A collection of stories tagged 'porn' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:17:52 EST Burton Snowboards is under fire for featuring photographs of semi-naked women on one new line of boards. The company has also put cartoon graphics of self-mutilation on another line. Children's advocacy groups and parents are calling for a boycott. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60274 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97958419&ft=1&f=1006 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST Ari Shapiro has today's Last Word in business. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/56940 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95460499&ft=1&f=1006 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EDT In the newest test version of Microsoft's forthcoming Internet Explorer, consumers will have the option to surf without a "history." There are benefits to this feature beyond just prolonging marriages. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54911 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94066842&ft=1&f=1012 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT A new pornography production company has won approval from Canadian authorities to distribute their product on television — with the promise that it will have 50 percent local content. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54657 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93906351&ft=1&f=1051 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EDT This year's tax-rebate checks sent out to boost your bank account are also boosting the porn industry. A company that tracks the online adult entertainment market says many sites report a 20 percent to 30 percent increase in membership since May. About a third of these members said the stimulus checks were a factor in their decision to join or renew. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/52127 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92241289&ft=1&f=1006 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:17:00 EDT An obscenity trial scheduled to begin this week in Los Angeles was halted after it was discovered that the judge for the trial had uploaded sexually explicit images to a personal Web site bearing his name. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50871 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91441602&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:16:00 EDT An investigation by the New York attorney general led officials at Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable to voluntarily cut off access to Web sites that display child pornography. Critics say the move will not remedy the child porn problem. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50754 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91366026&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:05:00 EDT New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, announced that Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable will inhibit access to certain sites. The new policy will affect Internet users nationwide. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50715 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91356779&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT Ira Isaacs has been charged with obscenity for making and distributing fetish films, but he claims these films are works of "shock art". Former federal prosecutor Laurie Levenson discusses what the jury will have to sit through and why Ira Isaacs. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50718 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91356782&ft=1&f=1012 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT Democratic Assemblyman Charles Calderon has proposed a 25 percent tax on adult films, plus another 25 percent tax on the studio's profits. His goal is to narrow the state's deficit, but it has some people, like up-and-coming porn star Kayden Kross, up in arms. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50568 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91247173&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:54:00 EDT For more than a decade, R. Kelly has topped the charts as one of R&B's most successful artists. But he is also known for his repeated scrapes with the law. On Thursday, he'll be in a Chicago courtroom, facing 14 counts of child pornography. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/49733 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90728989&ft=1&f=1039 Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT The Supreme Court has upheld a provision of a 2003 federal law making it a crime to promote child pornography — even fake child pornography. Opponents said the law was too broad and could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/49549 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90603024&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 19 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT In 1998, former porn star Sharon Mitchell founded the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in order to raise awareness about health issues among porn performers. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to her about keeping those in the adult-film industry safer, healthier, and happier. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42746 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17044239&ft=1&f=1008 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:00:00 EST The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on a federal law barring child pornography. Challengers say the law is too broad and could interfere with protected speech. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41261 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15785035&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:08:00 EDT The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about a 2003 federal law making Internet child pornography illegal. Dahlia Lithwick, with the online magazine Slate, talks about the case and whether the law is so broad that it infringes on free speech. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41240 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15773984&ft=1&f=1012 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:00:00 EDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will examine a congressional attempt to legislate against sexually explicit material on the Internet that involves children. At issue is a 2003 federal law passed after the Supreme Court struck down an earlier attempt. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41222 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15762491&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:01:00 EDT As host of the NPR news quiz Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, Peter Sagal spends a lot of time reading the newspaper. Lately, he's also spent many an hour going to strip joints, a swingers club, a porn-movie set and casinos. All research, of course, for his new project, The Book of Vice. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/40668 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15320313&ft=1&f=1032 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:02:00 EDT Horror films increasingly skip the supernatural shivers in favor of extended torture scenes; detractors say that with their gross-out excesses and unsettling mass appeal, these films are a kind of "torture porn." But they've never been bigger at the box office. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10785956 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:00:00 EDT Pornography that appeared on a classroom computer could land a teacher in jail for up to 40 years. Julie Amero says she wasn't surfing for porn during her seventh-grade class. Her lawyer claims the images popped up because of spyware on the school's unprotected network. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/31627 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7662475 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:00:00 EST The Consumer Electronics Show wraps up in Las Vegas. This showcase of the latest tech gadgets overlaps with the Adult Entertainment Expo's annual meeting in Vegas. Is that an accident? http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/29644 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6810255 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:00:00 EST A federal judge rules that Google violated the copyright of an online porn site by posting thumbnails of the site's photos. The ruling could have significant implications for Google and other search engines that reuse photos without approval from rights-holders. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/15836 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5230088 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:28:47 EST A new New York Times expose causes a disruption in the booming business of child pornography carried on the Internet through Web cams. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/1013 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5079510 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST The Justice Department is pressing ahead with plans to step up its prosecution of obscenity cases, and it has come up with new rules intended to put the brakes on Internet porn. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/13890 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4865348 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato are the team behind Inside Deep Throat, a documentary about the 1972 porn classic Deep Throat. We talk with them about their movie -- and the original. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/10026 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4529180 Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST