Piracy Is Naughty: Porn Stars

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(NEWSER) - Charlie Sheen's big on pulling crazy crap these days, so why not add to his resume? Steven Hirsch of adult film factory Vivid Entertainment writes the actor/crazyman a letter saying, “We think it would be great if you would come in and direct" its next movie "within the next several days," reports CNN . “You pick the scenarios, positions, etc. The fact that you are the ultimate connoisseur of adult films would definitely work to your advantage.” Working title of the parody: Two and a Half Women. More»

Participants help out behind the scenes, and sometimes on camera

(NEWSER) - If Club Med is too boring for you, why not try a new vacation idea in 2010: Porn Week. The travel company offers tourists the chance to watch a porn movie being made, with the bonus opportunity of helping out behind the scenes—or, in the case of a few new porn stars who got their start at Porn Week, helping out in the scenes themselves, CNBC reports. More»

She says they broke up because he picked porn over her

(NEWSER) - Sounds like someone's in the wrong business: Tera Patrick, half of the now-separated "first couple of porn," is "not a sexual person," ex Evan Seinfeld says, telling the New York Post , "We barely had sex in our own marriage." Seinfeld's comments came after Patrick suggested that Seinfeld chose working in porn over their marriage. "I didn't choose porn over her," he retorts. "I chose freedom." More»

(NEWSER) - The American porn movie biz is not so hot anymore, and the recession isn't the only reason. Porn entrepreneurs say free content on the Internet is horning in on their business, reports the Los Angeles Times. "The opportunities in this industry really are disappearing," said a star of several hard-core porn films. "It's extremely stressful." Revenue for most porn production and distribution companies has dropped as much as 50% since 2007, say insiders. More»

Account briefly pulled after complaint of copyright infringement

(NEWSER) - Lady Gaga's account is one of the most popular on YouTube but that didn't save it from being suspended for copyright violations yesterday. Before it was reinstated later in the day, a notice said the account had been pulled because of "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's copyright policy," AP reports. The offending clip appears to have been footage from the singer's recent appearance on a Japanese TV show, according to Time Out Tokyo . More»