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T.I.M. CONTINUES TO BATTLE MICHAEL WEINSTEIN, AHF AND CalOSHA TO SAVE PORN IN CALIFORNIA
San Francisco, CA — January 23, 2014 — In the wake of a Cal/OSHA ruling, San Francisco based studio Treasure Island Media (TIM) has vowed to continue the fight for freedom of expression and sexuality for the entire industry.
The case started in 2009 when the non-profit organization AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) filed an official complaint with Cal/OSHA. This forced the agency to act as a policing agent against the adult entertainment industry, ultimately wasting US tax dollars through mandatory spending.
From the start, Treasure Island Media knew there was more at stake than a couple of fines. “We’re not just a company being attacked but a culture—one that believes the sex of HIV positive men should be open, celebrated, and embraced as we enter a new era where HIV is no longer looked down upon as a death sentence,” declared TIM owner and founder Paul Morris.
A formal hearing was held in February and April of 2013, four years after the citations were issued. Earlier this month, after nine months of deliberation, Administrative Law Judge Mary Dryovage finally delivered a decision, gutting the fines for two violations of the blood borne pathogen regulations by dropping one from $9,000 to $6,300 and the other from $9,000 to $0. “Having the fines lowered by a total of nearly two-thirds is a very significant win for us,” said Karen Tynan, Treasure Island Media’s attorney.
Tynan went on to say, “We will be appealing the decision with a Petition for Reconsideration on the grounds that the decision was unsupported by the facts.” Among the issues regarding the sufficiency of evidence: Cal/OSHA’s star witness was a disgruntled former employee who had been terminated in 2010 and their medical expert was an osteopath who last treated communicable diseases almost twenty years ago.
At issue was The 1000 Load Fuck, directed by Morris. The 2009 video pushes the envelope, taking porn into taboo regions of the forbidden and depraved. In a bold and unprecedented experiment, one young man voluntarily takes a gallon of semen up his ass.
“We watched the video over and over and over. Then we watched it in slow motion, reverse, and paused it on almost every frame,” said TIM General Manager Matt Mason, who testified for almost a day and a half and withstood hours of cross examination by Cal/OSHA attorney Kathryn Woods. “The state prosecutors took special interest in the turkey baster and the liquid fun in that scene.”
According to Karen Tynan, “The regulations that Cal/OSHA is imposing on the adult industry were originally intended for hospitals, nursing homes, and funeral homes, and require gloves, goggles, and every imaginable impermeable material to be used during sex. It’s ludicrous, and we’re appealing.”
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Treasure Island Media (T.I.M.) is the world’s most watched, most-imitated and fastest growing producer of all-male entertainment. Paul Morris, founder and owner of T.I.M., is dedicated to the support of wildly creative free expression. “More a cult than a porn studio,” Treasure Island Media supports innovative intellectual and artistic work worldwide.
New Barbary Coast Distribution (NBCD), a whole-owned subsidiary of Treasure Island Media, is the most reliable and reputable wholesale distributor of all-male content. Beyond offering the best flicks from more than 70 studios, NBCD is also the exclusive North American distributor for Treasure Island Media and MECOS Films as well as their own original content series Cheap Thrills and Knocked Out, Jerked Off.
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There is something suspicious with Michael Weinstein; is he AHF’s only spokesperson? Does he have a grudge against the adult industry? Rather than work with the adult industry to improve working conditions for performers, he chooses to practically shut it down.
Word is he owns a stake in a condom company
Weinstein is a pathetic man who should be fired from his position with the AHF for dereliction of duty and mismanagement.