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Bush Signs Indecency Bill, Fines for Broadcasters Increase Tenfold
The firestorm that began with Janet Jackson’s infamous 2004 Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction,” has resulted in a new law signed by President Bush Thursday that subjects broadcasters to increased FCC fines for indecent material.
Bill Bryant Designs New Brand for Platinum Blue
Bill Bryant, a graphic designer in the adult industry, worked together with Skye Blue to design a new logo for her production company, Platinum Blue.
House Passes Bill to Open Cable Markets
The pool of cable providers may get larger after House lawmakers took a step toward rewriting laws that would allow phone companies to bypass local governments when seeking to offer pay TV service. The news could substantially help adult entertainment networks.
Net Neutrality Bill Approved in House
In a move that seeks to prevent Internet service providers from charging customers extra for an exclusive “high-speed lane,” a House Committee approved a measure that would ensure ISPs operate in a indiscriminate manner.
Sensenbrenner Bill Would Log Internet Records
If Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) had his way, Internet service providers would retain users activity records for a “reasonable amount of time.” The legislation Sensenbrenner is going to propose, according to CNetNews.com, would rewrite Internet privacy rules by requiring data retention for American’s online activities.
Ohio Senate Passes Anti-Adult Bill
The state Senate has approved legislation that would give local authorities throughout the state more firepower to go after adult entertainment businesses.
Anti-Porn Bill Won’t Focus on Public Conduct
Pornographic materials are now the focus of the latest incarnation of Indonesia’s anti-pornography bill.
Muslim Women Protest Anti-Porn Bill
An anti-porn bill has drawn criticism from an unlikely quarter: Muslim women. The bill, which is now being reviewed by a special parliamentary committee, has prompted nearly 1,000 Muslim women to protest in the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital.
House Passes 2257-Related Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill today that includes an embedded provision that revises and strengthens 2257 record-keeping law and makes it an even more formidable task for adult website operators to remain in compliance.
Porn Game Bill Passes
Overriding the Entertainment Rating Software Board’s industry-endorsed rating system, the Utah House committee passed a bill this week that makes it a felony to sell video games depicting violence or sexually explicit content to anyone under the age of 18.
State Bill Would Require Libraries Block Internet Porn
Iowa libraries may be required to block computer access to adult content websites and restrict children from viewing R-rated movies under new legislation proposed by three Republican state senators.
Va. Bill Targets Third-Party Processors
Third-party credit card processors beware: The state of Virginia is close to passage of a bill that would criminalize the act of processing transactions used for online child pornography.
‘No Opposition’ to Calif. Bill Targeting Porn at Work
California state employees could be fined up to $1,000 a day for viewing online adult material under a bill that has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
Bill Seeks To Fine State Workers For Viewing Porn
California employees caught viewing porn on state-owned computers could end up paying a fine of $1,000 a day under the terms of a new bill that cleared its first legislative hurdle Jan. 10.
Bill Increases Child Porn Penalties
Adults whose images have been used for child pornography on the Internet will be allowed to sue for damages under bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate this week.
Hatch Targets Online Adult Industry With Bill
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, has quietly introduced legislation that would strengthen enforcement tools regulating online adult content on the Internet.
Canadian Bill Could Threaten Phone, Internet Privacy
In a move that brings Canada’s normally liberal politics more in line with recent U.S. actions in the privacy and free speech arena, Canada’s Liberal party introduced a bill this week that would give the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and local police more leeway to obtain a person's name, address, telephone, cellphone number or identifiable computer data if they are suspected of a crime.
Porn Tax Bill Coming to Kansas
There’s no place like home, unless your home is Kansas and you’re in the adult entertainment business.
CEO Sued by Amex for Topless Bar Bill
Don’t leave home without it, unless, perhaps, like Robert McCormick, you plan to spend nearly a quarter of a million dollars at a topless club with it.
Rep. Pence Bends to Hollywood’s Demands, Revises Bill
Bowing to the demands of the mainstream entertainment industry, Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., has promised to revise his proposed child pornography bill, HR 3736, giving mainstream movie studios a way to avoid compliance with even stricter U.S.C. 18 § 2257 regulations.