Sep 12 2007

Japanese Adult Producers Caught in Thailand

Tag: Legal News, News @ 11:37 pm

Investigators and police in the resort area of Banglamung arrested the cast and crew of a Japanese adult movie production on Sept. 6, who were filming in abandoned shacks on the beach, next to Tang-Kae Restaurant in Naklua, Chonburi.


Sep 12 2007

EFF Challenges ‘Bogus’ Patent on Internet Subdomains

Tag: Legal News, News @ 8:37 pm

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a challenge to what they called a “bogus patent on Internet subdomains” that has been used by the patent holder to intimidate small businesses and technology innovators.


Sep 12 2007

Adult Industry Attorneys Submit 2257 Comments

Tag: Legal News, News @ 5:07 pm

As the public comment period for the proposed revisions to 2257 record-keeping regulations drew to a close Monday, the last-minute submissions included detailed commentary from adult industry attorneys J.D. Obenberger and Lawrence Walters.


Sep 12 2007

German Internet Provider Blocks Adult Sites

Tag: Legal News, News @ 1:00 am

European Internet provider Arcor reportedly is blocking their ISDN/DSL subscribers from access to certain adult-oriented websites. The company is Germany’s second largest provider of fixed line phone.


Sep 11 2007

Save the Date: XBIZ Hollywood '08 Scheduled Feb. 6-8

Tag: Legal News, News @ 9:35 pm

The XBIZ Hollywood ‘08 Conference and Awards Show has been officially scheduled Feb. 6-8 at the historic Roosevelt Hotel for another year of networking, seminars and business opportunities.


Sep 11 2007

City of Miami Seeks to Shut Down CocoDorm.com

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

MIAMI, Fla. — The city of Miami has filed a lawsuit against the owners of CocoDorm.com to force the company out of its current location and claim unpaid zoning violation fines already imposed by the city.


Sep 11 2007

Chinese Ban 2 'Extremely Pornographic' Radio Shows

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

Chinese authorities have banned two late-night radio shows that discussed sex and drugs for damaging young people and being “extremely pornographic,” continuing the recent crackdown on free expression in China.


Sep 11 2007

City of Miami Seeks to Shut Down CocoDorm.com

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

MIAMI, Fla. — The city of Miami has filed a lawsuit against the owners of CocoDorm.com to force the company out of its current location and claim unpaid zoning violation fines already imposed by the city.


Sep 11 2007

China Continues Censorship With Sex Toy TV Ban

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

The government has banned all TV shows featuring sex toys and contraception in another effort to improve Chinese youths’ psychological development by censoring media of obscenity, according to reports.


Sep 11 2007

Flava Works Files Lawsuit Against Miami

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

Flava Works Inc. has fired back in its legal battle with Miami, filing a lawsuit in which the company claims that the city’s actions against it violate multiple provisions of both the U.S. and Florida constitutions.


Sep 11 2007

China Continues Censorship With Sex Toy TV Ban

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

The government has banned all TV shows featuring sex toys and contraception in another effort to improve Chinese youths’ psychological development by censoring media of obscenity, according to reports.


Sep 11 2007

Flava Works Files Lawsuit Against Miami

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

Flava Works Inc. has fired back in its legal battle with Miami, filing a lawsuit in which the company claims that the city’s actions against it violate multiple provisions of both the U.S. and Florida constitutions.


Sep 11 2007

National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce Fights 2257

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

The National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce has voiced concerns about the potential impact of 2257 regulations on social networking sites like Manhunt.com or AdultFriendFinders.com, where users post explicit photos of themselves online.


Sep 11 2007

Adult Lawyer Walters Addresses User-Post Sites on CNBC

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

Sought out for his expertise on 1st Amendment issues, adult industry attorney Lawrence Walters appeared on the CNBC TV show “Power Lunch” today, to discuss the question of whether user-post websites are liable for illegal speech and conduct of site users.


Sep 11 2007

Filipina Legislator Calls for ‘War on Electronic Smut’

Tag: Legal News, News @ 6:10 pm

Sen. Loren Legarda has proposed a bill to the Philippine Senate that would impose strict regulations and penalties on Internet websites with explicit adult content. Citing a website called BoyBastos.com, the senator claims the site provides users, including minors, with hardcore images of Filipinas.


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