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Man loses copyright case brought by porn studio, may now have to pay over a million
Man loses copyright case brought by porn studio, may now have to pay over a million
Don Bui, an immigrant from Vietnam who is now a naturalized US citizen, will possibly owe porn studio Malibu Media $1.7 million after the judge ruled against him in a copyright case. 23 Jul 2014 - 17 comments
Google bans pornography from its ad network
Google bans pornography from its ad network
Google has banned the advertisement of pornography on its ad network, specifying sites that contain graphic sexual acts with intent to arouse including sex acts such as masturbation. 07 Jul 2014 - 1 comment
Iceland is trying to ban Internet pornography
Iceland is trying to ban Internet pornography
The government of Iceland is drafting plans to ban Internet pornography (and print, as well) in an effort to block children from seeing violent sexual images 26 Feb 2013 - 8 comments
Report: Porn accounts for 30 percent of all Internet traffic
Report: Porn accounts for 30 percent of all Internet traffic
ExtremeTech is reporting today that porn is the biggest driver of Internet traffic. The site surveyed data pulled from Google's DoubleClick ...... 22 Apr 2012 - 14 comments
University forced to buy XXX domain names
University forced to buy XXX domain names
One school has confirmed it was forced to spend on XXX domain names to prevent any tarnishing of its reputation. University of Kansas has ...... 10 Dec 2011 - 6 comments
Facebook hit by wave of porn and gore
Facebook hit by wave of porn and gore
Facebook has confirmed today that it is investigating into a giant wave of gory and pornographic images that have been posted to the social networking site. ...... 15 Nov 2011 - 2 comments
People just aren't ordering porn on their TVs anymore
People just aren't ordering porn on their TVs anymore
According to the WSJ, cable and satellite TV providers are just not selling as much porn as they used to. While still wildly profitable, ...... 08 Aug 2011 - 26 comments
.XXX domain finally approved fully by ICANN
.XXX domain finally approved fully by ICANN
ICANN, the governing body behind the Internet has finally approved .XXX domains, almost 10 years after the idea was brought to the group. ...... 19 Mar 2011 - 12 comments
     

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