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‘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.
Congress Urged to Pass Internet Taxation Bill
A federal bill that has reached a House subcommittee would establish a clear definition of when states can levy income taxes, franchise taxes and business activity taxes on companies that have no physical presence in state, according to a new study.
FSC Says Pence Bill May Strengthen Case Against 2257
Legislation proposed this week by Rep Mike Pence, R-Ind., in a bid to beef up the U.S. Justice Department’s 2257 record-keeping regulations may actually strengthen the Free Speech Coalition’s current legal challenge to 2257, according to First Amendment Attorney Jeffrey Douglas.
New 2257-Related Bill Could Spell Big Trouble for Industry
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., this week introduced a bill before Congress that would strengthen the recently amended 2257 record-keeping requirements and heap even more restrictive provisions on the adult entertainment industry.
Porn Excise Tax Bill to Be Unveiled Wednesday
The online adult industry faces another regulatory assault tomorrow when Sen. Blanche Lincoln rolls out proposed federal legislation that would impose a 25 percent excise tax for all adult transactions.
Proposed Online Adult Bill May Be Introduced Next Week
Proposed federal legislation that would tax adult websites and place new requirements for age verification on websites and billing companies may be introduced as early as next week, an aide for Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark, told XBiz.
Canadian Child Porn Bill Resubmitted
A child porn bill that was introduced with the promise of promoting "the most comprehensive child protection regime of any country in the world" was re-submitted today amid concerns over possible civil rights abuses.
Bill Margold Speaks: 2
In part one we looked at "The Plimpton of Porn" and his refusal to compromise his beliefs. In today's conclusion, we'll look at Margold's concept of a tax on adult products and notion of imposing a 21-year-old minimum on adult performers.
Bill Margold Speaks: 1
It's a sweltering spring afternoon with temperatures hovering in the 80s. Despite the fact that the air conditioning in the hotel room isn't working, creating a stifling atmosphere, Bill Margold passively sips his iced tea and literally never breaks a sweat over the ensuing five hours of dialogue. But he betrays emotion and myopic eyes moist with tears when he discusses the death of Jim Holliday. Margold and the late adult industry historian enjoyed a 25-year friendship.
Sen. McCain Drafts Broadband Bill
In an attempt to break through state barriers and enable U.S. cities to offer broadband services to residents, Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) are guiding a bill through the Senate that would give municipalities the right to provide broadband services to their residents.
Texas Bill Targeting Violent Sex Websites Shot Down
A Texas bill targeting online adult websites that depict violent sex acts was shot down Saturday; however, the legislator who initiated it vows to reintroduce it in January.
California Bill Seeks to Redefine Obscenity
State Sen. Elaine Alquist, D-Santa Clara, has revised a bill originally submitted in February that seeks to define obscenity in the state, with special regard to how cases are prosecuted in situations involving people who appear to be minors.
Brits Add Playboy to Phone Bill
British cellphone users can now order adult channels like Playboy and the Spice Network for their televisions but be charged for text messages on their phone bills. Playboy TV UK is the first network in the British Isles to allow SMS-based ordering.