WASHINGTON – Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Perfect 10 v. Giganews, putting to an end litigation which began in 2011, in which Perfect 10 accused the Usenet newsgroup access-provider of direct and contributory copyright infringement in allowing users...

WASHINGTON – For several years now, activists and victims’ advocates have been calling for a federal law addressing the scourge of “revenge porn,” the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images to embarrass, harass, defame or otherwise damage the person(s) depicted in...

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan – The more I look around at trending topics, videos gone viral and assorted social media hashtaggery, the more convinced I become the internet is robbing people of all empathy and capacity for identifying with the plight of others. How else can we explain...

PARIS – Say what you will about the internet age, it’s plusses and minuses, the ups and downs of social media and all that highfalutin crap. You can’t say it hasn’t changed the way we communicate or altered forever the ability of the common man to respond directly to the most...

LOS ANGELES – While this post takes up the controversial question of whether adults ought to be allowed to watch porn at public libraries, I’m not going to approach the question as a legal one or as a matter of the free speech. The primary reason I’m not addressing this as a...

NEW YORK – Over the years, I’ve written literally millions of words about porn. Some of those words have appeared on box covers, others have been published on websites. Some have described, in occasionally cringeworthy detail, sex acts that made me throw up in my mouth just a...

LOS ANGELES – While Cherie DeVille’s announcement of her campaign for the White House in 2020 is garnering media attention for its perceived novelty, in truth there’s nothing particularly new about a porn star throwing her (possibly cum-stained) hat into the campaign ring. We all...

NEW YORK – Over the years, there have been countless porn jobs offered to mainstream celebrities by adult companies looking to drum up some quick, easy publicity. Typically, these offers come along when a celebrity has embarrassed himself/herself or wound up in the news for a...

LONDON – I’ll be the first to admit I don’t much about the British military. I do know the Brits spell the word “defense” like their soldiers’ overarching mission is to eradicate fencing from the planet. And I know they recently appointed a new Defense Secretary named “Gavin,”...

PHOENIX – When Sen. Jeff Flake announced he will not seek reelection at the end of his current term, many saw the news as an opportunity for other Arizona Republicans to swoop in and snare Flake’s seat. Prior to Flake’s announcement, some GOP strategists had begun to fear the...