Posted on 10/20/2005 10:51:13 AM PDT by Crackingham
Even by American adult film industry standards, Rob Zicari has long turned stomachs and generated disgust for his filmed depictions of rape and violence against women and also the desecration of the Bible.
"He makes the vilest of products and has long violated taboos in the adult industry," said Luke Ford, a Los Angles-based journalist who has covered the industry and has known Zicari, 31 -- who works under the name "Rob Black" -- for a decade.
U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan on Wednesday asked the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a judge's decision to dismiss a 2003 indictment against Zicari, his wife Janet Romano, and their production company, Extreme Associates, on charges of violating federal obscenity laws.
The couple and their company were accused of selling tapes and downloadable video clips -- with titles like "Forced Entry" and "Extreme Teen #24" -- to an undercover U.S. postal inspector and others in the Pittsburgh area.
If Buchanan wins, the case could have far-reaching implications for the multibillion-dollar American porn industry, which is centered in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles.
"If Mary Beth is successful, and the conviction is upheld, it will open up a can of worms for the government to work their way through the food chain to Larry Flynt and others," said Mike South, an adult film director based in Atlanta.
"It means the government will be going after more people," he said.
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Marteen, this has your name all over it...
He has angered religious people by having actors rip up Bibles in the name of sex.
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Common, this is America not Pakistan... People that are offended by such things only lend credence to the 'offenders'.
Let the man make his revolting films and let government return to doing what it is supposed to do.
xsmommy spotted on Liberty Ave with marteen's webcam.
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Your former employer in trouble?
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I believe Ihave seen something like extreem teen. My understanding is all models are 18 or over.
Where do you draw the line? At child porn? Or not at all?
Gee, I wonder why he doesn't have his "actors" rip up korans?
Where do you draw the line? At child porn? Or not at all?
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? What does child porn have to do with this? We are talking about videotaping the behavior of consenting adults. Government has no business regulating that.
Obviously, child porn is a crime because children cannot consent.
Sure as long as he desecrates the Koran as well then we'll all be on an equal footing.
oh yuck.
i am from Pittsburgh originally and just having it linked in a thread to porn was pretty mindboggling~!
Like taxing us to death and beyond?
I'm originally from Mt. Lebanon and can't equate Pgh. with porn either.
If taxes are high enough...you can't afford porn!!!!
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