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Homegrown Video is an amateur pornographic video production company based in San Diego. Established in 1982, it was the first company to commercially release and distribute homemade, amateur pornography on videotape. == History == Homegrown Video was born out of the back room of a tiny mom and pop video store in San Diego, CA. The advancement of video cameras and VHS tapes allowed Greg Swaim, the store’s owner, to begin filming real couples at his popular sex parties. Swaim called the videos “Homegrown Videos” and rented them at his shop.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.xbiz.com/articles/80042 )〕 In 2007, AVN magazine listed ''“Homegrown Video #1”'', the brand’s flagship title, as one of the 50 most influential adult video titles ever released, as it was responsible for creation of the amateur pornography genre in adult video.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Pure-Play-Brings-i-Homegrown-Classics-i-to-DVD-for-First-Time-26929.html )〕 Homegrown Video was the first company to distribute people’s homemade sex tapes; Swaim solicited amateur tapes by advertising ''“Send in your home videos and earn up to $20 per minute”'' at the end of each Homegrown Video tape.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/970210/archive_006163_7.htm )〕 In 1993, Swaim sold Homegrown Video to Farrell Timlake (adult performer Tim Lake),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Content-To-Be-HOMEGROWN-40055.html )〕 who had submitted amateur videos of himself and his wife in the past. Swaim sold the company due to a mismanagement of funds and impending bankruptcy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-COM-BUSINESS-PROFILE-200604-Homegrown-Video-The-Ultimate-Amateur-Evergreen-44273.html )〕 Still inspired by the first Homegrown Video VHS they ever watched, the Timlakes decided to purchase the company in 1993, with money borrowed from Farrell’s mother.〔 Timlake and his partners expanded the business to the Internet, cable television while taking the sales of their videotapes and DVDs worldwide. Author Eric Schlosser, in writing about Homegrown Video said the company served ''“as a clearinghouse for the democracy of porn, supplying hard-core videos by the people, for the people"''.〔 The self-titled flagship title is now well past 800 volumes〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://business.avn.com/company-news/Homegrown-Video-Releases-800th-Volume-in-Signature-Series-430719.html )〕 and is acknowledged as the longest running series in the history of porn.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://business.avn.com/articles/technology/Homegrown-Video-s-President-Spills-His-Seed-369883.html )〕 Homegrown Video’s establishment and domination of the amateur porn market is evident in its 11 AVN Awards〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Homegrown-Video-Revamps-Box-Art-518447.html )〕 and 2 XBIZ Awards for ''Best Amateur Release'', ''Best Amateur Series'', and ''Niche Studio of the Year''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/130805 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homegrown Video」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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