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• Businessman in Japan Giving Porn Voyeurs a Bad Name

  A business man in Japan is facing environmental charges after dumping 1,000 adult films in a late night effort to purge his porn collection. Because we're sure the porn industry, even in Japan, doesn't condone littering (and Scanner certainly doesn't!), we've come up with a few things he could have done with his videos. (Unblurred, NSFW image after the jump). Read More... Posted Feb 12 2008, 11:21 AM by Emily Farris with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: porn, art, craigslist, japan, businessmen, littering, business

• New Titty Mag at Harvard Has the Worst. Name. Ever.

  You'd think Harvard kids could come up with a better name for a new sex magazine than Diamond, but no, it seems they cannot. Not since H Bomb, anyway, the other Harvard-based titty mag. Apparently, though, H Bomb is too artsy for Harvard senior Matthew Di Pasquale, Diamond's founder. Read More... Posted Feb 05 2008, 01:52 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: boobs, porn, harvard, hbomb, diamond, magazines, cristal

• Porn Stars, Hulk Hogan Endorse Democrats

  Our friend Madeline Holler over at Political Nanny is keeping up with the B-list endorsements so I can sit here and nurse a bottle of tequila all day. But do we really care who, um, Hulk Fucking HOGAN is supporting? Actually, yes. Which is why her story, which mentions that Hillary Clinton can rejoice at the support of distinguished author/deepthroater Jenna Jameson, is so enjoyable. Read More... Posted Feb 01 2008, 01:20 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: politics, porn, hillary clinton, hulk hogan, Democrats, Jenna Jameson

• Today in Pointed Leads: Spiteful Men and their Camera Phones

  From the Courier Mail: "A SPITEFUL man used a mobile phone to film himself having sex with his girlfriend before emailing the images to acquaintances after an acrimonious break-up." He probably wasn't spiteful while he was taking the video. He was probably saving it for masturbation material. Then he and his girlfriend broke up and he sent the video to some friends. Now he's on probation. [Courier Mail: Phone 'porno' nets probation] [Image of Sony Ericsson camera phone on a tripod via ministryoftech.com]  Posted Feb 01 2008, 09:09 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: video, porn, masturbation, camera phones

• Isabella Rossellini Does Bug Porn

  Actress Isabella Rossellini has written, co-directed and starred in a series of short films depicting insects having sex. A study of the ways certain insects mate, "Green Porno" explores the sexual acts of insects, that if performed by humans, would be considered taboo. [Twitch via BoingBoing] Posted Feb 01 2008, 08:33 AM by Emily Farris with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: porn, nature, isabella rossellini, bug porn, bug, bugs having sex, insects

• Video of the Day: Kung Fu Sex

  Ummm, we don't know if we're actually allowed to show this, because technically it's porn, but it's so ridiculous in that you're-never-going-to-have-an-orgasm-like-this kind-of way, that we figured it might almost be acceptable. It's totally and completely unsafe for work. It's also hysterical. And if our editors make us take it down, it may be here for a limited time only.     Kung Fu sex - video powered by Metacafe  Posted Jan 23 2008, 04:24 PM by Emily Farris with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: video, video of the day, porn, vod, nsfw, kung fu, kung fu sex

• Moonlighting in Porn Development

  Due to the ongoing writers' strike, a writer friend of ours found himself cleaning the offices of desperate movie studio executives. Whilst on the job, he found a list of porn films in development, and passed them on to us*. Read More... Posted Jan 22 2008, 09:52 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: porn, writers' strike, movie titles, moonlighting

• Sloppy Seconds: Brad Renfro Dead at 25, Dane Cook on Jessica Alba's Porn and the End of RENT

  We feel bad putting someone's death in Sloppy Seconds, but it needed to be noted and we didn't see him in much other than The Client. Anyway, Brad Renfro died at the young age of 25 and it's really sad. (Scanner Bryan interjects here to say he's clearly going to have to make a copy of Bully for Scanner Emily.) After Jessica Alba said that her movie with Dane Cook, "Good Luck Chuck" turned out to be porn, Cook fired back "She's watching some really silly-ass porn." After Nine hundred thirty thousand, one hundred eighty minutes, RENT finally closes. Posted Jan 16 2008, 12:37 PM by Emily Farris with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: porn, jessica alba, brad renfro, the client, good luck chuck, rent, dane cook

• We're Not So Bummed About Missing the AVN Awards

  We've never been to to the AVN awards -- hell we've never been to Vegas -- but after the Fleshbot/Jezebel tag-team liveblog of the Oscars of Porn, we're not sure we're missing anything. 11:22 PM DashBot: Evan Stone is Male Performer of the Year. 11:33 PM DashBot: And "Layout" won Best Film. 11:33 PM SlutMachine : So many people have left. The place is really empty. Tell you what, we'll give ya a wee rundown: Upload and Layout were the overall most-awarded films and Sasha Grey brought home two awards: Best Anal and Performer of the Year. Full and official rundown here, which you'd think would make the evening have seem a little more interesting. It doesn't.  Posted Jan 14 2008, 08:23 AM by Bryan Christian with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: porn, avn awards

