LOS ANGELES – In a motion filed Thursday by her attorney Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels (AKA Stephanie Clifford) asked the court to reconsider the 90-day stay currently in effect in her challenge to the nondisclosure agreement negotiated by President Donald Trump’s personal...

PHILADELPHIA – In the aftermath of major legal decisions, when describing an outcome as a big win for one or more party to the case, there’s often a “but…” which can frustrate and confound our understanding of the ruling’s significance. After all, if an appellate court eventually...

CYBERSPACE – While most people probably immediately think of devices made for women when they hear the terms “sex toy” and “pleasure product,” there’s no shortage of men who benefit from their use. Male masturbators, especially, are a popular way for men to relieve the pressures...

CYBERSPACE – In the online context, there has always been tension between crafting an ad that “works” in the sense of getting surfers to click on it, and the goal of creating an ad which works in the larger, more important sense of the word – meaning advertising which not only...

LONDON – Mobile advertising network Reporo has announced the company is entering into Creditors Voluntary Liquidation, a process which will be handled by BM Advisory. “The directors of the Company, having regard to its financial position, have decided to place the company into...

OLYMPIA, Wa. – Perhaps the most famous thing ever written or said about pornography is Justice Potter Stewart’s line from his concurring opinion in the case Jacobellis v. Ohio, an observation about “hard-core pornography” which is typically truncated to “I know it when I see it.”...

MONTREAL – Your Paysite Partner, a Montreal-based content monetization company, announced on Thursday the launch of its latest site, Hitzefrei.com. According to YPP’s Kenny B, Hitzefrei.com is build on both professionally shot and “pro-am” content filmed entirely in Germany. The...

WASHINGTON – In a 52-47 note, the U.S. Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 52 today, a brief statement which expresses “congressional disapproval” of the “rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to ‘Restoring Internet Freedom’.” “Resolved by the Senate...

SAN FRANCISCO – Like a small-scale Powerball drawing for porn viewers, newly launched XBLAZE.com offers its users the chance to win cash and other prizes for watching porn. Billed as “the very first and only adult website that offers its users cash rewards to watch adult movies,”...

CYBERSPACE – When the malware known as Zeus first reared its ugly, keystroke-logging, form-grabbing head over 10 years ago, it was used to target a variety of government and corporate entities, including the U.S. Department of Transportation, the massive consulting firm Booz...