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03 Jul 2009 11:54

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Offbeat: Note to teachers: Don’t mix up classroom memories with sex tapes

  • It goes from my son, straight to her on the couch. My son’s reaction was, ‘Dad, is that Ms. Defanti?’ …We were up till midnight doing the ‘birds and the bees.’
  • “Joe,” a parent who did not wish to be identified further • Describing the awkward situation he was placed in when a video of classroom memories he and his son were watching switched to a sex tape featuring the teacher. The teacher at Jackson Elementary in Elk Grove, Calif., had a lot of ‘splaining to do, but it was unlikely that she would get fired. • source

13 Jun 2009 22:00

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Culture: HIV transmission is still high for adult movie actors

  • 22 actors have gotten HIV from being in porn movies since 2004 source

09 Jun 2009 09:23

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World: China defends its decision to block online porn from its citizens

  • In an attempt to protect Chinese people from themselves, the country has chosen to block pornographic and violent people on all new computers. Great time to be alive, kids. source
  • “The Chinese government pushes forward the healthy development of the internet,” said foreign ministry spokesperson Qin Gang. “But it lawfully manages the internet.” source

11 May 2009 23:34

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Tech, U.S.: Court: A dude uploaded naked pics of himself? Clearly it’s hacking.

  • Richard Wolf was looking at (and distributing) porn at work. An Ohio appellate court upheld a felony hacking conviction last week of Wolf that claimed he exceeded his authorized use of the computer. Part of the reason Wolf is facing this conviction is that the law has stretched – The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act has been allowed to be amended by the states who have put in restrictions against access to unauthorized information at work. Technically, porn is unauthorized, but most experts agree that was never the intent of the law. source

21 Apr 2009 15:06

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Culture: Dear depraved porn industry: Leave Susan Boyle alone

  • We want to get this movie shot and out while Susan has the world’s attention. Besides, after 47 years of virginity, I’m sure Susan is also anxious to get something cracking as soon as possible.
  • Kick Ass Films president Mark Kulkis • Who is offering the 47-year-old unlikely British singing YouTube superstar $1 million to lose her virginity in a porn film. The last thing we need is the porn industry ruining a really good, sweet story. • source

06 Mar 2009 17:12

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Tech: More proof that porn is an economic driver: e-books

  • 9 of the top 10 e-books on Fictionwise are erotica-related. Ah, porn. source

03 Mar 2009 09:43

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Offbeat: Ah, porn. The one thing everybody’s wallets can agree on

  • When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different.
  • Benjamin Edelman • Harvard Business School professor, on a new study regarding pornography usage by region, a study based on anonymous credit card data nationwide. Red states like it a little more than blue, but everyone dips into the porn bin a little. (The top users? Utah and Mississippi.) • source
 

26 Feb 2009 10:51

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Offbeat: Nadya Sulemen, the octet mom, has a porn offer on the table

  • $1 million from Vivid if she does porn. Eww, grody. Uh, why? source

13 Feb 2009 09:15

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Culture: You realize Madonna released a whole book of these, right?

  • $37,500 for a naked photo of her source

05 Feb 2009 21:23

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U.S.: Facebook allows the class creep to go to new depths of creepiness

  • It started with Facebook High school student Anthony Stancl of New Berlin, Wisc. (outside of Milwaukee) was arrested recently for a disturbing scheme where he pretended to be a girl on Facebook. Know how they tell you to watch out for sexual predators on MySpace and Facebook? Well, it’s kinda like that, but worse. “She” would allegedly talk to the boys in his class and convince them to send the “girl” naked photos of themselves … source
  • It started with Facebook High school student Anthony Stancl of New Berlin, Wisc. (outside of Milwaukee) was arrested recently for a disturbing scheme where he pretended to be a girl on Facebook. Know how they tell you to watch out for sexual predators on MySpace and Facebook? Well, it’s kinda like that, but worse. “She” would allegedly talk to the boys in his class and convince them to send the “girl” naked photos of themselves …
  • It ended with blackmail … which “she” would then use to blackmail the students in question into giving him (not “her”) sexual favors. “She” would threaten to distribute the photos to friends or put them online. He apparently did this a number of times between February 2007 and November of last year, and faces up to 300 years in prison. And now we need to take a shower, because we feel very dirty for writing about this. source