In a copyright case that features a phenomenon familiar to adult website operators -- the 'rogue designer' -- the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit vacated a jury's finding that a site operator was "willful" in his infringing use of copyrighted images.

Increasingly, elected officials are calling for a rethink of the 'safe harbor' provided to internet companies through Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Is FOSTA just the beginning of undermining that safe harbor? It sure looks that way.

Harriet Sugarcookie has published a guide to bypassing the UK's age-verification system, which is slated to go into effect in July. "The government say the law is about protecting children but it screams of government overreach and nannying," Sugarcookie said.

YNOT Events has announced that international live cam platform ImLive is returning as a Platinum Sponsor of the 2019 YNOT Cam Awards. The cam awards gala will once again take place at the iconic Avalon Hollywood, on August 7.

Intimate.io has announced the availability of its WordPress plugin, which works in conjunction with the WooCommerce e-commerce platform. With the plugin, sites can accept a variety of crytpocurrencies, including intimate.io, Ethereum, Wax, SpankChain, OmiseGO and FunFair.

Sparks Entertainment announced today it has released an erotic horror double feature, "Horror Tales: Volume 1" on Vimeo on Demand. The two features are R-rated cuts of “The Vampire Mistress “ and “Rotkappchen: The Blood of Red Riding Hood.”

The UK has delayed again age-verification for adult sites, but the government has kept itself busy in proposing more regulation of online content. One of these proposals would establish a regulator to enforce a new "statutory duty of care" for online companies.

Zain Qaser, a student in the UK who targeted porn site users in conjunction with a Russian-speaking cybercrime syndicate, has been sentenced to over six years in prison for his crimes. The scheme involved directing users to malware-infected sites.

In a report filed yesterday, a magistrate judge in Florida recommended that the trial court grant Amazon's motion for summary judgment in a case which alleges Amazon infringed on Wreal LLC's FyreTV trademark with its similarly-named Fire TV service.

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has held that a copyright isn't to be considered "registered" until after the U.S. Copyright Office has approved the application for a copyright on the work, two senators are calling on the Office to speed up its process.