India
bans four X-rated TV channels
Continuing its drive against pornography on television, the government on
Tuesday said it has banned transmission of four channels. The channels that
were found to be violating provisions on content are - Bluekiss, Bluekiss
Express, Bluekiss Promo and TB1-XXX. 5-11-2005
Broadcast
watchdog bans TV porn channels in Turkey
Turkey's broadcasting watchdog banned four adult television channels
Friday, saying their erotic programming flouted Turkish cultural values. The
channels, Adult Channel, Exotica TV, Playboy TV and Rouge TV, are available at
night via Turkey's only satellite broadcaster, Digiturk. 5-9-2005
 Sunny
Leone becomes Vivid girl
Sunny Leone, the stunning brunette model and Penthouse “Pet of the Year” in
2003, has become a Vivid Girl and will make adult videos exclusively for the
Vivid Entertainment Group. Leone, 23, is the first performer of Indian descent
(her parents were born in the Indian state of Punjab) to become a Vivid Girl.
Her first movie will be titled Sunny and will be released in the fourth quarter
of this year. 5-6-2005
New Japanese
sex laws could crimp adult film industry
A new round of Japanese laws aimed at protecting those under 18 from the
child porn trade and other crimes could mean a crimp in legitimate adult
entertainment content shooting online and off. 5-4-2005
 Pakistani
porn actress wins case
If the proceedings in the Lahore High Court are any indication, it will be
difficult to convict those charged with acting in porn movies in Pakistan.
Modern technology and the Huddod law have made it difficult for the law
officers to punish them. 5-3-2005
With
the end of Saddam-era censorship in Iraq, cinemas look to profit from porn
movies
Twenty-five-year-old Nawzad was looking at a poster advertising a racy
Turkish film. After 15 minutes of staring at the poster, which featured sex
scenes, he went to the al-Rasheed cinema counter and bought a movie
ticket. 5-3-2005
 US
mobile phone company announces Wicked distribution
US-based Brickhouse Mobile today announced details of their 5 year
agreement with Wicked Pictures, to develop, distribute and sell mobile phone
content and services worldwide. Wicked will leverage its market leading
position in adult entertainment to launch and market a comprehensive collection
of mobile content sure to please Wicked fans worldwide. 4-6-2005
 Cell
porn a tough sell
With new functions to send e-mail, take pictures and listen to music, the
mobile phone has turned into a portable minicomputer. But the operators of
phone networks are resisting new services that proved popular on the
traditional personal computer: pornography and violent video games. 1-18-2005
Jammu
'porn queen' sues police
Former Miss Jammu Anara Gupta, who was involved in a pornography scandal,
has filed a Rs 1 crore suit against the Jammu and Kashmir police for "coercing"
her to make confessional statements. 12-9-2004
Ex-Miss
Jammu caught for starring in a porn CD
As a child, she had dreamt of becoming an IAS officer one day. But Anara
Gupta's life took an altogether different turn when she won the Miss Jammu
crown at the tender age of 15 on October 7, 2001. 11-9-2004
Women in
Japanese porn get head jobs without acting
"I studied sexuality during my postgrad course, so I've always had
something of an interest in working in a place where sex was always out in the
open," Rui Oda, a 25-year-old woman working in the porno industry, tells
Spa! 11-9-2004
Japanese
reality TV catches fingers in honey pot
"Shinjuku Nozoki Beya (Shinjuku Peep Show)," one of the most popular
programs on Paradise TV, Japan's prime purveyor of puerile porn, has returned
to the screens bigger and better than ever following a three month hiatus,
according to Asahi Geino. 11-9-2004
Indian
pornstars get on top
'Be Indian, Buy Indian' when it comes to porn. A newfound lust for the
dark-skinned woman is fuelling a demand for desi pornstars not only within the
country, but also abroad. 10-28-2004
 Beauty
proves to be in the eye of the beholder for Wicked’s Kaylani Lei
After a year that began with her enjoying both Best Actress and Best New
Starlet nominations from AVN, exclusive Wicked Pictures performer Kaylani Lei’s
star is continuing to rise. Her latest release, the Brad Armstrong-directed
erotic thriller Eye of the Beholder, is bringing both her and the movie praise
that’s every bit as glitzy as the DVD’s limited-edition lenticular cover. 10-10-2004
Porn publishers
may get up to life imprisonment in China
People found guilty of producing and distributing pornography in China
through the internet, mobile phones and other electronic means may get up to
life imprisonment under a new legal interpretation, which came into effect
today, the state media reported. 9-6-2004
Police
seek suspects in local porn film
Police in the West Java capital of Bandung are searching for the makers and
stars of a pornographic film called Iulan Madu (Honeymoon) that was apparently
filmed in a hotel in the city. 9-1-2004
 China
Barbie launches official website
Adult star China Barbie has unveiled her official website,
ChinaBarbie.com. The site’s debut comes after a brief sabbatical for
Barbie from the adult industry. “I had taken a break from the mainstream adult
film industry, but [was] still working in and out in different areas of the
industry." 9-1-2004
Porn crosses
over
A wave of confessionals and self-help guides written by current or former
stars of pornographic films is flooding bookstores this year, accompanied by
erotic novels, racy sex-instruction guides, histories of sexual particulars and
photographic treatments of the world of pornography. 8-30-2004
Pornography
trade prospers in China
"Yellow movie," she whispers to two passing men - the Chinese slang for
pornography. Holding her belly, she guides them to a grassy area, lifting a
clump of sod to reveal several knockoff discs from the United States and Japan.
