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Get a Towel and Dry Off, These Studios are Hot

The world of technology — which seems to govern virtually every other world, in some fashion or another — continues to move forward at a ridiculously rapid pace. A factor that certainly governs the realm of adult, particularly when it comes to all things online.

Peter Smith ·

Law Blogger Questions Legal Rationale Behind Red Rose Prosecution

Attorney, novelist and blogger Julie Hilden has posted a lengthy post in the commentary section on Findlaw.com that sharply criticizes the prosecution of Karen Fletcher, who pleaded guilty in federal court in May to six counts of distributing obscenity online.

Retail Focus: Evolution of the Clamshell

Sex toy manufacturers and retailers are faced with a new challenge as a new demographic of consumers emerges: Produce and sell toys that appeal to the women and couples of Generation X and Y.

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Evolution of the Clamshell

Sex toy manufacturers and retailers are faced with a challenge as a new demographic of consumers emerges: Produce and sell toys that appeal to the women and couples of Generation X and Y.

Erika Icon ·

Here's How 5 Directors Burn Up the Adult Charts

It’s not just sales success that makes a director “hot” in this business. Sure, the metrics are important — units sold, minutes streamed, lick-throughs counted — but the definition of “hot” is much broader than a column of net earnings in a corporate Excel document. With seemingly few new patches of unexplored grass under the sex industry’s sun, how can sex be made interesting, much less scintillating? It comes down to the limitless nature of the human imagination, the human form and personality. Vivid Entertainment’s hot director B. Skow explicitly mentions the “endless supply of beauty” that is making his “Brand New Faces” series a big hit. The influx of new babes certainly takes care of much of the foregoing equation.

Erik Jay ·

ICANN Proposes Disputed Domain Auction

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced its plans to settle disputes over new generic top level domains (gTLDs) by auctioning the name to the highest bidder.

Image Search Engine Fights Copyright Infringement

Copyright holders have another tool in their infringement-fighting arsenal, courtesy of a new image search engine called TinEye — but adult content rights holders need not apply.

Your Opinion: Legal Issues

Recently, XBIZ World Magazine asked several industry players "What do you think is the most important legal issue facing the industry this year?" Here's what they had to say:

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Facing the Issues

Recently, XBIZ World Magazine asked several industry players "What do you think is the most important legal issue facing the industry this year?" Here's what they had to say:

Tom Hymes ·
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Producers, The Buck Starts Here

Come awards night, the players and directors troop up to the stage to collect their honors for scenes and titles, but when the big brass is handed out for the two awards that matter most — Best Video and Best-selling Video — it’s the producer who gets the golden handshake, and with good reason.

Ernest Greene ·
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Chris Streams: Working Class Biker

For a director who has lifted his acting and directing credits well into three digits in pretty short order, Chris Streams hasn’t given many interviews. Once he gets going, though, it is clear that he can talk forever about this business, about filmmaking, about art and commerce and the sweet spot that exists somewhere in there for good porn.

Erik Jay ·

Is the Internet Altering Your Brain?

As humans are relying more on Internet searches and less on their own memories, researchers are documenting a rapid evolution in our thought processes.

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Crazy World of Jack the Zipper

There is a mummified French clown in a glass sarcophagus out back at the California Institute of Abnormalarts. His name is Gilles Chatouilleu and he died in 1912, but he still has his makeup on. He is tiny, shrunken. It seems like he would get cold on winter nights in the backyard like that, but Jack the Zipper said he loves Gilles.

Joanne Cachapero ·
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Increasing Website Performance

In this article we'll examine the essential steps needed to correct your website structure for proper performance, along with other critical elements that all websites should have in place.

Leopard Lady ·

The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up

The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.

The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch

This week's Tech Watch includes news about crazy new gadgets and handy new ways to get news and keep track of what's going on.

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Porn in Your Pocket

The promise of cellphone porn has been a pipedream in the U.S. — until the iPhone came along. Usually behind the times in adopting new technology, American consumers have flocked to Apple’s mobile device like a horny teenager to a brothel offering freebies.

Porn in Your Pocket ·

Canadian Government Green Lights Porn Cable Channel

In a move that could be perceived as making the government a de facto partner in the production of adult entertainment, Canada has issued a license to an Alberta-based producer of amateur content to develop a pay-TV porn channel.

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Polish Your Site in an Afternoon

One of the most important things you can do as a web developer is to ensure that your site is user friendly.

Laura James ·

Survey: Parents More Concerned About Video Games Than Online Porn

A recent survey by What They Say, an online parental guide to video games, found that a majority of respondents were more concerned about their children playing video games such as Grand Theft Auto than they were about them being exposed to online porn.