Emil Kacperski, president of a hosting service operating under the name Intercage, claims he was attempting to curb criminal use of his servers when Pacific Internet Exchange, the company's only remaining upstream provider, terminated service due to pressure from activist groups to shut down the operation.

The Federal Trade Commission has won a victory over one of the largest international spam operations in the world, when it won an injunction last week to shut down HerbalKing. Among other transgressions cited in the case, HerbalKing is charged with spamming, false advertising, and unlawful operation of a pharmacy for its tactics of advertising 'natural' sexual enhancement drugs.

We've all come home from a night of late drinking with the alcohol fueled brazenness to contact ex-girlfriends, co-workers, and others to pronounce our discontent with the world, often in none-too-familiar terms.

If you're planning to invest your time and money into developing an adult webmaster network, here's a few tips on what NOT to do in building your online empire. This is a great overview for anyone new to adult webmastering, and provides a handy review for those who just want to keep their skills sharp.

The US Government has requested and has received an extension of time to file their response to Jeffrey Kilbride and James Schaffer's opening brief on appealing their CAN-SPAM related charges. As the first case of any CAN-SPAM conviction, the case is being scrutinized by judges and lawyers alike, though it appears that the current trial will overrule indictments handed down in lower courts.

This interesting recount of how vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin's email was recently hacked using a series of uncomplicated techniques to reset her password an ultimately gain access to her account. For adult webmasters who want to keep their personal communications private, experts recommend setting non-obvious security questions that are not readily available in the public record.

A clever email marketer with a virus to boot has claimed thousands of victims through the use of a tricky email entitled "Barack Obama sex story with girls" apparently delivered from obamasex@obama.com. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) there is no such sex tape, and people who click the download link are instead infected with a trojan virus (I hope Republicans all send it to each other).

The FTC has just released another set of regulations for CAN-SPAM to attempt to clear up some of the issues facing online companies that promote their business through email.

Adult website operator "Cyberheat" has been fined over $400,000 for the actions of its affiliates, despite the fact that Cyberheat did not send any offending emails themselves. The case which led to the fine implicates Cyberheat for creating an affiliate program that paid participants who used illegal spamming techniques to drive traffic to the site.

'SPAM King', Robert Alan Soloway, a 28 year old who has become notorious for evading and taunting the law while running a massive email SPAM operation, has plead guilty to single counts of email fraud and tax evasion. Sentencing is expected to yield more like 2 years in a prison camp and a fine under $100,000.