NetCash Offers Anonymous Net Payment Solution

[ XBiz ] Jan 24, 2007 3:34am
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Chipping away at barriers that prevent many consumers from completing online transactions, NetCash has recently launched an anonymous payment solution that can be purchased online and at more than 52,000 retail outlets.

Eve Angel and Daisy Rock at SnowGathering 2007

[ FreeOnes.com ] Jan 24, 2007 1:24am
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FreeOnes.com announces the first names of the pornstars who will be attending this year’s edition of the SnowGathering.

LA Times Reports on FBI Porn Raids

[ AVN ] Jan 23, 2007 3:33am
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Times staff writer Claire Hoffman interviewed several prominent adult industry sources for the piece, including Steven Hirsch of Vivid Entertainment, Kevin Beechum of K-Beech and Free Speech Coalition chairman Jeffrey Douglas.

Pink Visual Wins 2007 AVN Award and Rocks the AEE Floor

[ Pink Visual ] Jan 22, 2007 9:23pm
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Van Nuys, CA – Pink Visual was honored with 17 AVN nominations this year, and walked away the winner for the second consecutive year with the coveted Best Specialty Series – MILF for their highly rated MILF Seeker series.

PlugInFeeds announces the addition of 3 new feeds

[ PlugInFeeds ] Jan 22, 2007 9:22pm
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PlugInFeeds, powered by TopBucks and the leader of exclusive adult reality feed content, is proud to announce the addition of 3 new feeds. College Campus Teens, Virgin Teen Lesbos XXX & XXX Orgy Parties.

First Phisher Convictged Under Can-Spam Act

[ XBiz ] Jan 19, 2007 3:29am
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The CAN-SPAM Act showed that it has teeth for phishers, too. A California man became the first phisher found guilty by a jury under the CAM-SPAM Act, created in 2003 as a legal recourse to prosecute spammers who send unsolicited, fraudulent emails.

Internext 2007 - The Night Before

[ AVN ] Jan 17, 2007 3:28am
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’Twas the night before Internext, and all through the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, webmasters were settling into their rooms and attending parties in preparation for Monday’s launch of the revamped and re-invigorated, three-day trade show.

Internext: Second Day Workshops Cover Legal, Content Issues

[ AVN ] Jan 17, 2007 3:27am
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As webmasters settled into the second day of Internext, Eric M. Bernstein, a partner in the firm of Eric M. Bernstein & Associates L.L.C., wanted to make sure they didn't misconstrue the convention as just another networking and partying event. Bernstein, getting down to business, began his workshop on the brass tacks of running an adult Internet company from a legal perspective by saying, "This is a fucking business, folks, not the business of fucking."

2007 AVN Awards Show Coverage

[ AVN ] Jan 17, 2007 3:26am
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Get all of your coverage of the 24th Annual AVN Awards Show here: http://www.avnawards.com/coverage.php

AEE Comes To An End

[ AVN ] Jan 15, 2007 3:24am
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Like a piss-soaked girl at the end of a Max Hardcore movie, over 350 AEE exhibitors drew a collective sigh of relief as a week’s worth of business transactions, meet-and-greets, and signings came to a close. But despite the loss of voice and sleep, exhibitors expressed tremendous satisfaction with the event’s organization and turnout.

AVN Award Winners Announced

[ AVN ] Jan 15, 2007 3:24am
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Winners are listed alphabetically: Best Amateur Release- Bang Bus 9 (Bang Productions) Best Amateur Series- Homegrown Video (Xplor Media)

SnowGathering 2007: Laptop Give-Away!

[ FreeOnes.com ] Jan 14, 2007 11:52pm
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FreeOnes.com announced today that during the SnowGathering 2007, which will be held from the 7th until the 11th of March 2007 in Reykjavik – Iceland, three laptops will be given away!

