Yesterday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down a federal law requiring sexually explicit channels to block completely signals sent to non-subscribing households, drew comments from the Vivid Entertainment Group. nnBill Asher, President of Vivid and the senior executive of The Hot Network and The Hot Zone, praised Playboy Enterprises (NYSE:PLA) for "its tenacity and willingness to pursue this important First Amendment case." There are only four significant pay-per-view adult services, by far the largest of which are The Hot Network and Playboy TV. The third and fourth largest are Vivid's The Hot Zone and Spice, owned by Playboy. Together The Hot Network and The Hot Zone serve more than 25 million households. nnAsher said: "Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruling has a direct effect on only two companies in the U.S., Vivid and Playboy, we think this significant test of the First Amendment impacts everyone. Last year we publicly expressed our confidence that the Court would find that Section 505 of the 1996 law regarding scrambling of adult programming is unconstitutional because it is a clear case of overkill. We congratulate Playboy for its victory in leading the way to getting this section overturned. The Hot Network and The Hot Zone take seriously our obligation to protect children, and we have strong barriers that prevent access to adult material by minors. Additional blocking devices are readily available if parents want them installed by cable systems."
All models were at least 18 years old at the time of their performance. 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement.
