Digital Playground Vs. The State Of Maryland

Over the past few months, Digital Playground has organized screenings of "Pirates 2" at college campuses across the country, with remarkably little controversy. Well, until last week.

Students at the University of Maryland were all set to attend a screening of the most important porno ever made—until some state legislators caught wind of where, exactly, these pirates were sticking their swords. In response, Sen. Andrew P. Harris (R-Baltimore County) introduced a bill to withhold state funding from any public university that allowed the screening of a triple-X film, which caused university officials to cancel the screening, which in turn led to a flurry of press (including Adella, DP's director of marketing, appearing on CNN to defend the adult industry).

And it doesn't end there: protesting of the university's decision, a group of students are planning to screen the film anyway, preceding the XXX action with a discussion of free speech, and how it relates to the pride of Porn Valley.

Man, we miss college.

· Porn Flick Screening at U-Md. Still On, as Is Funding Threat (washingtonpost.com)
· Image of Jesse Jane courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)