Top Industry Attorneys Gather for 2257 Seminar

[ AVN ] Jan 12, 2007 3:22am
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Likely the most pressing issue of the day for adult producers, the changing guidelines being litigated for the Federal government’s 18 U.S.C. §2257 record-keeping and labeling statute were the subject of an AEE seminar this afternoon led by two of the case’s primary attorneys, Paul Cambria (of Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria LLP) and Michael W. Gross (of Schwartz & Goldberg, PC). ...Prior to the seminar, two FBI agents spearheading the government’s 2257 investigations approached Cambria with a request to sit in, he said. The FBI request was denied, on the grounds that it was too short notice...

New Porn Order Challenges All Comers

[ AVN ] Jan 12, 2007 3:22am
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There’s always been a not-so-subtle link between porn and pro wrestling: the over-the-top characters, the “reality” of so much of the action, the feuds and the us-against-world mentality. Craig Valentine and Summer Haze have taken this to the logical extreme with their company New Porn Order or NPO

Sweet Entertainment Wins Copyright Case

[ XBiz ] Jan 10, 2007 3:21am
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Sweet Entertainment Group, parent company of affiliate program SweetMoney and SweetErotica, has won its copyright infringement lawsuit against the Marin Group, DateApp (parent of Sickpuppy) and its principals Kenneth G. Farrar and John-Michael Cataldi, via summary judgment obtained by XBIZ.

Maryland Clubs Battle New Regulations

[ AVN ] Jan 05, 2007 3:21am
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The owners of a handful of area strip clubs are feuding with the county council again, claiming Prince George County is treating them unfairly by enforcing tighter regulations.

Florida City Orders Adult Stores to Relocate

[ AVN ] Jan 05, 2007 3:20am
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At a Jan. 3 hearing, the city of Dania Beach ruled that adult retailer Your A to X Video Outlet must relocate within 30 days to comply with local zoning laws. The store’s attorney Jamie Benjamin told the Miami Herald that his client plans to fight the order.

2006: Stories Of The Year

[ AVN ] Jan 03, 2007 3:19am
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Despite the economic challenges of a crowded marketplace, the worldwide demand for porn is higher than ever. In 2006, the adult industry continued to expand into new areas of technology, while FBI visits and obscenity busts served as a reminder of the Bush administration’s right-wing agenda.

Earthquakes Impact Asian Adult Traffic

[ XBiz ] Dec 28, 2006 3:18am
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Online adult companies that rely on Asian traffic may take a hit in the coming weeks after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan and severed lines, leaving Internet service painfully slow or nonexistent.

Spray-on Bikini Helps Get Around Law

[ XBiz ] Dec 28, 2006 3:17am
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Technology has come to the rescue in the form of spray-on bikinis and strippers can rejoice after 18 adult clubs settled with the Alabama state Attorney General’s office.

FTC Goes After Foreign Spammers

[ XBiz ] Dec 27, 2006 3:17am
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In an effort to get a handle on spam, phishing gags and Nigerian rip-off artists, President Bush signed a bill before the Christmas holiday empowering the Federal Trade Commission to further root out email spammers in foreign countries.

Report: Porn Downloads Account for Bulk of Internet Video

[ XBiz ] Dec 21, 2006 3:14am
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Adult entertainment accounts for the lion’s share of the burgeoning video download market, according to a recent report by market research firm NPD Group published in Forbes magazine.

Appeals Court Enforces Ban on Erotic Movement in Clubs

[ XBiz ] Dec 21, 2006 3:14am
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In a far-reaching decision that could potentially make cheerleaders or pop singers a target for prosecution, a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ban on erotic simulation in adult entertainment venues throughout the state of North Carolina.

Industry Counts Down to AEE

[ XBiz ] Dec 20, 2006 3:12am
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With organizers of the Adult Entertainment Expo hard at work, the countdown to what promises to be a meeting ground for the adult industry and consumers is well underway.

FBI Visits K-Beech for 2257 Inspection

[ XBiz ] Dec 20, 2006 2:02am
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A team of FBI agents conducting 2257 records inspections visited the offices of K-Beech Inc. yesterday, XBIZ has confirmed.