Titan Media
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Titan Media is a San Francisco-based gay pornographic film
company founded by director and cinematographer Bruce Cam in 1995.
In 2007, Cam refused to accept a David Award because of its acceptance of bareback
films.http://www.xbiz.com/news/85598
In 2008, they were against a proposed bill by Charles Calderon to increase the California porn tax to 25%.http://www.gayporntimes.com/hardnews/page/130/?s=gayporntimes
In 2011, Falcon Studios, Raging Stallion
and Titan Media
joined with the anti-piracy company Porn Guardian.http://jrlchartsonline.net/JRL2010/index.php/2011/03/titan-media-team-with-porn-guardian-to-target-piracy-online/
, Los Angeles Gay Pride
, San Francisco Gay Pride
, Dore Alley, and Folsom Street East.
alleging copyright infringement. It alleged that 220 Titan Media photographs were published on the LFP owned website StudClub.
In December 2003 the company asked file sharing
website Kazaa
to block its users from downloading 1,400 of its films. Titan alleged that Kazaa's owner Sharman Networks
had the capacity to monitor activity on the network through "spyware
" installed on users' computers, and that it could use that capability to block its users from downloading its films. In January 2004 Titan wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee, complaining that Kazaa had refused to cooperate. Kazaa had told a Senate committee in 2003 that it would improve its content filters to help users avoid offensive material.
In 2007, they claimed $2.7 million in damages for copyright infringement and other alleged violations against GayForIt, a video hosting website.http://www.jrlchartsonline.net/news-titan-sues-glbt-limited-for-copyright-infringement.php
In March 2010, Channel One Releasing http://c1r.com, Corbin Fisher Entertainment
and Titan Media/Io Group, filed a $29 million suit against the two operators of three gay adult web sites over the alleged infringement of more than 200 videos. http://www.xbiz.com/news/124263
In spring 2010, they won a $1.35 million default judgment against Antelope Media, which operates MonsterCockTube.com. U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney granted the judgment after the defendants, Thorsten Palicki and Maik Herrmann, failed to file an opposition. http://business.avn.com/articles/gay/Titan-Wins-1-35M-Judgment-Against-MonsterCockTube-com-398692.html (AVN
) To this date the website MonsterCockTube.com remains in the ownership of the defendants after Titan Media were refused a turnover order for the domain. Since that date no further court action has been taken against Antelope Media or their German owners. http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2008cv04050/208692/126/ ([Justia])
In 2011, their anti-piracy motion was denied by Susan Illston
.http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-11-22/business/17518438_1_riaa-pacific-bell-internet-services-online-piracy/2 (San Francisco Gate)
In June 2011 an article appeared on online news site TorrentFreak.com 'U.S. P2P Lawsuit Shows Signs of a ‘Pirate Honeypot’'. http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-p2p-lawsuit-shows-signs-of-a-pirate-honeypot-110601/
: AdamMale Drops Bareback Video Titles by Rhett Pardon on 2/12/09); General Counsel: Gill Sperlein
, Marco Blaze, David Anthony, JR Matthews, Christopher Saint, Will Parker
, Tibor Wolfe http://jrlchartsonline.net/JRL2010/index.php/2010/09/titan-media-signs-tibor-wolfe-as-exclusive-performer/
2010: Best Newcomer (European Union)-Alex Marte (HustlaBall Award) http://jrlchartsonline.net/JRL2010/index.php/2010/10/the-gay-adult-film-star-winners-at-the-2010-hustlaball-in-berlin/
2009: Best Fetish Film (Grabby Award); GLBT Studio of the Year (XBIZ Award
)
2008: ManNet’s 12th Annual Best 100 Videos of The Year http://www.xbiz.com/news/103261; Best Videography & Maleflixxx VOD People’s Choice Award (Grabby Award)
2008 XBIZ Award
: GLBT Studio of the Year
2009 XBIZ Award
: GLBT Studio of the Year
2010 XBIZ Award
: Gay Studio of the Year
2011 XBIZ Award
: Gay Studio of the Year
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
company founded by director and cinematographer Bruce Cam in 1995.
