The
movie camera has
been used for pornography throughout its history, but pornographic movies were
for most of that time typically only available in the United States by
underground distribution, for projection at home or in private clubs.
More permissive legislation
permitted the rise of "XXX-rated" movie theaters in
the U.S. in
the 1970s. There was also a proliferation of
coin-operated "movie booths" in sex shops that
displayed pornographic "loops" (so-called because they projected a
movie from film arranged in a continuous loop).
At
that time, pornographic movies even approached acceptance into the mainstream
movie industry, with films such as Deep
Throat, Behind
the Green Door and Gerard Damiano's 1972 film The
Devil in Miss Jones being shot
on film with high production values, and grossing substantial amounts in movie
theaters.
A few large companies operating out
of Southern California's San Fernando Valley are responsible
for much of the pornography produced
in the United States. The distribution of
pornography has changed radically after the 1980s with videotape and cable television largely displacing
X-rated theaters. Video distribution in turn is in the process of being
replaced by DVD (and
Internet distribution for niche
markets). Distribution of pornography is a large industry which involves major
entertainment companies such as AOL-Time Warner (which profits from
pornography through its cable channels, and in-room movies provided by hotel
chains).
Pornography in the United States
tends to feature mostly blonde women with large breasts (usually augmented by breast implants) and buttocks and often with tattoos
or
body
piercing. Men in pornography tend to be older and heavily muscled. American
pornography movies often attempt to promote pornographic stars, and the boxes
for video tapes tend to be extremely gaudy. Plot in pornographic
movies
is
often minimal.
With
the advent of AIDS in
the 1980s, HIV transmission between
performers resulted in a number of deaths, including that of the famous erotic
actor John
Holmes.
After
this, the pornography industry instituted a system of testing for the HIV virus
designed to prevent the spread of the virus within the industry. In general,
the pornography industry does not depict safer sex:
mainstream pornographic movies now depict a range of behaviors including anal sex that
are high risk activities for STD transmission, as if the taboo status of
these activities has made them more thrilling for the consumers of pornography.
Anal sex and other similar activities are now part of U.S. heterosexual
pornography in a way that was unprecedented before the outbreak of AIDS.
See
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H.I.V. Scare Shuts Down Some Southern California Porn
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Los Angeles Sharon Mitchell, head of
the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, says some actors on
voluntary quarantine had sex with the two H.I.V.-positive performers. Others
had sex with the partners of the two H.I.V.-positive actors. Mitchell says a veteran
male performer tested positive last week for the virus that causes AIDS.
Thursday, one of about a dozen women he'd had film sex with recently also
tested positive. An industry magazine says she's 19 and new to the business. Mitchell's clinic screens
12-hundred performers a month. She says many actors have unprotected film sex
because it pays better. One major company says it's not participating in the
moratorium because it has a mandatory policy of protected sex and frequent
screenings. Southern California's porn industry, which is centered in the San Fernando Valley, generates sales of between $4 billion and $13 billion a year. |
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Florida judge rules 'Girls Gone Wild' video of teen is not child
porn
By Associated
Press
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
PANAMA
CITY, Fla. - A videotape of an underage girl exposing her breasts is not child
pornography, a judge decided Tuesday in a criminal case against the producer of
the ``Girls Gone Wild'' video series.
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Joe Francis, 30, and several of his employees were arrested at Panama City
Beach while filming during spring break last April. Bay County sheriff's
deputies charged Francis with racketeering related to prostitution and other
crimes, based largely on videotapes of girls under 18.
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Many of the 43 counts he faces hinge on what conduct is considered illegal or
pornographic.
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``This ruling shows that the entire fabric of that claim is wrong,'' said defense
lawyer Aaron Dyer of Los Angeles. Dyer said he expected the ruling to undermine
at least 90 percent of the case.
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Circuit Judge Michael C. Overstreet made his decision in ordering that defense
lawyers be allowed to copy tape confiscated during a search of Francis' rented
condominium last spring.
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Prosecutors had tried to prevent the copying on grounds the videotape showing a
girl ``flashing'' her breasts was illegal child pornography. Florida's child
pornography law makes the depiction of ``sexual conduct'' illegal and defines
that term to include physical contact. There was no physical contact in the
video.
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State Attorney Jim Appleman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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Prosecutors contend Francis and his video crew enticed girls they knew were
underage to expose themselves. The defendants deny the allegation and say the
girls had lied about their ages.
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Francis owns Mantra Entertainment Inc. of Santa Monica, Calif., which produces
and distributes the videos.
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