, a mortgage lender has closed his mortgage company and is launching a new adult website called TheNetGirls.com.
Get a Towel and Dry Off, These Studios are Hot
The world of technology — which seems to govern virtually every other world, in some fashion or another — continues to move forward at a ridiculously rapid pace. A factor that certainly governs the realm of adult, particularly when it comes to all things online.
Law Blogger Questions Legal Rationale Behind Red Rose Prosecution
Attorney, novelist and blogger Julie Hilden has posted a lengthy post in the commentary section on Findlaw.com that sharply criticizes the prosecution of Karen Fletcher, who pleaded guilty in federal court in May to six counts of distributing obscenity online.
Retail Focus: Evolution of the Clamshell
Sex toy manufacturers and retailers are faced with a new challenge as a new demographic of consumers emerges: Produce and sell toys that appeal to the women and couples of Generation X and Y.
Evolution of the Clamshell
Sex toy manufacturers and retailers are faced with a challenge as a new demographic of consumers emerges: Produce and sell toys that appeal to the women and couples of Generation X and Y.
Here's How 5 Directors Burn Up the Adult Charts
It’s not just sales success that makes a director “hot” in this business. Sure, the metrics are important — units sold, minutes streamed, lick-throughs counted — but the definition of “hot” is much broader than a column of net earnings in a corporate Excel document. With seemingly few new patches of unexplored grass under the sex industry’s sun, how can sex be made interesting, much less scintillating? It comes down to the limitless nature of the human imagination, the human form and personality. Vivid Entertainment’s hot director B. Skow explicitly mentions the “endless supply of beauty” that is making his “Brand New Faces” series a big hit. The influx of new babes certainly takes care of much of the foregoing equation.
ICANN Proposes Disputed Domain Auction
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced its plans to settle disputes over new generic top level domains (gTLDs) by auctioning the name to the highest bidder.
Image Search Engine Fights Copyright Infringement
Copyright holders have another tool in their infringement-fighting arsenal, courtesy of a new image search engine called TinEye — but adult content rights holders need not apply.
Your Opinion: Legal Issues
Recently, XBIZ World Magazine asked several industry players "What do you think is the most important legal issue facing the industry this year?" Here's what they had to say:
Facing the Issues
Recently, XBIZ World Magazine asked several industry players "What do you think is the most important legal issue facing the industry this year?" Here's what they had to say: