<strong>YNOT</strong> San Francisco-based Io Group Inc., parent company of gay adult studio Titan Media, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages from and an injunction against 244 anonymous defendants the company accuses of content piracy and civil conspiracy. The action, filed Aug. 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges [d]efendants reproduced, distributed and publicly displayed, through the [peer-to-peer] network eDonkey2000, certain Io Group-owned audiovisual works.
<strong>YNOT</strong> On Aug. 13, iP4Play facilitated its first iPhone call between adult cam girl Brees Kelly and a client in the U.S. The client paid for a 10-minute session but the call ended in satisfaction after just over five minutes.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Adult starlet Vannah Sterling has launched her official website under the auspices of the Inn of Sin Cash affiliate network.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Huntington Beach, Calif.-based SexToyDistributing.com, a division of XR LLC, has added Marina Shute to its customer service team.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Tucson-based adult studio Pink Visual will host a two-day, adult-industry-focused Content Protection Retreat to address effective means of combating content piracy and protecting intellectual property rights.
<strong>YNOT</strong> <i>Cosmopolitan</i> magazine this week released a mobile app that instructs curious Android phone users in the finer points of sexual positions. Called <i>Cosmo</i>s Sex Position of the Day, the app is available in Googles Android app store.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Perhaps Girls Gone Wild producer Joe Francis should avoid opening his mouth in public, because his feet are beginning to look like Swiss cheese.
If I could do it all over again, what would I change? I get that question a lot. I think I have, and have had, a great life, and I wouldnt change much of anything. Yesterday though, while doing my daily exercise at the beach, I gave it some thought in between being sidetracked by a pretty woman in skimpy beach attire who was laying out on the sand. Heres some of what I came up with.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Financial processing services provider NETbilling has launched a new application that allows clients to process credit cards through the NETbilling payment gateway from an iPhone or iPad.
<strong>YNOT</strong> An internet staple since 1998, iFriends 12 million subscribers can attest to the popularity of the live-cams website. Theres always room for improvement, though, according to the owners. So, this week the destination debuted upgrades designed to improve page-load times, ease navigation and increase traffic conversion.
<strong>YNOT</strong> A subcommittee of Californias Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) will meet with the divisions board of directors from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Los Angeles to discuss safety standards for the adult entertainment industry. The public is invited to attend the meeting, scheduled to take place at 100 S. Main.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Forbidden Gem Productions, always on the lookout for new ways to feed porn aficionados sweet tooth, has launched a new legal-teen website. LilCandy.com mixes the innocence of youth with the sexual appetites of a full-grown woman in the person of its star performer, Lil Candy.
<strong>YNOT</strong> New York-based adult studio Lucas Entertainment has filed a second lawsuit alleging a group of John Does made unauthorized copies of one of its gay films and is sharing the files via BitTorrent index Gay-Torrents.net.
<strong>YNOT</strong> The GAYVN Awards, which annually recognize outstanding achievement across a number of categories in the gay DVD realms, added nine web-related categories to its slate of 2010 honorees. The nominees were announced Tuesday.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Affiliate program SpiceCash has revamped, adding a host of new tools to match the websites fresh look. In addition, the program recently launched two new BDSM-themed sites, WastelandVOD.com and Wasteland3D.com.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Adult starlet Lexi Lamour has signed an exclusive online contract with affiliate program XXXSexCash.com. Under the contract, XXXSexCash owners Raymond Balboa and Nina Mercedez will upgrade and manage Lamours web presence at LexiLamour.com.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Phoenix-based gay adult affiliate program KJCash this week launched its ninth website: WorkinMenXXX.com.
<strong>YNOT</strong> In response to the governments campaign to defeat online pornography during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Indonesian telecommunications giant Telkomsel claims to have blocked 800,000 adult entertainment websites and the company promises to uncover and block more.
<strong>YNOT</strong> A new gay dating network with the tagline where men meet men online has launched.
<strong>YNOT</strong> Austin, Texas-based Fleshlight.com, the award-winning home of adult toys for men, has unveiled a new look and enhanced customer experience.