Many adult content providers and mainstream media producers are up in arms against tube sites for what they claim is an illegal business practice that unfairly abuses international copyright laws.

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.

With Steve Jobs and company refusing to host adult content for sale on iTunes, Naughty America has taken it upon themselves to develop a similar site specifically for mobile adult content. To get in early on the action, a limited number of beta-test invitations are available at NADirect.com.

In response to last month's FCC ruling that barred Comcast from limiting peer-to-peer file sharing in an effort to reduce network congestion, Comcast has filed an appeal that claims the actions taken by the FCC were "inappropriate and its findings were not justified by the record." Comcast will follow the FCC guidelines throughout the proceedings, and plans to draw up alternative network manageme

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.

Though video sharing 'tube sites' such as YouPorn and PornoTube have demonstrated that average people enjoy filming themselves having sex and aren't afraid to showoff their sexual revelries, analysts speculate that the real repercussions of sharing such intimate information are only now starting to be recognized by the public at large.

Amateur content has revolutionized the porn industry ever since Xtube and YouPorn were launched in 2006 to allow anyone with a camcorder to record and share their home-made porn with the world.

Following announcements earlier in the week that they would shift the focus of their anti-piracy campaign away from targeting consumers of pirated porn content, the operators of The PAK Group have announced that they will put greater emphasis on prosecuting peer-to-peer file sharing websites that enable illegal file sharing in order to attempt to curb a tactic they claim is often abused by players

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, speaking to a crowd at Stanford University, denounced Comcast's recent actions that attempted to limit the use of peer-to-peer file sharing websites describing them as "troubling".

In a move that could hold portents of change that could dramatically affect the way porn in also shared between peer-to-peer networks, Virgin has announced a three-strikes approach to clamping down on Internet users that illegally share copyrighted music files through the Virgin network.