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Special Report: 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 it is almost impossible to satisfy the vast market and its quirks through the Porn Valley system.
Porn on the Road
It’s no secret that some of America’s largest corporations profit directly from adult entertainment offerings, including those made through hotel pay-per-view services — despite ongoing public protests from various religious and special interest groups.
Now That's Obscene
The feds have indicted John Stagliano on obscenity charges, which is an act that takes a lot of chutzpah; and the movies they chose to indict him on are pretty vanilla in my book.
Internet Industry Association Enacts Best Practices
The Australian-based Internet Industry Association (IIA) has announced its new code of best practices for online and mobile service content providers.
Knock it Off
Like the fake Louis Vuitton bags that litter Manhattan’s streets, rip-offs can be found in almost any industry. If it’s not a designer bag, it’s a watch or a designer shirt; the fact is, copying is an inherent part of business.
A Focus on Higher Conversion Ratios
This article can help you learn how to pull in targeted traffic from the search engines, improve your marketing approach to be more effective and convert that new targeted traffic into sales.
State-Level Prosecutions
During the George W. Bush era, federal obscenity prosecutions have been a major concern for the adult entertainment industry in the U.S. But federal prosecutors are not the only prosecutors who can charge adult entrepreneurs with obscenity; adult companies also need to be concerned about the possibility of obscenity prosecutions at the state level. State obscenity prosecutions have been a fact of life for American adult businesses during the industry’s best times and worst times.
Eliminating 'Novelty' From the Novelty Biz
There is surprisingly little actual “novelty” in the so-called “novelty business.”
Three Alternate Futures
As the Democratic Party wrestles with its knockdown, drag-out primary contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, desperately seeking unity, the adult industry is no doubt wrestling with its own concerns regarding how it will fare under the potential presidency of the three remaining major candidates. The voters’ choice of candidate in November will dramatically impact the way in which the adult industry will fare — potentially for many years to come. Therefore, an objective, informed evaluation of each candidate’s stance on erotic entertainment and First Amendment issues is critically important to determining the potential impacts on the industry.
Behind Every Video is One Guy's Hard-on
Just what is it that porn directors do, anyway? It could be fairly said about some directors that you still wouldn’t know what they do even if you spent a day on their sets. However, for the few good directors who create the bulk of high-quality, high-earning titles that come out of Porn Valley, the fair answer to the question of what they do is “everything.”
'Breaking Into Porn' by Liquid Lust
XBIZ Premiere presents two of porn's most beloved journalists discussing one of the products available in the adult marketplace: "Breaking Into Porn" by Liquid Lust Productions.
Prosecuting the Consumer
In recent decades, obscenity law in many major industrialized Western democracies has focused on creation, manufacturing and distribution rather than simple possession. Prosecutors in the U.S. and the U.K. — which are among the democracies where obscenity prosecution has been common — have been going after adult companies, adult stars and adult stores, but not adult entertainment fans. However, that may change in the U.K. if Parliament passes what is being called the “extreme porn” law, which would make it a felony (punishable by up to three years in prison) to possess what British politicians have been loosely describing as “extreme pornography” or “violent pornography.” And supporters of the proposed legislation have been saying that they hope other Western democracies — including the U.S. — will follow Britain’s example and pass possession- oriented “extreme porn” laws of their own.
XBIZ Summer ’08 Draws Record Attendance
The just concluded XBIZ Summer Forum ’08 drew a record crowd of more than 1200 attendees, shattering the attendance levels of previous shows and setting the stage for a trade show business model that offers reduced costs for attendees, greater visibility for sponsors and an all-around increased level of value for everyone involved.
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 through the Porn Valley system as it stands.
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 XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
XSF ’08: The Cabanas
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s lagoon-style pool and cabanas were center stage for some of the online adult industry’s biggest movers and shakers as well as some ambitious newcomers at the XBIZ Summer Forum ’08.
The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch
This week's Tech Watch brings word about the new Apple iPhone, as well as news about some handy new websites that make gaming, web design and social networking easier.
XSF '08: Day Two Seminars and Workshops
Despite a succession of loud fire drills that continued on for so long that the impact went from merely disruptive to outright absurd, the morning seminars during day two of the XBIZ Summer Forum ’08 provided great information for a healthy turnout of attendees.
XSF '08: Sutra Party Delighted the Senses
The entire north side of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino pool turned into a Mediterranean den of sizzling sexuality as XBIZ Summer Forum ’08 attendees poured outside just as the sun went down last night to officially kick off the conference with the XBIZ Sutra party.