May
Vista Needs Complete Overhaul, Heads May Roll
Microsoft once again has pushed back the release of its Vista operating system, saying it will not have a consumer version ready until at least January 2007.
ICG May Pay $3 Million For Farrell Sex Tape
Internet Commerce Group is rolling the dice on Nicole Narain, the Playboy Playmate who made a sex tape with Colin Farrell – the wager: $3 million.
Monique Alexander: "May God have mercy on my soul."
Vivid girl Monique Alexander has re-upped with the fledgling adult entertainment company, best known for its championing of the "studio system" of porn, its delicious snack trays, and its 1975 book Nocturnal Enuresis in America: A Gestaltist View (Grylph Bros
Big Daddy Google May End 302 Redirects
The rumors have been buzzing for months now: A secret project, hashed deep in the catacombs of Google’s headquarters, is looking to revamp the entire search engine’s functionality, potentially delivering a massive improvement to its search capability, but also creating major problems for webmasters who hijack words or pages on a website.
Website Publishes Stored P2P Photos, May Violate Laws
Users of peer-to-peer networks are finding that the photos they’ve stored in shared folders are being published on a new voyeuristic website, Fitography.com, which went live last week but may violate laws, a legal expert said.
D.C. Law May Cause Close of Gay Adult Businesses
Various gay adult businesses are slated to be pushed out of a six-block radius in Washington, D.C., by a new baseball stadium – but they may not be allowed to move to another part of town, due to a little-noticed provision in a 2001 city law regulating the zoning for adult entertainment businesses.
Florida May License Strippers
Contractors, taxi drivers and real estate agents all have them. Why not strippers? That’s the argument posed by Scott Bergthold, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based attorney who recently made headlines by helping the city of Scottsdale, Ariz., craft strict strip club legislation.
City Restricts Sex Shops; Admits Law May Be Overturned
The City Council has adopted an ordinance limiting where businesses that sell adult-oriented products can operate, despite the fact that the City Attorney’s Office admits it lacks legal merit.
Jameson’s Club May Face Closure, Star Says
The City of Scottsdale continued its clampdown on strip clubs this week, arraigning 15 dancers and five managers from two clubs, one of which is co-owned by Jenna Jameson.
Rapist May Write Porn, Judge Says
In a bizarre case of First Amendment protection that could have far-reaching affects on the legal merits of literary pornography as free speech, a convicted child rapist has been cleared to sue his jailers after they punished him for writing child porn.
Christopher Wilson May Lose Bail
The owner and operator of amateur girlfriend site NowThatsFuckedUp.com may be heading back to jail after Florida prosecutor Brad Copley asked a judge this week to revoke his bail.
Kazaa Boss May Have Assets Seized
The CEO of Sharman Networks, the Sydney-based company behind file-sharing behemoth Kazaa, is heading to Australian court to face the recording industry once again, only this time it may be to fight over her house, car and other private assets.
Wedelstedt Pleads Guilty, May Forfeit Some Stores
Goalie Entertainment owner Eddie Wedelstedt pleaded guilty Friday to illegally distributing pornography and under-reporting his taxes.
Old Format May Have New Use — Video Distribution
Could flash cards be the next format to deliver adult and mainstream video content? SanDisk Corp. apparently thinks so. The No. 1 maker of the flash cards used with digital cameras and other products has announced plans to turn the technology into a medium for distributing prerecorded content.
U.K. Hotels May Violate Law With Porn
Hardcore pornography in the United Kingdom can only be purchased at licensed sex shops or watched in strictly-regulated cinemas, but a loophole in British law has allowed hundreds of hotels to show hardcore films, despite the fact that they are legally considered too hot for TV.
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.
P2P Porn May Be Next Target for Democrats
The day after one group of congressmen introduced a proposal to tax adult Internet transactions, another group held a meeting to discuss the possibility of legislation against adult content on peer-to-peer networks.
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.
U.S. Justices May Decide File-Sharing Case on Thursday
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the outcome of the Metro Goldwyn Mayer vs. Grokster file-sharing case on Thursday unless it pushes the ruling into the next session.
LexisNexis Probe May Be Tied to Hilton Cellphone Hack
The ongoing investigation of hackers breaking into LexisNexis’ database may be tied to the theft of celebrity contact numbers and topless photos from the cellphone of Paris Hilton, an FBI spokesman said.