Legal News and Politics

Taiwan: Porn Not Subject to Copyright Protection

YNOT EUROPE – Taiwanese officials on Wednesday gave carte blanche to adult content pirates by declining to prosecute 11 Taiwanese […]

Italian Mayor to Municipal Employees: ‘No Internet for You’

By Erika Icon YNOT EUROPE – Municipal workers in a small Italian town have been banned from accessing the internet […]

European Parliament Rejects Porn Ban

YNOT EUROPE – Internet service providers, adult entertainment consumers and porn producers breathed a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday […]

Turkish Court: ‘Gay Sex is Natural’

By Stewart Tongue YNOT EUROPE – A court’s decision in an obscenity case took an unexpected turn when the judge […]

Will Iceland Freeze Out Online Porn?

By Erika Icon YNOT EUROPE – In an effort to ensure children aren’t exposed to violent pornography, Iceland’s government is […]

Egypt Punishes YouTube with Root-Level Block

By Erika Icon YNOT – A Cairo court has ordered the Egyptian government to block access to YouTube for a […]

UK Adult Industry Launches Child-Protection Resource

YNOT EUROPE – To coincide with Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, the UK adult industry launched a new initiative designed […]

Ofcom Fines Playboy, Citing Unrestricted Website Access

YNOT EUROPE – The government-approved regulatory body for the communications industry in the UK has fined Playboy £100,000 (about U.S. […]

UK Government Rejects Mandatory Web Filtering

By Stewart Tongue YNOT EUROPE – Despite concerted efforts by at least one UK newspaper and conservatives in Parliament, plus […]

UK Poll: Online Porn Too Easy to Access

By Stewart Tongue YNOT EUROPE – Nearly four out of five UK adults believe it is too easy for children […]