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Gay Performer Marcus Allen Arrested for Murder
DENVER - Timothy J. Boham, known to the adult industry as gay porn star Marcus Allen, has been arrested for the murder of a wealthy Denver businessman, police say. Boham is currently in custody of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in Lukeville, Ariz., where officers spotted him while he loitered outside the inspection facility on the U.S. side of the border.
• Full Story Pure Play Media Undergoes 2257 Inspection
CHATSWORTH, Calif. - The FBI conducted a 2257 records inspection of Pure Play Media this morning, CEO Richard Arnold told XBIZ. Five FBI agents visited the Pure Play offices with their own equipment and a list of titles to inspect. "With the help of our attorney, we keep all our ducks in a row in regard to our 2257 files," Arnold said. "The FBI seemed to be very satisfied with our records, they were courteous and friendly.
• Full Story Switch Hitting
I was once asked, "Don't you have to be gay to do gay site promotions?" My answer was a resounding "No." There are many opportunities within the gay or straight market for webmasters and affiliates of any sex or sexual orientation to increase their revenue and earn some extra cash. Recent tests have shown that just adding a subtle link to a straight site can attract a curious customer without offending the not-so-curious surfer and, in exchange, might even increase revenue.
• Full Story Webmaster Suit Could Point to iBill Legal Strategy
LOS ANGELES - The parent company of iBill may be banking on a central legal strategy as an unknown number of adult webmasters pursue litigation against it for nonpayment of an untold number of processing reserves.
• Full Story Adult Video Sharing
Adult webmasters are not the only people in cyberspace who benefit from adult entertainment; there are many mainstream webmasters who prosper from it as well. When a mainstream website publishes the occasional article on Joanna Angel or Savanna Samson and Internet surfers make a point of reading that article, the mainstream site gets more hits - and more hits can mean more advertising.
• Full Story Diversify or Specialize?
In an industry that has pounded a steady drumbeat of "niche, niche, niche," over the past few years, it's no wonder that many webmasters have fallen into one of two camps: those who embrace diversity - attempting to satisfy fans with ever-smaller micro-niche content - and those who focus on specialization, striving to perfect the presentation of content that targets one specific market segment.
• Full Story Secondary Producers
Recently, XBIZ World magazine asked three industry attorneys if they could clearly define the term "secondary producer." Here's what they had to say: No. Can you?..
• Full Story Pay Per View: The Customer
We've previously looked at how pay per view benefits the webmaster and the studios; but all of that is only important if you can make money from it and that is where the customer comes in.
• Full Story Pay Per View: The Customer
We've previously looked at how pay per view benefits the webmaster and the studios; but all of that is only important if you can make money from it and that is where the customer comes in.
• Full Story A '2257 F.A.Q.
While not intending to be a substitute for the face-to-face legal counseling that is now recommended more urgently than ever for anyone who has not previously consulted with a competent adult entertainment attorney regarding 2257, the following are answers to frequently asked questions about the new regulations and the federal record-keeping and labeling laws in general.
• Full Story Working With Adult Talent
At the onset, I'll opine that the majority of individuals entering the adult content shooting business are far more interested in "taking naughty pictures of naked girls" than they are in developing their skills as photographers, videographers or post-production technicians.
• Full Story Languages and the Internet
2003 was a significant turning point in the brief history of the web thus far. In that year, the number of non-English language hosts on the Internet out-numbered English ones for the first and final time.
• Full Story AOL and Porn Blocking
In the technology field, a term that has become increasingly popular in recent months is "false positive," which refers to a legitimate email that has been wrongly identified as spam by a spam filter and is blocked.
• Full Story Why Do Men Pay for Escorts?
The first image that comes to my mind when I hear the word Escort is an athletic woman with jet-black hair, sparkling brown eyes, olive tan, an incredible behind, a smile to die for and four-inch black pump heels - a true Latina beauty.
• Full Story Utah Cites Adult Companies Under Child Protection Registry Law
Citations were issued against Singapore-based SoftestGirls.com for $20,000 and U.K.-based SmoothBeer.com for $2,500.
• Full Story Pay Per View for Webmasters
Are you one of those people that are hesitant to jump on new advances in technology? You figure it is better to wait until something has been proven as a viable new development, rather than just hopping on the bandwagon immediately.
• Full Story Play With Me
Jenna Jameson is turned out in black leather crotchless panties and paired up with Yuki, an exotic Asian in a latex miniskirt (no panties) and a spiked collar. The girls assume a gravity-defying doggy position, floating on an angelic background of fluffy white clouds.
• Full Story Insurance Basics
Adult website operators face a double whammy when trying to insure against high-tech risks such as copyright infringement, trademark claims, patent matters and other intellectual property and media-related exposures.
• Full Story 'Girls Gone Wild' Pleads Guilty to 2257 Violations
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Mantra Films, which produces the "Girls Gone Wild" video series, has pleaded guilty to violating 2257 federal record-keeping laws, a Justice Department spokesman told XBIZ. Specifically, the company admitted to three counts of failing to keep the required records and seven labeling violations for its series of DVDs and videos.
• Full Story Exotic Erotic Ball
The Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo made its official debut in New York City recently, marking founder Perry Mann's return to his roots in the Big Apple and a chance to bring an event to the East Coast that has become a yearly mainstay for San Francisco's sexually liberated.
• Full Story Rick Muenyong
At 28, Rick Muenyong has often been referred to as an online pioneer. His resume reads like an uber-webmaster's laundry list of successes, with few failed attempts. "What defines Rick, in my mind, is persistent innovation coupled with motivation," says Aly Drummond, former director of public relations for Muenyong's company, TheBestPorn.com.
• Full Story It's All About Variables
Stats threads have been a longstanding pet peeve of mine, along with many other webmasters who have been in the business long enough to be considered at least "functionally knowledgeable." Seeing stats thread titles with screen shots of how good or how bad they are doing with any given program turns my blood to vinegar.
• Full Story Man Pleads Guilty to Altering Porn Images
A man accused of tampering with porn images has pleaded guilty to deliberately making models look younger and less physically mature.
• Full Story Put An End to Chargebacks
The global network of millions of interconnected computers is the growing heart of the Internet - and the phone lines needed to connect them are its blood.
• Full Story SEO: Beyond the Basics
One of the most important aspects of SEO is to stay on top of current trends and keep up with what surfers are searching for on an ongoing basis. Whether it's a new celebrity scandal, political mayhem or a hot new movie hitting the big screen, being able to forecast new trends can translate into an enormous competitive edge.
• Full Story Freedom With Responsibility
What the introduction of camcorders and home video equipment did for production, the Internet did for the distribution of adult entertainment.
• Full Story Working the Asian Market: 1
Any casual look into recent adult entertainment sales figures will show that there's a hefty market for Asian models. This has been a lure for many companies to produce movies in Asia, but some of them have learned a hard lesson.
• Full Story Midterm Porn Politics: 1
It is not a secret that the regulatory environment for the adult entertainment industry has become markedly more hostile in recent years.
• Full Story Midterm Porn Politics: 2
Regardless of our inability to predict whether there will be a prosecutorial sweep of the adult entertainment business similar in magnitude to those conducted under Reagan or Bush senior, I believe it is a time for increased caution, vigilance and preparedness.
• Full Story Paycom Scolded in CCBill Statement
Third-party processor CCBill lashed out at Paycom Friday evening, claiming its largest competitor has "decided to compete with CCBill through corporate raids and attempts to mine CCBill's trade secrets."
• Full Story Australia Considers Banning 'Up-skirt' Content
SYDNEY, Australia - Urging lawmakers to come up with a comprehensive national policy toward the Internet publication of so-called "up-skirt" and "down-blouse" photos, an Australian attorney general has called for new legislation that would outlaw the controversial content.
• Full Story The Empire Strikes Back: 1
On Thursday, July 27, 2006, President Bush signed House Resolution 4472 into law, an enactment with profound effects for adult webmasters. Bills passed by both houses of Congress become effective upon signing by the President in the absence of provisions in the Bill that otherwise provide.
• Full Story The Empire Strikes Back: 2
What Should Webmasters and Producers Do to Comply with the Amendments? A five year prison term is nothing to trifle with. Webmaster and producer clients should consult with us to obtain guidance tailored to their own production and/or publication.
• Full Story Hitting the Speed Limit
Six years into the technology-laden 21st century, the number of new users logging onto the Internet should be exploding. However, a telltale sign of changing times began to appear in user statistics in 2005, where the global online population increased by only 5 percent, compared to the 20 percent growth rate seen in 2004.
• Full Story A Higher Calling
We in adult entertainment have a purpose. We offer a window of relief, instantaneous satisfaction, a realized fantasy, a pleasure of the moment. When our focus is purely on financial gain, we lose touch with our customers. When site owners can connect with their customer base and deliver an experience that teases just the right way, you have a winner.
