Adult Film Company Says College Crackdowns Won't Stop Movies.( Ron Jeremy Coming to a town near you)

For those on FR who are sympathetic to porn as a necessary outlet (and I am one) this is scary and tacky.

Feminisists are silent while pop culture adores a school slut by the name of Brittany Spears. Remember"American Beauty"? What wont girls do to be popular, eh?

In the words of Roger Waters in Amused to Death and In The Flesh..."oh Western Woman, Western girl....'

With digital camcorders now shot on and with high end television resolutions , pornography has become a very very graphic business- up close and personal. Its is also a drug of choice, downloadeable to desktops and TV sets via Time Warner ( ie, Larry Flynts "Barely Legal").

Chatsworth California, the home of porn, has been trying to stick itself into the mainstream. Charly Sheen, Ron Jermy, etc.through the back doors of Hollywood. Porn likes the back door.

(CNSNews.com)- College presidents beware: An adult film company could be headed to your campus.

That is the message Indiana University is sending after Los Angeles-based Shane Enterprises, maker of "Shane's World" videos, showed up at the Bloomington campus in early October to tape a segment for a sex movie.

The university also has a message for Shane Enterprises executives -- if the company's film stars ever set foot on campus again, they could be charged with trespassing.

That threat does not scare the adult film company, which caters to a college audience by filming student sex acts. A publicist said the company has no plans to alter its business practices and it would not hesitate to visit another college campus in the future.

"We've already had several e-mails from students at various colleges inviting us," said Calli Cox, a Shane Enterprises spokeswoman and adult film actress. "We have nothing planned, but if the situation arises and someone wants us to come, we're definitely going to do it."

Indiana University spokeswoman Jane Jankowski said Cox should stay away or face possible criminal charges.

"We notified them that if their company came back to campus, we would consider that trespassing," Jankowski said. "We have an open campus, but we have a policy that requires permission for any company that wants to film a movie or do some sort of taping. It's very clear that did not happen in this case."

Shane Enterprises has riled campus administrators with the production of two recent films. "Shane's World No. 32: Campus Invasion," featuring Indiana University students, will be released next week. But even before it was taped, Arizona State University was reprimanding students for their involvement in "Shane's World No. 29: Frat Row Scavenger Hunt 3."

Four on-campus fraternities in Tempe were involved in the production of the video, which was taped in July. Following a university investigation in September, two fraternities were suspended, one was placed on probation and another left campus as a result of an earlier violation.

"The actions of the Arizona State University students who participated in -- or tolerated -- the making of a sexually explicit video in several ASU fraternities constitute behavior that is completely and utterly unacceptable," the university's president, Michael Crow, said in a statement.

Indiana University Chancellor Sharon Stephens Brehm took a similar stance. She condemned the taping in a statement released Friday, and announced that at least two students could be brought up on campus judicial charges.

"These were deplorable actions by a company intent on exploiting the university and our students," Brehm said. "These are sexual predators whose behavior violates all basic principles of common decency."

Between 20 and 30 students signed releases to appear in the flick, which was filmed mostly at private locations off campus. But one scene, shot in a campus dormitory, has generated a bundle of attention. L

Of the two students now facing disciplinary action from the university, one allegedly let the crew into the dorm and another allegedly participated in a sex act in a public area, according to a university statement.

Cox maintains the company did nothing wrong. She said the company did not trespass since the school is located on public land and the camera crew only entered the dorm after being invited by students. When a staff member confronted them, Cox said the crew left immediately.

"We feel bad for any students who are going to receive disciplinary action for the things they did behind closed doors in the privacy of their own rooms," she said. "They are adults and they've made adult decisions. It's not the university's responsibility to monitor what goes on in the private lives of students."

Theresa Hennessey, spokeswoman for Playboy Enterprises, echoed that sentiment. She said her company's famed magazine has faced the same type of criticism for its annual college issue. Many of those concerns were aired in the spring when Playboy was holding photo shoots.

