Intersec Interactive Inc.
| Intersec Interactive Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1997 |
| resolution | 2005 |
| Seat | New York City , United States |
| management | Brent Scott |
| Branch | Sex industry |
| Website |
Insex.com InsexM.com InsexArchives.com |
The Intersec Interactive Inc. for operation with Insex.com 1997-2005 one of the largest pornographic websites in the Internet . She dealt with the area of BDSM and was allegedly one of the most extreme American sites. Even before broadband Internet access was implemented , it was one of the first companies to introduce the transmission of live streams and also played a pioneering role in the presentation of SM practices on the Internet. Above all, the high degree of realism was noticeable, since here the performing women were actually inflicted pain. In late 2005, the company had to cease production after coming under pressure from the US government.
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In 1997, Brent Scott founded Intersec Interactive Inc. , which then began producing the Insex.com website. It is known that even as a child, Scott had sexual fantasies, in which Wonder Woman also played a large role. He first expressed these fantasies in drawings and eventually taught art at Carnegie Mellon University . However, since his works showed bondage and were generally somber in character, this affected his academic career. He eventually discovered the internet to act out his fantasies.
On the website Insex.com paying members was pornographic material available, the BDSM , bondage , spanking , erotic asphyxiation , electric stimulation and many other SM practices such as the use of needles , which included women always dominated. The videos were offered in RealVideo format, mostly in a quality of 225 and later up to 450 kbit / s . From 2003, the videos were often in the format 9: 16 - widescreen produced. In principle, three types of videos could be distinguished. There were the "tests" in which women could be seen taking part in a "session" at Insex for the first time. Further videos showed the "training" of women who regularly came to shoots. These productions ranged from 30 to 90 minutes in length and were available for download. The "Live Feeds" were a highlight. Here, the session was broadcast via live stream in real time on the Internet. Paying members could follow the action live and give questions, suggestions and instructions via a chat . Some of these live feeds lasted up to 48 hours. In total, the site soon had 35,000 members, each paying around $ 60 for a month-long membership.
Unlike the mass of similar pornographic sites, Insex.com's productions did not involve any acting . Normally, professional models on such websites rely on not leaving any visible traces (welts, bruises, burns) on their body after a shoot in order to be able to participate in other productions in the following days. To ensure this, there is a set script and usually only slight hints of whipping or the like. The sessions were also discussed at Insex beforehand, but the infliction of pain was real. The women did not have to play, but were the objects of what happened. With a special safeword they could interrupt the session if they thought they were no longer able to cope with the ordeal. With the "live feeds", the models' pay was often based on how far they went in this regard. The degree of realism achieved in the sessions contributed significantly to the image of the website and is still a special feature. Mostly Brent Scott was seen as "PD" himself as "Dom", but later other participants such as Cyd Black, Claire Adams and Princess Donna. At first no sexual intercourse was shown and only vibrators and dildos were used instead . This was only changed in 2004 due to repeated inquiries from members. In general, members of the associated forum on the website were able to significantly influence the content of the sessions.
For the reasons given, relatively very few mainstream porn actresses took part in the insex productions. Most of the models were "normal" women from the New York City area who responded to anonymous ads in the newspaper. An interview was conducted with them at the beginning and at the end of a session. This also increased the degree of realism. A peculiarity was to designate models with numbers that were derived from the date of the first recording (for example 912, 1020, 101). A little later, InsexM.com was launched parallel to Insex.com, the content of which was practically the same, only that men were dominated by women.
Shutdown of the website
The neoconservative US government began combating pornographic websites on the Internet in 2005. The US Law Code 18 / Section 2257 served as a lever, a law that was originally intended to combat child pornography , but was now made more flexible. An "anti-obscenity unit" the FBI began in August 2005 to take action against websites that contained "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior". In addition to a few other production companies, Intersec Interactive Inc. was also affected. Authorities contacted the bank, which handled the company's credit card bill. Since this wanted to avoid a dispute with the FBI, she stopped working with Intersec Interactive. Without the possibility of collecting money and without the alternative of another bank, it was no longer possible to keep the company alive. As early as autumn 2005 it became known that the company was looking for a buyer because "continuing to produce insex.com from the US would be too great a potential liability." One was sure to get justice in front of a court, but the management stated: "while Intersec is certain that a potential prosecution would have no chance of success ... the staff is unwilling to fight a lengthy and expensive court battle only to emerge victorious but bankrupt. "
The entire domain and its content of over 500 videos and thousands of photos were offered for sale for US $ 4 million and eventually bought by a Dutch company for an undisclosed price . This took over the websites with the sub-company "Intersec Europe BV" (location The Hague ). So while Insex.com was closed, InsexM.com and InsexArchives.com have since served as archive sites, from which the old content can still be downloaded for a fee.
Effects
A few models, such as Sarah Jane Ceylon, Lorelei Lee , Liz Tyler, Gina Rae Michaels and Adrianna Nicole, were best known for their regular appearances on Insex.com. Also, some former Intersec Interactive staff such as Claire Adams, Cyd Black, Princess Donna and Matt Williams have stayed in the industry and moved to Kink.com after the shutdown . Insex influenced many of today's BDSM websites in this way, among other things. For example, the use of Fucking Machines goes back to an initiative by Brent Scott, and due to the success, Kink.com also reintroduced "Live Feeds". Scott himself continues his work on the domains hardtied.com and infernalrestraints.com. However, the sessions there are far less extreme, so that the sites could not build on the success of their predecessors.
In 2008 Anna Lorentzon and Barbara Bell, both former members of the Intersec Interactive staff, produced a documentary about the company and its history called "Graphic Sexual Horror". The film was shown at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2009 . The film also won an award for Best Documentary at the 2009 CineKink Film Festival , as well as other nominations at the Calgary Underground Film Festival , HotDocs Film Festival, and Buenos Aires Film Festival .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Linnea Covington: Whip Smart - A documentary explores the dark, kinky world of online BDSM
- ^ Review of Graphic Sexual Horror by Steve Munro
- ↑ Ryan Paul: FBI agents paid to surf for deviant Internet porn
- ^ Eli Sanders: Tortured Logic
- ↑ Official film website
- ↑ Muirfield, Mick. Slamdance Film Festival 2009: Graphic Sexual Horror ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2009 CineKink Film Festival ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2009 Calgary Underground Film Festival , 2009 HotDocs Film Festival ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2009 Buenos Aires Film Festival