Overview
The company grew to become one of the largest producers of gay adult content in the world. According to Cam, the company was created to "Eroticize safer-sex and portray positive gay sexuality, with a wide range of men, set in the panorama of nature." Consequently all of its films are condoms-only, the company does not film bareback scenes. Titan is owned by parent company Io Group, Inc. The studio has won several gay pornographic film awards.History
Titan Media was founded in 1995 by Bruce Cam.http://www.eros.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=414&Itemid=14 It has grown to become one of the largest gay porn film studios. In 2001, the company launched a mid-priced product line under the ManPlay brand; and launched a line of products with younger men under the TitanMen Fresh label. Titan has recently acquired former gay porn studio, MSR, and has been re-releasing their old videos on DVD.In 2007, Cam refused to accept a David Award because of its acceptance of bareback
Bareback
Bareback riding is a form of horseback riding without a saddle.Bareback may also refer to:* A type of rodeo event* Bareback , an act of unprotected sex* "Bareback" , a 2003 glam metal song...
films.http://www.xbiz.com/news/85598
In 2008, they were against a proposed bill by Charles Calderon to increase the California porn tax to 25%.http://www.gayporntimes.com/hardnews/page/130/?s=gayporntimes
In 2011, Falcon Studios, Raging Stallion
Raging Stallion
Raging Stallion Studios based in San Francisco, California, is a major adult film studio and one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography. It was begun by Chris Ward and J. D. Slater; Michael Brandon later became a co-owner. Michael Brandon starred in several Raging Stallion films...
and Titan Media
Titan Media
Titan Media is a San Francisco-based gay pornographic film company founded by director and cinematographer Bruce Cam in 1995.-Overview:The company grew to become one of the largest producers of gay adult content in the world...
joined with the anti-piracy company Porn Guardian.http://jrlchartsonline.net/JRL2010/index.php/2011/03/titan-media-team-with-porn-guardian-to-target-piracy-online/
Events
Events frequented by Titan Media include Folsom Street FairFolsom Street Fair
The Folsom Street Fair is an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair held on the last Sunday in September and caps San Francisco's "Leather Pride Week"...
, Los Angeles Gay Pride
Christopher Street West
Christopher Street West is the non-profit organization that produces the Los Angeles LGBT Pride Celebration held every June in its host city of West Hollywood, California, USA....
, San Francisco Gay Pride
San Francisco Pride
The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration, usually known as San Francisco Pride, is a parade and festival held in June each year in San Francisco to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their allies...
, Dore Alley, and Folsom Street East.
Legal Affairs
In November 2003 Io Group filed a lawsuit against Larry Flynt PublicationsLarry Flynt Publications
Larry Flynt Publications, or LFP, Inc., runs the adult entertainment empire founded by Larry Flynt. Founded in 1976, two years after Flynt began publishing Hustler magazine, LFP was originally to serve as the parent company of this magazine....
alleging copyright infringement. It alleged that 220 Titan Media photographs were published on the LFP owned website StudClub.
In December 2003 the company asked file sharing
File sharing
File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia , documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways...
website Kazaa
Kazaa
Kazaa Media Desktop started as a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol licensed by Joltid Ltd. and operated as Kazaa by Sharman Networks...
to block its users from downloading 1,400 of its films. Titan alleged that Kazaa's owner Sharman Networks
Sharman Networks
Sharman Networks is a company headquartered in Australia and incorporated in Vanuatu. It owns the rights to the KaZaA file sharing software...
had the capacity to monitor activity on the network through "spyware
Spyware
Spyware is a type of malware that can be installed on computers, and which collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user, and can be difficult to detect. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user's...
" installed on users' computers, and that it could use that capability to block its users from downloading its films. In January 2004 Titan wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee, complaining that Kazaa had refused to cooperate. Kazaa had told a Senate committee in 2003 that it would improve its content filters to help users avoid offensive material.
In 2007, they claimed $2.7 million in damages for copyright infringement and other alleged violations against GayForIt, a video hosting website.http://www.jrlchartsonline.net/news-titan-sues-glbt-limited-for-copyright-infringement.php
In March 2010, Channel One Releasing http://c1r.com, Corbin Fisher Entertainment
Corbin Fisher
Corbin Fisher is an American film studio with a focus in gay pornography, based in Las Vegas, NV. The studio maintains a website at CorbinFisher.com; other web properties of the company include AmateurCollegeMen.com, AmateurCollegeSex.com and ShopCorbinFisher.com...
and Titan Media/Io Group, filed a $29 million suit against the two operators of three gay adult web sites over the alleged infringement of more than 200 videos. http://www.xbiz.com/news/124263
In spring 2010, they won a $1.35 million default judgment against Antelope Media, which operates MonsterCockTube.com. U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney granted the judgment after the defendants, Thorsten Palicki and Maik Herrmann, failed to file an opposition. http://business.avn.com/articles/gay/Titan-Wins-1-35M-Judgment-Against-MonsterCockTube-com-398692.html (AVN
AVN
AVN may refer to:* AVN , Adult Video News, a trade magazine for the pornographic industry** AVN Award, their movie awards* AVN , a television network* The Australian Vaccination Network* Avascular necrosis, a medical condition...