8-30-2004
Banks probe
online transaction to curb web porn
In an effort to reinforce the national campaign against Internet
pornography, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) has issued a
circular requiring all banks to investigate online transactions. 8-19-2004
China Unicom
cuts ties with ISPs to curb porn
China Unicom announced Wednesday that it has severed ties with 45 Internet
service providers (ISP) involved in the use of cell phones in pornographic
business in the past month. 8-19-2004
Going for gold
in Japan's nude Olympics
While sports fans around the world turn their attention toward Athens,
where the Olympics, the greatest sporting event of them all, are currently
taking place, some Japanese athletes are baring more than their souls in the
quest for gold. 8-19-2004
China launches
campaign to close down 'phone sex' services
China has ordered a nationwide blitz to wipe out "phone sex" services that
it says are corrupting the country's younger generation, state media reported
Wednesday.8-18-2004
China jails
woman in porn crackdown
A Chinese woman has been jailed for four years for running an online strip
joint. Wang Yanli is believed to be the first woman to be banged up behind bars
following China's tough new stand against Internet pornography.8-17-2004
China cracks
down on Internet porn
China's Ministry of Information, together with the Ministry of Public
Security and the Information Office of the State Council, will set new
regulations on text message services to punish those who spread pornographic
information via text messages.8-16-2004
Firm steps
pledged on Internet porn
China will improve its long-term mechanism to combat Internet pornography,
according to a senior official of the Ministry of Information Industry
yesterday. Xi Guohua, a vice minister, said the long-term supervision mechanism
should be improved for "combating Internet porn comprehensively." 8-13-2004
 Japanese
spice up game shows by making them "sex game shows"
Game shows have bored us for years, but that doesn't mean there's anything
wrong with the format - it's the silly questions and dumb contestants that put
us to sleep. Always finding ways to push the sexual envelope the Japanese have
figured out how to turn their fondness for wacky game shows into hardcore
porn. 8-12-2004
China's
publishing circles say no to porn productions
China's publishing circles are carrying out a nationwide campaign to stop
publishing pornographic materials, in an effort to protect China's
impressionable young minds. 8-12-2004
Soft
or hard, Mumbai wants porn
A host of celebrities in India’s freedom capital yesterday enthusiastically
endorsed writer Salman Rushdie’s view that porn was vital to freedom and that a
free and civilised society should be judged by its willingness to accept
pornography. 8-10-2004
Manila
destroys porn CDs
A dozen boxes of pornographic VCDs and DVDs and bundles of pornographic
tabloids and magazines were destroyed yesterday as part of the Manila City
government’s campaign against smut. 8-10-2004
Top Chinese
sites launch anti-porn measures
Popular Chinese web sites Sina.com, Sohu.com and Netease.com are complying
with orders to clean up web content to "create a green environment for millions
of underage surfers," the official Xinhua news agency says. 8-9-2004
Porn
is vital to freedom: Rushdie
Pornography is vital to freedom and a free and civilised society should be
judged by its willingness to accept it, says India-born writer Salman Rushdie.
His views are to be published alongside images of American porn stars in a book
called XXX:30 Porn Star. 8-9-2004
 'Stunning'
Thai go-go dancer quits prostitution to become pornstar
This stunning Thai go-go dancer was once the undisputed superstar of
Rainbow 1 in Nana Plaza. Her name is Mot and Mango Sauce reader Jim
snapped a picture back in 1999. A veteran of over 60 visits to Thailand,
Jim beleives that Mot is the prettiest girl he’s ever seen and a genuinely nice
person too – an unlikely combination which probably makes her unique. 8-6-2004
Indian
government asked to regulate porn
The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the government to treat a public
suit as a representation to it to regulate pornographic material on TV through
direct-to-home (DTH) service. 8-5-2004
 Production
company president fined for nude video of entertainer
Seoul prosecutors summarily indicted Mr. Yu, the head of a certain video
production company, for W10 million in fines on charges of making nude videos
of entertainer Sagang (real name: Hong Yu-jin) and distributing them without
her permission. 8-3-2004
 Thai
actress faces summons over porn film
An actress accused of performing in a hard-core pornographic film revealed
yesterday that modelling and advertising companies, magazines and television
programmes had been offering her six-digit sums for modelling work since the
accusation made media headlines. 8-2-2004
Company
recruiting 'young and passionate' porn stars booted from job fair
Hong Kong's high unemployment has many young residents scrounging for work,
but job fair officials have drawn the line at an advertisement aimed at
recruiting "passionate" porn stars. 7-29-2004
Police
shut Ukraine model agency in porn crackdown
Ukrainian police shut a modeling agency which photographed underage girls
and sold images over the Internet in North America as part of their biggest
crackdown on child pornography, officials said on Wednesday. 7-29-2004
China wages
people's war against web pornography
The Chinese government has reportedly started a crackdown on Internet
pornography, by imposing a ban on the sale of transvestite sex videos, secret
web-cams and nude profiles. 7-22-2004
Secret
plan to make adult film in India
Indo-French film collaboration is to move from art house movies into
unchartered waters now that a secret plan has been drawn up to shoot Emmanuelle
in India, it was revealed in Cannes today. 5-18-2004
Porn
as commentary
Darrell Hamamoto, an associate professor of Asian American Studies at the
University of California, Davis, is both racial provocateur and unabashed
pornographer. He aims to make a social point with his short film -- and to turn
a handsome profit with a 50-minute, pure porn version of it. 11-2-2003
Yellow Porn
In the U.S. adult film industry, Asian women are a sexual fetish and Asian
men are almost completely absent. Prof. Darrell Hamamoto wants to change that
-- by producing skin flicks with Asian male stars. 10-10-2003
Worldwide
pornography industry 260 million and growing
'MS Nanny' may have decided to shut down unpoliced chat rooms, but the
number of commercial pornography web pages on the Internet has increased by
nearly 1,800 per cent over the past five years. 9-26-2003
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