After Protests from Vivid Entertainment, Utah Family Group Halts a Campaign against It over Confusing Advertisement.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Vivid Entertainment LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the world's leading adult movie producer, demanded that the "Lighted Candle Society" stop a campaign against it over a confusing advertisement that has been used to recruit models in Utah. Within 24 hours the campaign was removed from lightedcandle.org. The confusing ad appeared to have been placed by swimwear manufacturer Vivid Vixen vixen female fox. on Craig's List See craigslist. seeking interviews with "non-professional females." It drew the ire of John Harmer This article is about the mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia. For the Lieutenant Governor of California, see John L. Harmer. John Harmer served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1737 to 1738. , Chairman of the Lighted Candle Society. Mr. Harmer posted a "Defend Your Family" message and petition on its web site claiming that "Vivid Video is coming to Salt Lake City on Friday, March 7, 2008 to hold auditions for young women to appear in pornographic films." According to the Lighted Candle Society website "the first mission of the Lighted Candle Society is to engage in litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. with the producers and distributors of pornography." A message on the organization's donation page reads "No matter how large or small your donation you will have made a commitment in behalf of defeating the Goliath of hedonism hedonism (hē`dənĭz'əm) [Gr.,=pleasure], the doctrine that holds that pleasure is the highest good. Ancient hedonism expressed itself in two ways: the cruder form was that proposed by Aristippus and the early Cyrenaics, who believed that now threatens our nation." The Harmer message went on to state: "As published in their advertisement, the purpose of this audition is the act of soliciting for illicit sex and is a violation of Utah's Pandering statute..." Upon learning of the Harmer campaign and the ad mentioning Vivid Vixen, Vivid Entertainment immediately notified Harmer's office that Vivid Entertainment is not hosting auditions in Utah, "has had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with placing the ad in question on Craig's List" and referred him to the Vivid Vixen website. Vivid Entertainment demanded Harmer to immediately notify all recipients of this error. About Vivid: Founded in 1984, Vivid Entertainment Group is the world's leading adult film company. Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment and has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and through a licensing and marketing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing and other products. For more information contact rm@vivid.com. |
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