The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal court judge to block two criminal statutes that unconstitutionally limit the free expression of millions of adults who use the Internet and other electronic forms of communication, bringing the threat of criminal sanctions for private, lawful speech.

The American Civil Liberties Union, long an ally of the adult industry as far as First Amendment issues are concerned, has filed an amicus ("friend of the court") brief in Free Speech Coalition's bid to overturn 18 U.S.C. §§2257 and 2257A, the federal recordkeeping and labeling laws.

One of the adult entertainment industry’s staunch pillars, the Free Speech Coalition once more, is refreshing the composition of its board of directors via election for 2010. As adult entertainment’s lobbying voice, the FSC plays a vital role in ensuring the stability and growth of the industry. Seven key industry names have put up their names for the five board positions.

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You may know Thomas Kjaergaard more as the guy behind AdultReviews.net but needless to say he has seen a LOT of member's areas in his day. This puts him in a unique position to give his take on the good, the bad, and the ugly in terms of paysite member areas. Want to know the biggest mistakes you are doing today which are hurting your sales? Listen up!

Specifically we chat about:
-The modern member's area and what it must do and what it mustn't.
-What are the most important aspects of a paysite member's areas.
-The biggest mistakes Thomas has seen in a member's area.
-How he has applied his experience reviewing pay sites to his own new venture, Lifestyle Amateurs.

As a special treat Thomas also shares some of his own successes and failures launching this new website, so we can all benefit from his journey.

In the news:
-FSC wins pivotal case against mandatory condom use in porn.
-An update on the various government obscenity charges pending.
-If a prayer group attacks the Playboy mansion, does anyone care?
-WTF: Sex toys now available in your grocers freezer... if you live in Finland.

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Score one for the industry and the Free Speech Coalition! The AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s misguided attempt to require porn performers to wear condoms has hit a major snag. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has dismissed their petition saying that the government knows how to deal with public health issues and that the use

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Rhett Pardon writes about the preemptive measures that the Free Speech Coalition has recently presented to the industry. This was after the adult industry got into hot water with state occupational safety regulators add AIDS groups when news broke out that a working pornstar had been diagnosed with AIDS.

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Anti-porn sentiment in the government continues to stand firm despite rallying efforts from the Free Speech Coalition and choice members of the porn industry. The US General Attorney's office has asked a federal judge to dismiss the group's challenge of the revised regulations.

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Well it was destined to happen once in a while: technical difficulties... Instead of a normal interview this week we are bringing you the next Cybernet Expo panel in its place. Never fear, we will be back with your beloved SiN2.0 interview next week. But for this week please enjoy the last Cybernet 09 panel in the series.

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The Free Speech Coalition will soon be launching a new organization called the Free Speech Alliance. While the FSC caters to the B2B crowed, the FSA will focus on consumers and hopes to be an educational vehicle for the public at large. Unlike the FSC, this new organization will not be offering memberships and will relying on donor contributions to fund it.

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Free Speech Coalition with the help and support of NakedSword updated their outdated website. The new site boasts to be more user friendly and have available information to inform and help all members of the adult industry and not just members.

I was already looking forward to the Wake-up Call: How Consumer Fraud Hurts the Entire Industry seminar, but now it looks like it’s going to be even more interesting with the addition of an FTC representative. Stephen L.

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