<![CDATA[Fleshbot: straight, schemes]]> http://tags.fleshbot.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/fleshbot.com.png <![CDATA[Fleshbot: straight, schemes]]> http://fleshbot.com/tag/straight/schemes http://fleshbot.com/tag/straight/schemes <![CDATA[TheNetGirls: Yet Another Way To Lose All Your Money In Vegas]]> The only industry that gets less respect than porn these days is the mortgage industry, which is probably why one mortgage broker gave up the foreclosure game in order to sell a different kind of American Dream. Like a well-financed subprime loan, TheNetGirls offers the promise of a weekend in Vegas with 50 hot internet girls along with food, drinks, and cash prizes ... but will more than likely leave you broke, alone, and wondering how you ever got talked into such a scheme. It actually sounds a lot like a trip to the AVN Expo, but with cheaper food and less angst and despair!

· "Mortgage Lender Shutters Business, Launches Adult Website" (xbiz.com)
· The Net Girls (thenetgirls.com)

]]> http://fleshbot.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5039943&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Movie Ratings Now Available In Porn Form!]]> The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the UK's equivalent of our MPAA, tasked with wagging a finger at naughty movie producers and then sticking a rating label on their films to let teenagers know which films they should sneak into to see naked boobs and people getting murdered. In an effort to be more accessible, they recently announced a "scheme" to extend those ratings to online videos—including those on hardcore porn sites. The system is currently voluntary, but websites and content producers can sign up (for a reasonable fee, of course) and will then get to stamp a big blue sticker on their products showing the official approval (or disapproval) of their movies.

So why would an adult company sign on when all their films are clearly restricted and won't be shown in theaters anyway? Because having a official BBFC rating is pretty much the only way to guarantee that you won't get arrested for trying to sell your movie in censor-happy Great Britain. In other words: "Pay to join our club and you (probably) won't go to jail. You're welcome!"

· bbfc - the official website of the bbfc (bbfc.org.uk)
· British Film Board OKs Using Ratings for Movies Online (xbiz.com)
· Midnight Madness (via strictlybroadband.com; PDF press release about joining the scheme here.)

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