CANADA — Strip club owners in Kitchener have had a rough year, mostly because they had a rough year last year. In addition to absorbing a 300-percent increase in licensing fees, the two clubs able to survive in the city have also fought to keep table dances legal....

CHICAGO, IL — Playboy magazine has long been associated with a certain kind of idealized lifestyle; one filled with beautiful women, sweet-and-casual sex, elegance, sophistication, culture, and good breeding. Whether its readership reflects such virtues is an matter for...

BEIJING — The Chinese government wants to present a wholesome, modern image when it hosts the Summer Olympics in August, so as part of a national clean-up effort, it is showing renewed vigor in efforts to remove “unhealthy and disorderly” materials and “decadent and...

WASHINGTON, DC – Each year since 2005, Rep. Chris Cannon [R-Utah] has introduced the Pornography Jurisdiction Limitation Act, and every year it has expired due to lack of interest.But Cannon hasn’t given up. On February 28th, he introduced House Resolution 5514, the Pornography...

BALTIMORE, MD — Rob Rotten is not the wholesome college boy next door type. He’s the wildly tattooed, pierced, and skate punk type – which is exactly what Swollen Skateboards owner and designer Spencer White wanted when he decided to put the hardcore back into skateboard...

BERLIN — Germany’s high court on Wednesday ruled government surveillance of personal computers and electronic communication violates individuals’ privacy rights. In a move that must have been choreographed with Washington, some German officials decried the ruling, saying it...

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Jack Thompson, a Coral Gables, FL, attorney known for anti-porn and anti-videogame zealotry and shenanigans inside and outside the courtroom, has been ordered by the Florida Supreme Court to show cause why future filings from him should not be considered...

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Critics are bashing Comcast for fighting dirty as the Federal Communications Commission continues its investigation into whether broadband internet service providers selectively throttle users’ bandwidth.The administrative manager of Harvard University’s...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Tim Patch is an Australian artist with a unique approach to his work. While the vast majority of painters prefer to use their hands and fingers when bringing their mental pictures to life, others, either from caprice or necessity, refine their art to...

CYBERSPACE — While the erotic DVD world ponders the implications of the death of HD DVD and the ascension of Blu-Ray, online porn fanciers are already enjoying the benefits of richer, clearer, crisper, and more powerful High Def images. Fetish Hits is making sure that...