• Full Story Made in America - The Top 10 porn-producing cities in the United States
The world's largest adult entertainment provider continues to be the U.S., where according to various estimates, adult material accounts for roughly $11 billion-$12 billion of a $56 billion-$57 billion industry.
• Full Story Google Could Face Legal Challenge to Ranking System
A federal lawsuit challenging Google's site ranking system will likely proceed, according to the Judge Jeremy Fogel, who hinted during a recent hearing that he would allow the plaintiff, KinderStart.com, to amend its lawsuit to include more specific allegations needed to prove its antitrust case.
• Full Story Illegal Porn Trade Flourishes in Australia
While the Australian government contemplates a myriad of technological fixes for what it sees as the country's growing online porn problem, and the nation's censors work tirelessly to pre-screen indecent content, an investigative report in the Sunday Age has found a booming business in illegal porn DVDs.
• Full Story 'Grand Theft' Settlement: Warning, Recall and Software Patch
The makers of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" agreed Thursday to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for failing to disclose that animated sex scenes were hidden in the game.
• Full Story Webmasters Complain Yahoo Is Ripping Them Off
Adult webmasters are echoing a claim Perfect 10 owner Norman Zada has made for years: Search engines erode the value of content from adult websites by serving it up to searchers without authorization and without offering anything in return to the sites the content comes from.
• Full Story The Perfect Sex Snack
As the mobile industry matures, parallels are beginning to emerge that suggest mobile is now where the Internet was in 1997.
• Full Story Spyware Offers Free Access Codes for Adult Sites
GLENDALE, Calif. - Internet safety firm Panda Software Labs has announced the discovery of a new spyware program that lures victims with the promise of free porn.
• Full Story More Than a Decoration
What are the company logos that you remember the most? As you are about to design your corporate identity, take a look around and notice the logos that are all around us. Most of the time, they are very simple icons. Sometimes they graphically represent exactly what the company does, but others are a simple mark that makes an impression.
• Full Story Fallen Angel
It's always difficult to pinpoint the exact moment a new genre emerges in music or film. There are some who say punk was born on Nov. 6, 1975, when the Sex Pistols climbed onto a London Stage. Others say it happened the year before, when the Ramones made their debut at CBGB in Manhattan.
• Full Story HotMovies Fans the Flames
In just three years, HotMovies.com has become a dominant force in the adult video-on-demand space, and its current efforts to generate visibility in the mainstream press could be securing an even stronger position as the market for broadband and adult VOD continues to heat up.
• Full Story Larry Flynt Calls on ICANN to Reject .XXX
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - With the fate of the .XXX top-level domain likely to be decided on Wednesday, porn titan Larry Flynt, owner of the LFP publishing and Internet conglomerate, has weighed in on the matter and he gives it the thumbs down. Calling the proposed .XXX TLD "unconstitutional," "dangerous," and a direct threat to the health of the Internet, Flynt took a hard line in a letter to ICANN, maintaining his characteristic defense of free speech in the face of government censorship.
• Full Story Five Processing Concerns
Online merchants in the adult industry have many more processing options than they had just a few years ago. In the beginning - throughout the middle and late 1990s - there were few choices. Alternate billing options were difficult to find, and those that did exist came with enormous integration issues and more downside than up. Thankfully, things have changed since the e-commerce revolution began. Merchant processing options now abound and comprehensive monetization strategies can be adopted to accommodate a global customer base.
• Full Story U.S. Obscenity Law
When adult entertainment providers hire attorneys to review their films, magazines or websites, they frequently ask, "Could this material cause me legal problems?" But quite often it is difficult to offer a simple yes or no answer because for many years the American courts have been wrestling with what does and doesn't constitute obscenity. American courts have repeatedly ruled that obscenity is not protected by the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
• Full Story The Future of Free Porn
I know this topic has been hashed, rehashed and then some on every board and discussion forum in the adult industry. Let's just say I got tired of making galleries which my free-loading visitors enjoy but don't want to pay for, and I needed a break. Also, I guess have a right to add my two cents to the discussion, even if you think I'm a jerk.
• Full Story You Really Need a Firewall
Without firewalls the Internet age would already be over. With the nature of TCP-IP and HTTP, any user on the Internet can access any valid computer on the Internet. As we know, every website and every computer communicating with the Internet is assigned either a temporary or permanent IP address. This makes every computer connected to the Internet vulnerable - by definition.
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