The annual issue came out in October and is among Playboy's biggest sellers, Hennessey said.

"The schools really shouldn't be controlling what the students do in their free time," she said. "Everything was conducted off campus, so it wasn't interfering with schoolwork or the university. The girls are free to do what they want."

"College students have sex anyway," Cox added. "That's something that occurs. There's definitely a market to produce adult videos for that age group."

Even if that is the case, Indiana University hopes other schools can avoid controversy by taking steps in advance.

"We hope that other campuses will be aware," Jankowski said. "Somebody else could be next, so just have your antenna up if there are people who look out of place on your campus."

Thank you for confirming my statement. Working in this industry, I was well aware of the facts involved, have seen similar reports .... but was too lazy to include them.

Did you also know that Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the airplane so they could look down women's tops? < /sarcasm>

Other than forbidding a commercial enterprise on school property, there isn't a whole lot the school can (or should) do.

Not just school property, but state government-owned property as well, and should the university's trustees permit some commercial business operations on that property while discriminating against others, they're just begging for a lawsuit...and, since they receive Title 44 federal funding, it'll be in federal court, where triple damages can be imposed for their *arbitrary and capricious actions.*

Too, Indiana has an Official Misconduct statute that can also be applied to those who approve such unevenly administered decisions. And though just a misdemeanor for the first offense, a second could fall under the Indiana state racketeering statute- a felony....

Besides, I don't think the IU Board of Trustees, particularly P.A. Mack, want anyone looking too close at their background....

No, Hodar is not correct. You are confusing the Internet with "web sites". Maybe the most hit web sites are porn sites, i don't know. The Internet is the sum of networked computers. Don't confuse the "Internet" with some web sites hosted at some ISPs that will probably be out of business in a year or two.
Communication has made the Internet what it is today. If you have to pin one thing down to say something has made the Internet what it is today, that would be none other than the still dominant Internet Killer application called "Email".

Don't confuse the "Internet" with some web sites hosted at some ISPs that will probably be out of business in a year or two. Communication has made the Internet what it is today.

And how much do you pay for email? The internet consists of hundreds of millionss (if not billions) of dollars of hardware (routers, switchers, servers, fiber, uplinks, ect) each with a real tangible cost. ISP providers do not make enough money on an individual person to pay for their overhead, thus the industry of webhosting was created. Webhosting is a lucritive business, as the web site purchases bandwidth and data space at a premium; thus the webhost charges the website money based upon the bandwidth the website consumes. The dominate force in webhosting is porn, still. Porn brings in 'real' cash, as individuals who subscribe are paying their ISP (~$20/month) and the porn site of their choice an additional $40-200. Email, although convenient does not require the bandwidth, streaming video and audio requirements that real-time porn does. Furthermore, one does not need DSL and cablemodems to read email, but to watch streaming video and to download large files, this is required. So, basically those who subscribe for the porn services, are buying the equipment we all get to use.

The dominate force in webhosting is porn, still
Believe it or not many people lease DSL/cable connections for home use other than porn.
And look at all the millions companys spend for bandwidth,hardware, etc to do business. (That's where the bulk of the money is spent,not mom/pop hosting companys). Take a look at netcraft sometime & see which hosting companys are making money & what their customer base is.
Listen, I don't doubt your claim that porn on the Internet is a very lucrative business. Just don't be confused into thinking its the reason the Internet is where it is today, because that's not the case.
Porn users didn't buy the Internet hardware. A lot greedy/uninformed venture capitalists did along with companys that have very deep pockets.

I do see your point, we just see things a little differently. I do think that the Porn industry does take advantage of people, but it's people that have asked for it so what can you say? I don't see a problem with porn, but I totally respect your take on the situation even if we don't agree.

I don't see a problem with porn, but I totally respect your take on the situation even if we don't agree.

I appreciate that, however the problem is that too many others do not see the problem. And I know it's not from lack of knowledge, but a turning away from seeing the inherit evil.

This has to do with accepting certain truths.

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