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U.S. Justices Won’t Hear Alabama Sex-Toy Ban
The nation’s highest court snubbed the adult novelty industry and free-speech advocates Tuesday when it rejected an appeal to an Alabama law that makes it a crime to sell sex toys.
U.K. Institutes Adult Satellite Channel Ban
The British government is now moving to ban all access to a European satellite channel accused of airing content that is potentially harmful to children, said United Kingdom Broadcasting Minister Andrew McIntosh this week.
Proposed Mo. Law to Ban Under-21 Models
The Missouri state Legislature is considering a bill that would force a 20 percent tax on revenues of adult video stores, strip clubs and other adult businesses, charge $5 fee for each person entering their doors, and outlaw anyone under the age of 21 from being employed by nude modeling studios.
Massachusetts Lawmakers Move to Ban Video Voyeurism
Gov. Mitt Romney is currently reviewing state legislation that would make it a crime for anyone to secretly videotape people in restrooms, locker rooms and showers and distribute those images over the Internet.
Phoenix Proposes Ban on Removing Web Filters
The Phoenix City Council is considering passing regulations that would make it illegal for adults to remove filters from public library computers that block access to some Internet sites. Mayor Phil Gordon plus most councilmembers reportedly want to take swift action on the measures.
Court OKs Alabama’s Ban on Sale of Sex Toys
A federal appeals court has upheld a 1998 Alabama law banning the sale of sex toys in the state. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Alabama can police the sale of adult novelties that include "any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.”
Federal Judge Shoots Down Violent Video Game Ban
U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik shot down a Washington state ban on selling or renting violent video games to minors on June 15. The ban was aimed at prohibiting minors from viewing games that depict the killing or harming of police officers.
Tropical Paradises Challenge Internet Gambling Ban
With backing from the World Trade Organization, the islands of Antigua and Barbuda have taken a stand behind an earlier WTO ruling stating that the U.S. has no right to enforce a ban on Internet gambling.
Senate Finally Backs Internet Tax Ban
After laboring over the issue of Internet taxation since November 2003, the U.S. Senate voted 93 to 3 to give the ban on taxing high-speed, wireless and dial-up services another four years.
U.S. Senate Moves to Ban Net Taxes
The United States Senate is once again mulling over the issue of Internet taxation, only this time, President George Bush is weighing in loud and clear that the 1998 moratorium on state and local taxes for Internet connections should stand.
Google and Yahoo Ban Gambling Ads
In what some industry analysts are saying could be a future trend among leading Internet companies, the world's biggest search engines, Google and Yahoo, have decided to stop featuring advertisements from online casinos.
Gay Ban Overturned
After coming close to a countywide ban on homosexuality, the Rhea County commissioners overturned a unanimous vote early last week to ban gay sex.
FCC To Ban 'Indecent' Words
The FCC is fed up with the amount of profanity and 'indecency' coming over the airwaves and is supporting a bill that will ban certain words from television and radio that relate to excrement, sex, and parts of the body
Senate Trips-Up Net Taxation Ban
Senators are getting anxious as the deadline for a decision on Internet taxation grows near. The original deadline was Nov. 1 and has since been postponed twice as senators debate the bill's wording and long-term ramifications
Senate Delays Internet Tax Ban
In what has proven to be a far more difficult issue to resolve than expected, the U.S. Senate failed to decide whether to permanently extend the ban on Internet taxation
Internet Tax Ban Uncertain
As the November deadline grows near for the renewal of a ban on Internet taxation, what first looked like a slam dunk for Congress has turned into a scuffle between state and local governments over lost revenue
Norway Lifts Adult Video Ban
Following an eighty-year ban, all films that were previously censored from Norwegian cinemas, including feature films and erotica, were officially cleared from the Norwegian board's archives and released for public viewing and purchase
Tax Ban Update
The U.S. House of Representatives took the heat off the Internet industry today by deciding to pass a bill that will indefinitely extend the moratorium on Internet taxation and remove a grandfather clause that exempts certain states from the ban.
Tax Ban in Question
In what could create a dramatic shift for many facets of online industry reliant on untaxed e-commerce transactions, The U.S. House of Representatives will decide whether to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) of 1998 that expires Nov. 1.