Adult Industry News
Thu, Sep 02 2010 10:30pm PDT
ePassporte said Thursday that its banking partner’s Visa program has been suspended.
Thu, Sep 02 2010 07:30am PDT
The on-again, off-again sex tape saga of reality show star Heidi Montag appears to be off for good.
Wed, Sep 01 2010 09:00am PDT
The Indonesian government is threatening to stop BlackBerry service if service provider Research In Motion (RIM) refuses to block porn.
Tue, Aug 31 2010 08:15am PDT
The Free Speech Coalition has added new additions to its Hustler Hollywood’s Freedom Party slated for tomorrow night.
Fri, Aug 27 2010 04:15pm PDT
Zealous Inc. has changed its corporate name and plans to shed its assets that have adult industry ties, XBIZ has learned.
Fri, Aug 27 2010 03:00pm PDT
Commodore USA is recreating the classic Commodore 64 with modern software and the exact replica of the original beige chassis.
Fri, Aug 27 2010 01:00pm PDT
Google has added Google Realtime Search, which uses a real-time approach to help find content from sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.
Thu, Aug 26 2010 02:00pm PDT
Playboy Enterprises is reportedly forming a new video game label set to debut by the end of the year to bolster the company’s mainstream appeal.
Thu, Aug 26 2010 01:00pm PDT
A federal judge today fined Right Ascension $75,000 and placed the company on two years’ probation for mailing obscene material.
Wed, Aug 25 2010 04:00pm PDT
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation plans tomorrow to submit additional complaints to state occupational safety officials complaints over condomless production shoots.
Wed, Aug 25 2010 06:00am PDT
The fued between Private Media Group and the company’s former CEO Ilan Bunimovitz is heating up with Private saying it intends to file counterclaims against Bunimovitz, seeking monetary damages and other relief.
Tue, Aug 24 2010 08:00pm PDT
The Free Speech Coalition on Tuesday filed a so-called Rule 59(e) motion to reconsider the adult industry trade group’s lawsuit over 18 U.S.C. § § 2257 and 2257A.
Mon, Aug 23 2010 03:00pm PDT
Vivid’s founder Steven Hirsch appeared on a live chat today with TMZ’s Harvey Levin to talk about the Heidi Montag sex tape and also field questions from viewers.
Mon, Aug 23 2010 01:00pm PDT
Kristin Davis, the Manhattan madam who supplied call girls for Eliot Spitzer when he was attorney general and governor, has gotten herself on the November gubernatorial ballot and will challenge incumbent Andrew Cuomo.
Sat, Aug 21 2010 06:00am PDT
Three more adult companies have been dragged into another suit waged over alleged infringement of a patent relating to video-indexing processes that use thumbnail images during DVD navigation.
Fri, Aug 20 2010 07:00am PDT
Montana Fishburne has demanded that porn star Brian Pumper stop selling videos that contain a sex scene of her and Pumper produced prior to her recent Vivid debut.
Thu, Aug 19 2010 02:00pm PDT
Adultcon shot back against Exxxotica's cybersquatting claim it waged two months ago, saying its new competitor's trademarks are generic.
Thu, Aug 19 2010 01:00pm PDT
Adult giant Adam & Eve announced today that it began running ads on the CBS super screen in Times Square on Aug. 15.
Thu, Aug 19 2010 09:00am PDT
HBO and controversial writer James Frey are working on a new one-hour cable TV drama about a major adult video company under siege by the Internet.
Wed, Aug 18 2010 04:00pm PDT
The Cal/OSHA standards board held its first subcommittee meeting in response to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s petition to amend state health code standard to more specifically address the adult industry and the safety of workers.
Wed, Aug 18 2010 11:30am PDT
The website operators hit with a $29 million lawsuit waged by Channel One Releasing, Corbin Fisher and Titan Media on Tuesday denied responsibility to more than 200 infringement claims.
Tue, Aug 17 2010 01:45pm PDT
Cal/OSHA will hold a subcommittee meeting tomorrow to discuss proposed performer-safety standards for the adult industry.
Mon, Aug 16 2010 04:30pm PDT
Jim French, COLT Studio's founder, says that he's working with his attorneys to take control of COLT's assets over the next few weeks.
Mon, Aug 16 2010 03:00pm PDT
VOD giant AEBN announced today that adult star Sasha Grey's popularity spiked across the company’s network of theaters after her guest spot on the cable show 'Entourage' aired on HBO last weekend.
Mon, Aug 16 2010 02:00pm PDT
Students at the Indian Institute of Technology have introduced a $35 tablet computer that developers hope to make available to students throughout the country.
Mon, Aug 16 2010 08:45am PDT
Montana Fishburne told XBIZ she is seriously considering making another adult movie after the response to her new self-titled sex tape through Vivid Entertainment exceeded everyone's expectations.
