Color Climax Corporation
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Color Climax Corporation ApS
(CCC) is a Danish
pornography
company founded in 1969. It has its headquarters in Copenhagen
. It had been one of the leading producers of European pornography
up until the 1990s.
Since then CCC has recessed most of its assets, but because its earlier works attract admirers of so-called "classic pornography", CCC still functions today via the Internet
.
Color Climax corporation (CCC) began in 1967 with the publication of the porn magazine ColorClimax, despite pornography being illegal in Denmark until 1969.
pornographic film loops. By the 1980s, video tape had replaced the film loops, sometimes as compilations of previously released material. CCC films usually had a wider range of contents including bestiality (some of them starring Bodil Joensen
), she-males, and other content not widely available at the time. Urolagnia
was displayed as conventional sexual act. By 2004 Color Climax had European filmstars such as Rocco Siffredi
and John Holmes in their archives on their website.
Color Climax was one of the few large-scale commercial producers of child pornography to openly advertise the fact. It produced the first European commercial child pornography films. From 1969 to 1979, Color Climax was responsible for the relatively large-scale distribution of child pornography. Between 1971 and 1979 the company produced 36 or more 10-minute films for its Lolita series. The films featured young girls, mainly with men, but sometimes with women or other children. The girls were mainly aged 7–11, however some were younger. Titles included Incest Family, Pre-Teen Sex, Sucking Daddy and Child Love.
British magazines in plastic packaging, with a Rodox or Color Climax front cover on the outside. The same shops sometimes sold watered-down reproductions of CCC titles, with any hardcore images removed. CCC magazines presented a wide variety of European and American stars. Photo-sets typically began with the models fully clothed, and ended with an image of male ejaculation, a storyline shared with other Danish magazines of the period such as Fucking and Con Amore. Many of those photos are still available today via the Color Climax website and also circulate widely (though in violation of copyright) around the Internet via file-sharing networks and other sources. Still photographs from the Lolita film series were also published in Color Climax magazines. By 2006 the company had published over 3,000 different books and magazines with a total of over 140 million editions; 8.5 million films, and almost a million video cassettes.
ApS
ApS is an abbreviation for "", the Danish term for a limited liability company. ApS, when appended to the end of a Danish company name, is similar to Ltd. after the name of a British company. An ApS is required to have capital of at least 80,000 DKK .-References:*...
(CCC) is a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
pornography
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
company founded in 1969. It has its headquarters in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. It had been one of the leading producers of European pornography
European pornography
Pornography in Europe has been dominated by a few pan-European producers and distributors, the most notable of which is the Private Media Group that had successfully claimed the throne of Color Climax Corporation in early 1990s. Most European countries also have local pornography producers, from...
up until the 1990s.
Since then CCC has recessed most of its assets, but because its earlier works attract admirers of so-called "classic pornography", CCC still functions today via the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
.
Color Climax corporation (CCC) began in 1967 with the publication of the porn magazine ColorClimax, despite pornography being illegal in Denmark until 1969.
Films
In 1969 Denmark legalized the production of all kinds of pornography. In the 1970s, CCC began to produce 8 mmSuper 8 mm film
Super 8 mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format....
pornographic film loops. By the 1980s, video tape had replaced the film loops, sometimes as compilations of previously released material. CCC films usually had a wider range of contents including bestiality (some of them starring Bodil Joensen
Bodil Joensen
Bodil Joensen or Bodil Jørgensen was a Danish pornographic actress born in the village Hundige, near Copenhagen...
), she-males, and other content not widely available at the time. Urolagnia
Urolagnia
Urolagnia is a paraphilia in which sexual excitement is associated with the sight or thought of urine or urination. The term has origins in the Greek Language .Those who enjoy urolagnia may enjoy urinating on another person or persons, or being urinated upon...
was displayed as conventional sexual act. By 2004 Color Climax had European filmstars such as Rocco Siffredi
Rocco Siffredi
Rocco Siffredi is the stage name of an Italian pornographic actor, director and producer of pornographic movies, famous for his rough sex scenes...
and John Holmes in their archives on their website.
Child pornography
Worth noting is that child porn was more than legal in both Denmark and Sweden at the time. The government actually financed award winning movie theater films such as Children's Island/Barnens O that included scenes such as erection of pubescent boy. Thus child porn was also regular films at the time.Color Climax was one of the few large-scale commercial producers of child pornography to openly advertise the fact. It produced the first European commercial child pornography films. From 1969 to 1979, Color Climax was responsible for the relatively large-scale distribution of child pornography. Between 1971 and 1979 the company produced 36 or more 10-minute films for its Lolita series. The films featured young girls, mainly with men, but sometimes with women or other children. The girls were mainly aged 7–11, however some were younger. Titles included Incest Family, Pre-Teen Sex, Sucking Daddy and Child Love.
Magazines
CCC was also known for its magazine series with titles such as Color Climax and Rodox. In their day these were regarded as some of the best quality pornographic magazines in Europe. This was the case particularly in the UK, where prior to the year 2000 the sale of hardcore porn was illegal. Before this date some British sex shops sold softcoreSoftcore
Softcore pornography is a form of filmic or photographic pornography or erotica that is less sexually explicit than hardcore pornography. It is intended to tickle and arouse men and women. Softcore pornography depicts nude and semi-nude performers engaging in casual social nudity or non-graphic...
British magazines in plastic packaging, with a Rodox or Color Climax front cover on the outside. The same shops sometimes sold watered-down reproductions of CCC titles, with any hardcore images removed. CCC magazines presented a wide variety of European and American stars. Photo-sets typically began with the models fully clothed, and ended with an image of male ejaculation, a storyline shared with other Danish magazines of the period such as Fucking and Con Amore. Many of those photos are still available today via the Color Climax website and also circulate widely (though in violation of copyright) around the Internet via file-sharing networks and other sources. Still photographs from the Lolita film series were also published in Color Climax magazines. By 2006 the company had published over 3,000 different books and magazines with a total of over 140 million editions; 8.5 million films, and almost a million video cassettes.