YNOT – IndustryGuardian, a division of adult-industry anti-piracy company Porn Guardian, last week removed from the web a sophisticated file-sharing blog. IndustryGuardian is a membership-based service that proactively seeks to thwart illegal file trading. After monitoring the...

YNOT – On Feb. 6-7, a group of adult entertainment studios gathered in Los Angeles to discuss perhaps the single greatest threat to the future of the adult entertainment business: digital content piracy. For the second time in five months, adult studio Pink Visual coordinated the...

YNOT – London -based mainstream company Monster Advertising is expanding into the world of online adult entertainment and targeting U.S. social network denizens. “We’ve watched a lot of people make a lot of money in a lot of markets, and even with the economy going mammaries...

YNOT – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a trademark application by offbeat porn-satire producer Lampoontang. According to the company, the decision threatens to affect not only adult-oriented businesses, but also any other business with a trade name whose meaning...

YNOT – After reportedly receiving “hundreds of email messages” regarding its offer of to let bygones be bygones where copyright infringers are concerned, gay adult studio Corbin Fisher has extended its “piracy amnesty” program through March 1. The catch? Instead of the $1,000 fee...

YNOT – Adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition is warning performers in Los Angeles County to be suspicious of what the association deems intrusive and potentially unlawful demands from representatives of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health....

YNOT – Because of what promoters called “significant opposition from the City of Phoenix about the show’s content,” Taboo Productions Inc. has moved its Spring 2011 consumer-oriented adult-entertainment show from Phoenix to Las Vegas. Exxxtacy now is scheduled to take place April...

YNOT – Multi-platform adult entertainment company Pink Visual received a mainstream mobile entertainment award alongside internet giants including Spotify, EA Mobile, Qualcomm, MobiTV and Ladbrokes. The 2011 Future Mobile Entertainment Awards winners were announced Monday during...

YNOT – Adult film stalwart and XRCO Hall of Fame member Tom Byron will host the the X-Rated Critics Organization’s 2011 awards show when it returns to Highlands Hollywood April 13. This marks the fourth year for the Los Angeles venue to host the festivities. “Tom Byron is a...

YNOT – Online video-on-demand purveyor AEBN has released a content-development kit for webmasters and end-users who want to add RealTouch interactivity to their videos. The CDK provides sample code, a sample video, script files and sample executables that demonstrate how to...