• Porn Industry Rethinks HD, Putting the "Blue" Into Blu-Ray

  Playstation 3 owners, rejoice: you won't have to buy an XBox 360 to watch hi-def porn anymore. Read More... Posted Jan 11 2008, 02:01 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: porn, HD

• Ladies: Porn Legend and Career Counselor Nina Hartley Sez "Stay in School"

  When a bright, classy lady like smut entrepreneur Nina Hartley says there will never be another Jenna Jameson, dontcha have to just shut up and listen? Oh, and also cry? If you are independent, you can take yourself anywhere you want to go and utilize your abilities to your own advantage, as you are able. Some are more able and more capable than others. The most famous, of course, is Jenna Jameson, who I want to say to any young person reading this article: There will be no more Jenna Jamesons. There will be no more. Stop right now. Stay in school. After your college education, if you do decide that you want to do this, come on down. It will still be here. But there will be no more Jennas. She was an incredible, one-time-only, lightning-in-a-bottle type of thing that ain't going to happen again. Damn, Nina, tell us how you really feel! Posted Jan 10 2008, 02:57 PM by Bryan Christian with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: porn, Nina Hartley, what are you gonna do with your life?

• Hey Honey, Where's the Remote for the Porn Box?

  We remember when our parents caught us "flipping past" the Playboy channel as a kid. Embarrassing for us, probably more so for them. Well, if they'd had their own porn cable box that they could have unplugged, it wouldn't have been a problem. But that was the 80's and this is 2008 and such gadgets actually do exist. Read More... Posted Jan 10 2008, 12:21 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: porn, cable, consumer electronics show, cable box, electronics

• Security Breach Means More Spam For Porn Customers

  Hey kids, if you happen to be one of the many thousands of registered smut lovers whose sites of choice use Too Much Media's NATS system (no, we don't really know what it is either), we've got some bad news: you can expect a shit-ton more ads for "CI4LIS" in the new year. A New Jersey company that helps run thousands of pornography Web sites acknowledged a major security breach Wednesday, sparking widespread concern in the adult-entertainment industry that consumers' personal data could be endangered. According to industry chat boards that have been buzzing about the problem, the violation so far appears to be limited to e-mail addresses, with an avalanche of spam e-mail hitting Web site customers' inboxes - including unique addresses created for joining specific porn sites. John Albright, owner of the Too Much Media Corp., said in a statement Wednesday that no credit-card information was affected by the October incident. By one estimate, TMM's NATS system is used by up to 35% of the porn sites out there, which is no small share. If you think you're affected, we found some good guidelines of what to do at In Corruption We Trust, but we're not exactly experts in internet security here -- we're still waiting to hear back from some new business associates in Nigeria -- so use at your own risk. Posted Dec 28 2007, 08:34 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: porn, security

• Porn: For Those Times When Vodka Just Won't Cut It

  A 22-year-old man in Canada racked up an $83,000 cell phone bill after connecting the phone to his computer to use as a modem. Discovering Internet porn for the first time must be pretty exciting, and while we don't know for sure what he was downloading (he won't talk to the press, as Reuters points out because "he doesn't want to incur more long distance charges"), Reuters' headline "Lonely guy shocked to get $83,000 phone bill" makes it pretty clear. But the best part of all is the quote this guy's dad gave. Read More... Posted Dec 17 2007, 10:56 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: vodka, porn, cell phones, canada

• Because It's Friday

  Because it's Friday and we know you love boobs silent films: Porn star Katie Morgan takes us on a magical, topless journey back to the days of silent "porn" films. Unfortunately, we can't find the code to embed the video in Scanner, so you're going to have to make the long journey over to Fleshbot to watch it without us. Enjoy! Posted Dec 07 2007, 02:16 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: porn, katie morgan, fleshbot, silent film

• Better Than a Snow Day?

