Morning Wood

· The New York Post gets their panties in a bunch about "sickening" and "tasteless" porn shoots (including ones by Joe Gallant's Black Mirror Productions) in public places in New York City: "When confronted with the facts, New Yorkers have found them stomach turning." (Except New Yorkers who read Fleshbot, who will probably be more concerned with knowing whether their buildings made it into the background shots of
Ultra Vixens NYC
.) (NY Post, registration required - thanks J.; see also "Manhattan: Your Isle of Porn" @ Gawker)

· Sony says it thinks the concept of PSP porn is "utterly undesirable". (Not that most of us have any problem with that either.) (Gamespot)

· Meanwhile, the Free Speech Coalition files massive lawsuit against the new 2257 regulations, prepares for "legal battle that may determine whether it can survive against the onslaughts of the Bush administration's anti-adult agenda". (AVN)

· Michael Jackson says he wants his porn back, since all those copies of "Total Teen Filth", "Over 50", and "Plumpers and Big Women" don't just grow on trees, you know. (news24.com)

· Why did Slashdong see fit to report on a haptic cow butt simulator? Because it's, well, there. (slashdong.org)

· Congrats to Jenna Jameson, who made the the Forbes 100 list for doing "a far better job of exploiting herself than any sleazy peddler could hope to do". We always knew she had it in her! (forbes.com)

· Xbiz publishes a two-part history of Porn Valley and how it got to be that way—because all those back alley soundstages weren't built in a day, you know. (Xbiz)

· With all this other important news this morning, you might not think you'd be interested in what's going on during Fashion Week in Brazil. But you'd be wrong. (news.yahoo.com - thanks Sanj)

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