For those interested in the civil litigation against Too Much Media / NATS, there is a web site apparently published by NR Media (NRM), the original plaintiff. With the case now amended to a class action lawsuit, the web site serves as both an information resource and plaintiff recruitment vehicle.

While the primary focus of the lawsuit centers on the highly publicized NATS security breach, the NRM complaint also alleges NATS software does not calculate commissions reliably and accurately, and that the biller admin does not interface effectively with all processors, resulting in the under-reporting of sign-ups and rebills.

The Free Speech Coalition has just released an on-line copy of their annual State-of-the-Industry Report for 2007-2008 in pdf format.

I just received this announcement from the FSC.

FREE SPEECH COALITION MEMBER ADVISORY

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Dear FSC Member,

Today the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cleveland struck down 18 U.S.C. 2257 on its face as unconstitutional. At this early stage, it appears that the decision in this case that began 12 years ago is a solid one. Our industry owes a great deal of gratitude to the incredible work of attorney Mike Murray and the courage and tenacity of the plaintiffs Rondee Kamins as well as the unnamed plaintiffs. Thank you.

Within the next few days, FSC will provide a more detailed analysis of the decision, the FSC legal team’s responses to “Frequently Asked Questions,” and an outline of possible next step scenarios. In the meantime, FSC, acting in its role as the industry trade association, will continue to keep members informed about this and other important developments affecting the industry nationally.

The Free Speech Coalition has released its “2257 Guide for Public Comment” and launched a campaign to garner industry participation during the DOJ’s public comment period for the 2257 proposed rules and regulations.

The guide educates members of the adult entertainment industry about how and what to communicate during the public comment period. Input about the new rules and regulations released July 12, 2007, will be accepted by the Department of Justice through September 10, 2007.

For more details, visit Free Speech Coalition web site.

The Free Speech Coalition announced today that, according to the Federal Register website, some of the rules and regulations associated with 2257 will be released by the Government on Thursday, July 12th.

Jeffrey Douglas, Free Speech Coalition Board Chair, and Reed Lee, FSC Legal Committee Chair and President of the First Amendment Lawyers Association, will discuss initial analysis of the regulations at the XBIZ Summer Forum 2257 Seminar, being held in Las Vegas this week, at 11:00am Thursday.

FSC will communicate initial analysis of the Regulations, to its membership and the industry, as soon as they are released.

FSC will continue to provide regular updates on the status of 2257 as the case unfolds through our weekly X-PRESS newsletter, e-mail advisories to our members, and posts to our website,” said Diane Duke, FSC Executive Director. “We are committed to providing accurate, up-to-date information to our members and the industry.”

Maleflixxx has announced they are working with the Association of Sites Against Child Pornography (ASACP) to promote their new RTA Label program.

Sureflix Digital Distribution, owners and operators of the Maleflixxx global network believe that the health and longevity of the adult industry depends on its commitment to ensuring child protection - led by the activism of industry supported groups like the ASACP. Maleflixxx has long been a supporter of the ASACP’s efforts in protecting minors from being exposed to, or exploited by, adult material.

“The RTA Label is an example of applying best practices in our industry,” stated Eric Johnson, President of Sureflix Digital Distribution. “The RTA Label is already incorporated into Microsoft technology, and sponsored by other online child protection agencies. As a method of self-regulation, it is both simple to implement and simple to use. It is an important step for our industry to take together. Self-regulation in the adult entertainment industry is essential to ensuring the safety of the community at large as well as the survival of our industry.”

The online child pornography reporting hotline operated by the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has now processed more than 200,000 reports.

ASACP’s online CP reporting hotline fields thousands of reports each month, from web surfers who encounter illegal images of child sexual abuse and exploitation on the Internet. The ASACP hotline is easy to find, since queries for terms like “report child pornography” inevitably find ASACP’s website ranked high among search engine results. This is in part due to the many ASACP member sites that link back to www.asacp.org.

ASACP investigates these “raw” reports to determine the hosting, billing, IP address, ownership, and linkage of suspected CP sites. Red Flag reports are then automatically forwarded to domestic and international agencies and groups such as the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).

ASACP Compliance Director Tim Henning oversees the hotline, and has been with ASACP almost since its inception in 1996. According to Henning, the hotline originally received only 10 to 15 reports per day. “Back then all submissions received hand-typed responses,” he said. “Validated reports were emailed to the authorities. But then as ASACP gained more and more exposure and support from adult companies, the number of sites linking to the hotline increased rapidly – and so did the volume of incoming reports. Today we’re also able to track and document hotline trends and statistics automatically, which means we can identify new scams and tactics used by CP operators.”

I just got this important notice from the Free Speech Coalition. I hope you will take a few minutes to read about Ohio Senate Bill 16, and how you can help to defeat it.

The information below is an excerpt sent to me from ACE Executive Director, Angelina Spencer. Please take take a moment to review the issue and take action. Understand that any victory by the enemies of adult entertainment endangers all of us. Please send a strong message to the Ohio legislature that this oppressive bill is a BAD IDEA.

ACE has made it easy for us to help at the bottom of this e-mail is a link to a petition that will send your message to the appropriate people.

Thanks for your help!

Diane Duke
Executive Director
Free Speech Coalition

Ohio Senate Bill 16 is going to the House on Monday after passing in the senate. This bill will put Ohio adult club and bookstore owners out of business (6ft. Rule, hours of op, no tipping, no performances after midnight etc.). It will also give the Citizens for Community Values ( www.ccv.org ) a money-making war path to a state near you. They are giddy that if successful, they can use the Ohio model to move across the nation and close down adult entertainment one state at a time. This is serious.

Please keep your comments professional and nice. It isn’t the legislators who want this…they are capitulating out of fear that the CCV will run ads against them for being soft on porn as they have threatened to do in the past.

Click here to sign the petition: www.stopthehouse.com PLEASE pass it around…

Respectfully,

Ms. Angelina Spencer
Executive Director, ACE National