) To this date the website MonsterCockTube.com remains in the ownership of the defendants after Titan Media were refused a turnover order for the domain. Since that date no further court action has been taken against Antelope Media or their German owners. http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2008cv04050/208692/126/ ([Justia])
In 2011, their anti-piracy motion was denied by Susan Illston
Susan Illston
Susan Yvonne Illston is a San Francisco, California-based judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in the Ninth Judicial Circuit.-Biography:...
.http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-11-22/business/17518438_1_riaa-pacific-bell-internet-services-online-piracy/2 (San Francisco Gate)
In June 2011 an article appeared on online news site TorrentFreak.com 'U.S. P2P Lawsuit Shows Signs of a ‘Pirate Honeypot’'. http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-p2p-lawsuit-shows-signs-of-a-pirate-honeypot-110601/
Video lines
- TitanMen, the original line with "...positive gay sexuality, with a wide range of men, set in the panorama of nature."
- TitanMen Fresh, a line of products featuring younger adult models.
- ManPlay, a mid-priced product line launched in 2001.
- MSR, recently acquired product line that Titan is re-releasing as DVDs
Key People
CEO & President: Bruce Cam; Vice President: Keith Webb (also HIV positive) (XbizXBIZ
XBIZ is an American publisher of business news and business information for the adult entertainment industry.In addition to its flagship website, XBIZ publishes two monthly trade magazines, hosts winter and summer exhibition & industry conferences, and facilitates networking among adult online...
: AdamMale Drops Bareback Video Titles by Rhett Pardon on 2/12/09); General Counsel: Gill Sperlein
Directors
- Bruce Cam
- Ray DragonRay DragonRay Dragon is a gay, American pornographic performer who produces and directs gay pornographic films. He is a published photographer. He has his own swimsuit collection....
- Joe Gage
- Harold Creg
- Brian Mills
Exclusive Performers
Scotch Inkom http://business.avn.com/articles/gay/Titan-Media-Signs-Scotch-Inkom-as-Newest-Exclusive-Performer-429347.html, Philippe Ferro http://jrlchartsonline.net/JRL2010/index.php/2011/02/titan-media-grants-yagg-camera-crew-philip-ferro-exclusive/, Dario Beck http://www.xbiz.com/news/116235, Jessy Ares, Dillon Buck, Tony Buff, Dean Flynn, Victor Banda, Alex BaresiAlex Baresi
Alex Corsi is an actor in gay pornography. Baresi has a doctorate in Economics.-Awards and nominations:* 2007 David Awards nomination for Best American Actor....
, Marco Blaze, David Anthony, JR Matthews, Christopher Saint, Will Parker
Will Parker
William James "Will" Parker was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea. Parker first joined Swansea in 1893 and spent most of his sporting career with the club. During the 1903/04 season he was given the captaincy of Swansea, and the club won the championship...
, Tibor Wolfe http://jrlchartsonline.net/JRL2010/index.php/2010/09/titan-media-signs-tibor-wolfe-as-exclusive-performer/
Awards/Nominations
2011: Gay Studio of The Year and Gay Director of the Year (Joe Gage) at the 2011 XBIZ AwardXBIZ Award
XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
2010: Best Newcomer (European Union)-Alex Marte (HustlaBall Award) http://jrlchartsonline.net/JRL2010/index.php/2010/10/the-gay-adult-film-star-winners-at-the-2010-hustlaball-in-berlin/
2009: Best Fetish Film (Grabby Award); GLBT Studio of the Year (XBIZ Award
XBIZ Award
XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
)
2008: ManNet’s 12th Annual Best 100 Videos of The Year http://www.xbiz.com/news/103261; Best Videography & Maleflixxx VOD People’s Choice Award (Grabby Award)
2008 XBIZ Award
XBIZ Award
XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
: GLBT Studio of the Year
2009 XBIZ Award
XBIZ Award
XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
: GLBT Studio of the Year
2010 XBIZ Award
XBIZ Award
XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
: Gay Studio of the Year
2011 XBIZ Award
XBIZ Award
XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
: Gay Studio of the Year