  Having a substitute teacher was always fun for us. It usually meant crossword puzzles, watching a movie or extra recess. But for some kids these days, it apparently means porn. A substitute teacher in Oklahoma is under fire for showing porn to teenage students on his cell phone while, of course, in the classroom. While we're relieved he wasn't showing it to six-year-olds, haven't people figured out by now that kids are tattle tales? Posted Dec 07 2007, 12:36 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: porn, school, teachers

• Today in Scanner Tech: That Xbox 360 Just Got Way More Useful

  Not that you guys would ever consider downloading videos illegally off the net, but if you ever were to engage in such blatant copyright violation, you might be interested to know that, should you also own an Xbox 360, watching that BitTorrent-ed screener dub of 30 Days of Night (or the third season of Battlestar, or, you know, whatever) just got a whole lot easier. Yesterday's update to the Xbox 360 Dashboard (that's "operating system," for all y'all non-nerds) allows for the playback of DivX and XviD video files from CD's, DVD's, or even your home network, straight onto your TV! Engadget has the details, and from their account, it's a fairly seamless operation, so if you got one, give it a try! We know; two three video game posts in a day. We'll try and de-nerd things a little around here for the next couple days to get things back to normal. Posted Dec 05 2007, 12:01 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: porn, piracy, xbox

• Suicide Girls Rated "F" by Better Business Bureau

  Did you know that the Better Business Bureau takes the time to rate smut sites? We sure as hell didn't. Guess when you're the controversial alt.porn site SuicideGirls.com, and have had a number of public dustups regarding both your content and your business practices, not all the extra attention winds up being good. In this case, it means being graded "F" by the L.A. branch of the leading consumer protection outfit in the country. Oh, btw, that ain't "F" for "foxy." We strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as that they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly misleading, they are not in compliance with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, their complaints contain especially serious allegations, or the company’s industry is known for its fraudulent business practices. Yikes. We're guessing there's more to this than people expecting more "alt" in their "alt.porn." Posted Nov 26 2007, 03:04 PM by Bryan Christian with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: porn, uncool workplaces, suicide girls

• AVN Awards Go Hardcore on Film Categories

  Next year's AVN Awards — y'know, the Oscars of the porn world — will apparently be the last one where video and film are treated as separate categories. "There are very few films now, and very few companies producing films," said AVN president Paul Fishbein, "so it doesn't make sense to have separate categories for [both films and videos in] acting, screenplay, editing, sex scenes, because pretty much everything is being shot on some sort of video format now. So while we love film, and we love the look and the feel of film, there just aren't enough anymore to justify all those extra categories. "If people make films, they'll be eligible in every category," Fishbein continued, "and if there are enough of them, then we'll have a separate Best Film category." So basically, if there's no need for an award at AVN, after a while they'll get rid of it. Huh. And that screenplay award has survived how, exactly? Posted Nov 21 2007, 11:58 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: porn, award shows, awards, AVN

• Let Us Now Praise Pornorific Spouses

  We were sort of curious when we first saw the article "You, Me and Porn Makes Three" on the Psychology Today website. But then somewhere in between its opening paragraph ("I'm very antipornography...") and its closing sentence ("You won't get a disease, but it could cost you your marriage."), we guessed that it probably wasn't going to have many insights that we would find useful. I mean, what's up with only talking to people over 30 for this piece? We're part of that demo, sure, but to our mind, if you're talking about porn and relationships and you skip the kids who grew up with the stuff, that's sort of like talking about country music and only interviewing city folk. Anyways. Here's the part where we count ourselves lucky that we're not waking up every day next to "Donna, 37," right? Hells yeah, it is! Meet us after the jump and we'll show you what we mean.   Read More... Posted Nov 08 2007, 12:40 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: porn, marriage, relationships, praise

• Maybe Torture Porn Would Be OK?

  Reverend Donald E. Wildmon might have figured out the only way to make U.S. soldiers' lives more miserable. He wants to ban smut from military-run stores. Ten years after Congress banned sales of sexually explicit material on military bases, the Pentagon is under fire for continuing to sell adult fare, such as Penthouse and Playmates In Bed, that it doesn’t consider explicit enough to pull from its stores. [...]  “They’re saying ‘we’re not selling stuff that’s sexually explicit’ … and we say it’s pornography,” says Donald Wildmon, head of the American Family Association, a Christian anti-pornography group. A letter-writing campaign launched Friday by opponents of the policy aims to convince Congress to “get the Pentagon to obey the law,” he adds. Apparently this all stems from a 1996 law that Wildmon and others claim is not being enforAAAAAARGHHHH! GODDAMMIT!!! WHAT, YOU CAN DIE FOR A COUNTRY BUT YOU CAN'T SEE ITS' CITIZENS NAKED?!?!?!?! Oh, man, shit like this makes us so angry we can't blog straight!!! All right, we clearly need a drink. Or five. Well, maybe we'll just leave you with some words of wisdom from memekiller, a commenter on Carpetbagger Report, where this item originally appeared: "Look, when a guy’s manning a rocket launcher, you WANT him to masturbate." Amen to that. (Item via Alternet, Image [!] via Queerty)  Posted Nov 07 2007, 11:59 AM by Bryan Christian with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: porn, we're fucked, Wildmon

