YNOT – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers cannot not escape a federal lawsuit filed in November, a federal district judge ruled Tuesday. Moreover, although the judge dismissed two “attempted conspiracy” claims against ICANN and dot-xxx registry ICM Registry,...

By Stewart Tongue YNOT – Whoever coined the phrase “lucky in cards, unlucky in love” didn’t reckon on the invention of Naughty-Poker.com. The site offers a strip-poker game visitors may play for free. Each winning hand exposes more of a provocative model’s “naughty bits.”

By Stewart Tongue YNOT – Adult search site eveKnows.com has launched a revamped version with added support for tube sites, larger thumbnail previews, fewer distracting advertisements and more accurate search technology.

YNOT – Affil4You, a premium mobile affiliate program and billing solution for the adult entertainment industry, has signed on as the official Diamond Sponsor for the 2012 YNOT Awards, which will take place Sept. 25 during The European Summit in Prague. “This year Affil4You really...

YNOT – Luke Hubert has joined WOW Media Cash as affiliate and marketing manager. Hubert, a 12-year industry veteran also known as HunkyLuke, owns Gibraltar-based Neostrata Ltd. Neostrata sold its portfolio of gay adult affiliate programs and websites to Stunner Media late last year.

YNOT – Mania Media Inc. has acquired majority interest in gay adult company Bear Entertainment Distributing Inc. Bear operates the Woof Cash affiliate program, which offers two sites featuring hairy gay men of substantial physical presence. “Bear Entertainment Distributing and...

By Erika Icon YNOT – Andy Warhol famously said everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. With the help of online social media, individuals and companies are proving he underestimated.

By Stewart Tongue YNOT – Starting next week, websites for which the world’s most popular search engine receives a large number of DMCA takedown notices may see their Google search rankings plummet.

YNOT – Webmaster Central’s leased content feeds are now supported by software technology firm Mech Bunny Media’s adult tube-site script. A WC spokesperson said MechBunny support enables webmasters to populate their adult tube sites with legal, licensed material. “We’re always...

By Stewart Tongue YNOT – In a sternly worded decision, U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay of Dallas has dismissed half of a lawsuit filed against online dating powerhouse Match.com by a group of its paying members.