Daniel Dove, a 26 year old with a super-high-speed server, has been fined $20,000 and given three years of supervised release for the role he played as an administrator for EliteTorrents.org. The ruling handed down by U.S. District Court Judge James P.

The Intellectual Property Bill was passed last week by the US Senate, but not before a provision that would have allowed the Department of Justice to directly sue copyright infringers on behalf of the movie and music industries. Still, many feel that the passing of the bill favors big media companies at a time when digital content has proven to favor more open distribution models.

The Free Speech Coalition has announced a one-day seminar entitled "How to Survive and Thrive in the Digital Environment ... From the People Who Know," to be held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City on November 18, 2008. The event is opened to members of the FSC and other leading members of the adult business community.

Gilbert Michael Gonzales, aka 'MikeyG', was recently given a permanent injunction prohibiting him from uploading pirated porn titles to file-sharing websites, and was hauled back to court again this week because he apparently hasn't learned his lesson.

A group of tech nerds showed off their recently developed method for providing an unbreakable digital encryption technology that utilizes Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle to attach information to atoms themselves. The breakthrough could have major implications on the way information is transferred as well as the materials used to store data on microchips.

Running a cottage industry of copying porn DVDs in your garage may sound profitable, but will eventually land you in jail, as this 50-year-old grandfather found out in a UK courtroom. The old fella apparently sold nearly 100 porn titles, as well as many mainstream releases, for just $4 a piece before his little operation was shut down by local law enforcement.

Due to public outcry against unwarranted laptop searches performed during routine airline baggage checks, a new bill has been introduced to congress to limit these unfounded searches. The bill has been proposed by Loretta Sanchez, a Democratic civil liberties lawyer from California who feels that unwarranted laptop searches constitute a breach of our fourth amendment protections.

Here's some sobering news for anyone who enjoys 'privately' filming their sexual endeavors but never intends on sharing them with others: In Thailand the most popular sex DVDs sold by street vendors are those that appear to be amateur videos, and are in most cases acquired illegally and often without the knowledge of those appearing in the scenes.

The video sharing website Veoh was recently absolved of any wrongdoing when a recent case brought against the network by IO Group, a porn production company, was struck down in a San Francisco court. The ruling should stand as a landmark decision that will help in pending lawsuits against similar user-uploaded video sites.

For anyone who is interested in placing music on your website, you have two choices: make your own, or use someone else's tracks. If you're not a musician in your own right, then the latter option applies to you, and you'd be wise to read up on ASCAP guidelines for using any recorded tracks to enhance your site.