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Robert D. Zicari a.k.a. Rob Black (born c. 1973) is a U.S. pornographer. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
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Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ...
In 2003, Zicari, his wife Janet Romano (a.k.a. Lizzy Borden) and his company Extreme Associates were indicted for violating federal obscenity laws by distributing pornographic materials, some of which depicted simulated rape. The case is U.S. v. Extreme Associates. Obscenity has several connotations. ...
The company is located in Northridge near Los Angeles, but the trial takes place in Pittsburgh, from where under-cover agents ordered the offending materials. Northridge is a community in the City of Los Angeles. ...
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Zicari remained in business during the trial; he markets and sells the five tapes that are at the center of the prosecution as The Federal Five, with a portion of the sales price going to his defense fund. (Production and distribution of obscenity is illegal, while mere possession is not.)
In April 2004, Zicari engaged in a public dispute with fellow pornographer Larry Flynt, who also had to fight various obscenity trials in the past. Zicari asked the adult industry for financial support to aid in his defense; Flynt declined, saying that he only promotes consensual sex and that Zicari's actions harmed the industry as a whole. Larry Claxton Flynt (born November 1, 1942) is the head of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP), producing over twenty magazines, including Hustler with an annual turnover of around $150 million. ...
During a hearing in November 2004, Zicari's lawyer argued that the right to privacy gave individuals the constitutional right to view offending materials in private, a right which cannot be meaningfully exercised without a corresponding right of companies to distribute such materials. The prosecution countered that an individual's right to privacy is unrelated to a company's right to commercial distribution. The right to privacy is a purported human right and an element of various legal traditions which may restrain both government and private party action. ...
On January 20 2005, the District Court judge dropped the charges, agreeing with the defense that the Federal anti-obscenity statutes are unconstitutional. The department of Justice announced (Feb.16 2005) it is to appeal the ruling. [1] (http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2005/February/05_crm_066.htm) The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. ...
Constitutionality is the status of a law, procedure, or act being in accordance with the laws or guidelines contained in a constitution. ...
XPW
Zicari and Romano were also influential in the XPW independent professional wrestling promotion, which often featured adult movie stars and action that blurred the line between truly serious injury and sports entertainment. Indy is short for independent and is sometimes spelled indie. In professional wrestling, the indy circuit refers to the many independent wrestling promotions that are much smaller and have lower budgets than the WWE. As such, most of these promotions offer low salaries (one of the smallest indy promotions is...
Sports entertainment is a type of entertainment that superficially takes the form of a sporting event, but with more emphasis on dramatic storylines, humor, spectacle or titilation than on the contest of althletic skills. ...
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