JACKSONVILLE, FL — The Jacksonville City Council finds itself in a position shared by many cities and towns across the country with respect to adult businesses: some vocal locals desire one thing and the law requires another.In 2005, the City Council passed an ordinance...

SOUTH KOREA — Following the recent dissemination of “obscene materials” on two of the country’s largest portal sites, the South Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) stated that it will team up with law enforcement and portal site operators to set up an...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — In a ruling issued Friday, Utah Federal District Court Judge Dale Kimball held that the Utah Child Protection Registry (CPR) may remain in place pending trial in the Free Speech Coalition’s (FSC) lawsuit challenging the CPR.The case is Free Speech...

CYBERSPACE — The Associated Press reports that ICANN likely will vote on whether to approve the .xxx sTLD as proposed by ICM Registry at the internet-oversight organization’s meeting next week in Lisbon, Portugal.Penned by AP Internet writer Anick Jesdanun, the article does...

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr. issued his ruling today that the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) is unconstitutional, declaring that the government had “failed to show that COPA is narrowly tailored to Congress’ compelling interest” and...

CANOGA PARK, CA – In a press release issued earlier this week, the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) called on all adult content studios to participate in Freedom Streams ‘07, a fundraising effort the FSC terms “one of the most important adult-oriented events of 2007.”“After last...

SAN MATEO, CA — In a ruling issued last Friday and publicized yesterday, Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit challenging the means by which Google Inc. determines the search rankings returned by queries...

SPAIN Although religious women have long been told that humans are made in God’s image, they have also long known that when their creator chose a human body for its earthly manifestation, it was a man’s. For some women, this has created a conflict concerning their own...

WESTPORT, MA — If a proposed amendment to the Westport, MA bylaw regulating adult entertainment passes, the new district for adult businesses would not include the site for an already-proposed strip club, a maneuver that the club’s attorney asserts infringes on his client’s...

BURBANK, CA — There’s just no knowing what will happen when Darklady goes to a convention. This time around, she brought home the devil. Well, perhaps not Old Scratch himself, but certainly two of his more capable representatives: Shane Bugbee and wife, Amy. While...