Sat, Aug 14 2010 10:00pm PDT
A judge has given the green light to former Private Media Group CEO Ilan Bunimovitz and two large investors in their quest to restrain Private from conducting a wide range of business activities, XBIZ learned Saturday.
Thu, Aug 12 2010 05:15pm PDT
The case against Ira Isaacs could hinge on whether federal prosecutors can control which community standards apply in the case
Thu, Aug 12 2010 03:15pm PDT
Former Private Media Group CEO Ilan Bunimovitz and two large investors have filed suit against the adult entertainment giant.
Thu, Aug 12 2010 12:00pm PDT
A move to block illegal porn sites during the holy month of Ramadan hit a snag yesterday when 30 non-porn sites were unintentionally shut down in the rush to block vulgar content.
Wed, Aug 11 2010 03:30pm PDT
Playboy is making its magazine available for iPad users.
Tue, Aug 10 2010 05:00pm PDT
Your cellphone might define your sex life. That's what a study by dating site OKCupid infers in its study of 9,785 users.
Tue, Aug 10 2010 03:15pm PDT
Hustler Hollywood and the Free Speech Coalition today announced the Freedom Party slated for Wednesday, Sept. 1.
Tue, Aug 10 2010 01:15pm PDT
".XXX — The Movie," a collaborative effort initiated by Darklady that aims to satirize and parody ICM Registry's .XXX proposal, is available at just-launched DotXXXOpposition.com.
Mon, Aug 09 2010 01:15pm PDT
Lucas Entertainment has filed another BitTorrent infringement suit. This time around, the gay studio targets 53 individuals who allegedly distributed "Kings of New York" over the Internet
Mon, Aug 09 2010 12:00pm PDT
Playboy Enterprises Inc. plans on asking a Los Angeles Superior Court judge in October to strike portions of DirecTV's breach-of-contract suit against the adult media giant. DirecTV's amended suit reveals damages of $35 million.
Fri, Aug 06 2010 07:15am PDT
Actor Laurence Fishburne's friends tried to buy all of the inventory of his daughter’s sex tape for a million dollars,TMZ reported today.
Wed, Aug 04 2010 11:00am PDT
In response to the recent Perfect 10 vs. Google copyright infringement rulings, Perfect 10 owner Norman Zada said the rights of copyright holders and celebrities have been substantially impaired.
Tue, Aug 03 2010 03:00pm PDT
Warning if you own an iPhone, iPad Touch or an iPad with iOS4: Be careful downloading PDFs from Safari, including the ones that automatically load up.
Tue, Aug 03 2010 02:00pm PDT
In association with the premier adult retail chains of North America representing more than 200 retail establishments, XBIZ is proud to announce the launch of XBIZ Retail Expo & Conference, a first-of-its-kind trade event for adult retailers.
Tue, Aug 03 2010 01:00pm PDT
Online babe and Vivid Girl Lia appears in multiple scenes in the upcoming mainstream movie "Middle Men" to be released by Paramount on Aug. 6.
Tue, Aug 03 2010 07:15am PDT
Montana Fishburne told TMZ that her famous actor father Laurence Fishburne is "very hurt" over her hardcore sex tape “but for some reason, she's confident they can bury the hatchet.”
Tue, Aug 03 2010 06:00am PDT
Just a week before Indonesia is scheduled to ban all porn websites, the country’s parliament was interrupted today by a 15-minute stream of hardcore porn broadcast on an internal information channel.
Mon, Aug 02 2010 07:00am PDT
Celebrity gossip site TMZ has posted screen grab photos of Montana Fishburne’s sex tape.
Fri, Jul 30 2010 05:30pm PDT
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Friday publicly blasted XBIZ over its decision to reject a paid advertisement espousing its ongoing campaign to require use of condoms in the production of all adult films.
Fri, Jul 30 2010 09:00am PDT
With the launch of the iPhone 4, adult companies wasted no time in taking advantage of the phone’s videoconference feature, developing video-sex chat services.
Fri, Jul 30 2010 07:00am PDT
Montana Fishburne, 19-year-old daughter of award winning actor Laurence Fishburne has made "Montana Fishburne," her first-ever adult movie with Vivid Entertainment.
Thu, Jul 29 2010 11:30am PDT
Ilan Bunimovitz, who was replaced by Berth Milton as Private Media Group’s CEO, is firing back at the company, saying his termination was an act of retaliation in an effort to silence him, XBIZ has learned.
Thu, Jul 29 2010 09:00am PDT
Adult star Sasha Grey continues her push into mainstream negotiating to join the cast of a low-budget drama starring Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe and Jeremy Piven.
Wed, Jul 28 2010 11:00am PDT
A federal judge’s dismissal of FSC’s 18 U.S.C. § § 2257 and 2257A lawsuit has fueled the trade group’s determination even further to get the case heard in the appeals process and get the dismissal reversed.
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