Adult Industry Lawyers article list
Legal Checklist For Online Dating Sites
Posted: January 1st, 2005 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Online dating sites create their own unique set of legal concerns. This article pinpoints many legal concerns dating site owners should be aware of. [more]
Porn Spam Crackdown: Warning Labels Now Mandatory
Posted: December 13th, 2004 | Author: MuffyRecently the FTC ruled that unsolicited pornographic email (spam) must contain a warning label in the subject line. How effective will this new ruling be in preventing porn spam from entering the inboxes of children and individuals who do not wish to receive it? [more]
Acacia Update: The Fight Is Not Over
Posted: November 10th, 2004 | Author: MuffyBy now, everyone in this industry has heard of Acacia and the grief they have caused the online adult community. Why is it then that the subject of Acacia hardly ever comes up any more for discussion on the webmaster boards? We felt that it was time to re-educate ourselves about the threat of Acacia and so we enlisted the help of FightThePatent.com crusader Brandon Shalton. [more]
Advertising Online Escorts - Analyzing the Legal Issues
Posted: November 8th, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Online escort directories have proliferated in recent times. Although many of the legal issues pertaining to operation of an adult website are equally applicable to online escort venues, such as §2257 compliance, copyright, etc., a host of unique legal concerns are generated by this particular business model. [more]
Can You Spam Under the CAN-SPAM Act?
Posted: October 13th, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.After years of trying to pass uniform spam regulations without success, the United States Congress finally passed the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act ("CAN-SPAM"), which requires email marketers, amongst other things, to accurately identify themselves and to provide an email opt-out. This article will briefly summarize the important features of the CAN-SPAM Act and examine the future of email marketing. [more]
Supreme Court Strikes Down COPA
Posted: October 1st, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.The United States Supreme Court last week decided one of the last controversial cases left this term: Ashcroft v. ACLU, Case # 03-218, involving the issue of online age verification. In a stunning victory for Free Speech advocates, the High Court, in a 5/4 decision, upheld the preliminary injunction against the law that was entered by the Third Circuit Court of Appeal. [more]
First Amendment Protections for Employees Involved in the Adult Industry
Posted: September 15th, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Imagine showing up for your day job one Friday afternoon and being summoned by your boss for a "chat." When you arrive at his or her office, you are handed a stack of pictures of you downloaded from the adult Website that nobody was supposed to know about. Your employer then hands you a pink slip, and tells you to immediately clean out your desk. Welcome to the world of workplace discrimination, but this kind of discrimination is usually not against the law. [more]
Amber Alert Bill: How Can It Affect You?
Posted: August 14th, 2004 | Author: MuffyThe Amber Alert Bill was recently passed by the United States government with intentions of combating child abductions. They also managed to include a section regarding domain names and online pornography. Check out how this legislation could affect your business. [more]
Copyright Your Web Pages Now
Posted: August 4th, 2004 | Author: AdlermanCopyright is a form of intellectual property law that grants protection to original works of authorship. Here we outline how to copyright protect your websites in a few easy steps. [more]
The Acacia Issue: A Look at the Options
Posted: July 6th, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Recently, Acacia Media Technologies Corporation, (Acacia), sent a round of letters directed to those in the adult Internet industry who have provided "access" to Websites allegedly violating their patent claims by streaming video. It's time to take a level-headed look at the various options available to webmasters prior to the stated deadline of November 30, 2003. [more]
21 Practical Tips for Beginning Adult Webmasters
Posted: June 24th, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Follow these 21 essential tips and you'll be well on your way to becoming a successful adult webmaster. [more]
Compliance Means Protection: The Legal Update Roundtable at Internext
Posted: June 4th, 2004 | Author: CyndalieThe ramifications of running an adult site have become a reality for adult webmasters now more than ever. Here's the recap on the important issues discussed at this summer's Internext Expo. [more]
Keeping Children Away From Adult Material
Posted: May 24th, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Now that the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) has been declared unconstitutional again by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, it is time to revisit the issue of age verification, children, and adult materials. [more]
Anatomy of an Obscenity Prosecution
Posted: May 22nd, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Given the promised wave of obscenity prosecutions to be brought by the Justice Department against adult webmasters, and others involved in the industry, the time is right to take a look back at the very first obscenity prosecution against an adult Website; the case of Tammy & Herbert Robinson. [more]
Acacia and Adult Webmasters at War
Posted: May 10th, 2004 | Author: MuffyAcacia Media Technologies claims to hold the patents that cover the transmission and receipt of digital video and sound content over the internet. Their recent strike against the adult industry has forced some companies to settle and some to take up arms. [more]
The New Dangers of Running a Home-Based Adult Website Business
Posted: May 1st, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Operating an adult facility from a residence may subject your home or any other property, "real or personal, which constitutes or is delivered from proceeds traceable to such [obscenity] offense," to potential forfeiture, in the event of a successful obscenity prosecution. [more]
Records Keeping Compliance Checklist for European Content Producers
Posted: March 20th, 2004 | Author: Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.Making sure that foreign content providers are in compliance with 18 U.S.C. §2257 has become increasingly important for American webmasters. Here is a bare minimum checklist for compliance with the requirements of Section 2257. [more]
