2014 Adult Industry Tradeshows/Seminars

Larry Walters @ XBIZ 360 Mix & Meet – Jan 23, 2014 from XBIZ on Vimeo. From XBIZ NEWS: "XBIZ 360 Digital Media Seminars: Day 1" "XBIZ’ panel of expert adult industry attorneys, advocates and piracy pursuers, including Larry Walters and Corey Silverstein, Greg Piccionelli, Gill Sperlein and Diane Duke, with Nate Glass as moderator, took on the most important issues facing the adult industry today and for the foreseeable future, includingEurope’s Internet censorship initiatives to the ongoing war against digital media piracy...." Full Article... Read more [...]

Witnessing Transformation: Performers into Producers

The beginning of a new year in the adult entertainment industry is always filled with excitement, trade shows, and hopes for success in the year ahead. Now is also the time when the industry tries to identify upcoming trends in production and distribution of erotic content. Fresh in the minds of many performers and producers are the battles over condom laws, and production moratoria resulting from STD outbreaks. This, combined with advances in technology and plummeting DVD sales, has encouraged many performers to explore alternative forms of erotic entertainment to fill the gaps Read more [...]

Xbiz Highlight’s Quick2257 App

LONGWOOD, Fla. — Industry attorney Lawrence Walters has released Quick2257, a new iOS app that simplifies the process of generating and transmitting performer records required by 18 U.S.C. § 2257 using an iPad or iPhone. Quick2257, approved this week by Apple for sale in the App Store for 99 cents, simplifies the process of creating Section 2257 records for performers, web cam models, escorts, dating site members and anyone who produces depictions of actual or simulated sexually explicit conduct. Quick2257 allows anyone with an iPhone or iPad to create the necessary performer Read more [...]

Criminalizing Online Innovation: State Attorneys General Seek to Amend Section 230

Deceptively invoking the ‘save the children’ mantra yet again, State AG’s are reigniting the battle against online escort advertising websites, this time calling on Congress to amend one of the Internet’s few statutory guardians: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.  Section 230, arguably the most important law to date in terms of protecting online speech and innovation, provides immunity to certain online service providers against liability for their users’ content or publications.  If you’re getting a sense of déjà vu, it’s rightfully so.  Going all Read more [...]

Florida sheriff continues ‘war on porn’ and sets sights on backpage

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is well known for his faith-based campaign against erotic entertainment.  His morality police strike again, this time with a promise to go after the world’s second largest classified ad website, Backpage.com.  The threats of prosecution come on the heels of a four day sting operation resulting in the arrest of almost 100 people, with charges ranging from offering to commit lewdness to aiding and abetting prostitution, deriving proceeds from prostitution, escape, traffic offenses, possession of illegal drugs, battery on a law enforcement officer Read more [...]