• Online Smut: Saving The World One Wank at a Time

  We've always found "Freaknomics" to be decidedly lacking in the "freaking" department. Good thing Todd Kendall, an associate professor at the Clemson University School of Economics, is around. According to Reason magazine, his study "Pornography, Rape, and the Internet," postulates that online porn may actually contribute to the common good: In a paper presented at Stanford Law School last year, he reported that, after adjusting for other differences, states where Internet access expanded the fastest saw rape decline the most. A 10 percent increase in Internet access, Kendall found, typically meant a 7.3 percent reduction in the number of reported rapes. The theory is that by watching someone else engage in an act, the impulse to violently perform that act may be bypassed altogether. Actually this is a pretty well documented phenomenon. Did you know that nationwide, incidences of getting hit in the jewels by a child fell 9.5% after the premiere of America's Funniest Home Videos?  Posted Nov 06 2007, 12:59 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: porn, masturbation, the law

• Drive-By Porn Recommendation: Tinto Brass

  Scanner has friends. And sometimes, we talk with those friends about our jobs. And sometimes they go, "Awwww, man, I wanna write about porn all day!" And we point out that, actually, we don't write about porn all day. We don't even WATCH porn hardly (that falls to the other two nutjobs writing this page). But anyway, they still want to write about porn, and honestly, who are we to stop them? Here at Scanner, we make dreams come true. Please allow me to introduce you to my addiction to finding porn (or really good soft-core) on Netflix. And I’m not talking about Last Tango in Paris (who hasn’t seen that shit?). I’m talking trippy “did I just see that” shit. I’m talking the kind of film that makes you check the synopsis on the DVD sleeve more than once to see who directed it. Ladies and gents, I give you Tinto Brass, the principal photographer on Caligula (and you KNOW that was freaky). Some call Tinto the Italian Russ Meyer. I just call him “sensei”. This man has done more for butts than King magazine. So if you like your soft-core a little more well-rounded, please check out 1992’s All Ladies Do It or, my favorite, 2000’s Cheeky. The man knows how to shoot some ass.— Stephen Owen Posted Nov 01 2007, 10:00 AM by sarahhepola with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: scanner book club, porn

• Happy Halloween! Want a Pumpkin Face Job?

  "Why?" You ask. "Because we could," the Pumpkin Porn website replies. Don't know about you, but we'll stick with the Gene Simmons with ham tongue pumpkin, thank you very much.  Posted Oct 29 2007, 01:02 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: bizarre crap, halloween, porn

• Porno Hankies: Perfect for Blowing Your Nose...or Your Wad

  Every time crafting meets perving, an angel gets its wings.   Posted Oct 26 2007, 11:00 AM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: bizarre crap, porn, crafts

• UsHappy! YouPorn Is Safe for Now.

  Remember statute 18 U.S.C. 2257 that would require anyone producing porn, amateur or otherwise, to keep a record of performers' proof of age? Didn't so much fly with the First Amendment. According to the court, this statute would "chill" free speech: To appreciate why speech would be chilled, consider the following. A couple wishes to take photographs of themselves engaging in sexual activity. To do so means compiling records, affixing statements, maintaining such records for at least five years, and opening their property up for visitation by government officials to inspect the records. It seems unlikely the couple would choose to speak when faced with such requirements, which if violated means being guilty of a felony punishable by up to five years in prison plus fines. Hear that, people? Take out those handycams and get your homemade porn on. We're shooting the sequel to Robocock tonight in our basement if anyone wants to come by and operate the boom.  Posted Oct 26 2007, 10:04 AM by Nicole Pasulka with | with no comments Filed under: porn

• Will the Real Violet Blue Please Stand Up?

  Blogging "sexpert" and San Francisco Gate columnist Violet Blue is suing a porn star who she claims stole her name (and sometimes her look) to do lots and lots of porn and give creepy, racist interviews. So, this explains what happened that time we were looking for information on rimming, and ended up watching Bang My White Tight Ass 26--er, wait--no it doesn't.      Posted Oct 25 2007, 12:02 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: porn, violet blue, sexpert

• Please Government, Don't Take Our PornoTube!

  We understand the need to keep underage people from acting in porn. We do! What we do not understand is why this has to mean a possible end for user-generated porn sites like YouPorn and PornoTube. Regina Lynn at Wired explains some stuff about a proposed change to 18 U.S.C. 2257 blah-dee-blah, and says that every naked web star to grace a video-sharing site will have to submit a photo ID and state their full name, date of birth, etc. to prove they're of age. Lynn thinks this is bunk because it will mean the end of adult social networking sites and discourage people from getting on online and, for once, we agree with her when she says, good luck, folks. But deep down, we worry that "regulate" will just mean "shut down and leave Nicole stranded and crying for free porn." Posted Oct 19 2007, 01:49 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with no comments Filed under: porn, pornotube, regina lynn