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27:. By 1993, the BBS was grossing over $ 3.2 million annually. In 1994, the BBS had 128 phone lines and over 34,000 members, and eighteen employees. The organization also offered mail-ordered copies of content for those that did not want to download said via modem. Event Horizons in later years ran on the 42:
adult images and movies which helped to secure its fame as the most profitable BBS. Maxey and his team of programmers working for the BBS created an interactive, graphical game called
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a half million dollars to settle the case out of court in 1993. The BBS complied with copyright law in the wake of the settlement.
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Fran Gardner (February 10, 1994). "Entrepreneur hits bulletin board bull's eye".
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sued Event Horizons for copyright infringement. Maxey reportedly paid
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Digital Human: The Fourth Revolution of Humanity Includes Everyone
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The Joy of CyberSex: An Underground Guide to Electronic Erotica
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Obscene Profits: Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber Age
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was a popular and perhaps the most financially successful
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Event Horizons BBS originally offered online forums,
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Aether Madness: An Offbeat Guide to the Online World
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Index

Bulletin Board System
Lake Oswego, Oregon
TBBS
games
softcore
Playboy Enterprises
Playboy




The Oregonian
"Home-grown BB$ "
WIRED Magazine
ISBN
978-9814794374
ISBN
1878739883
Brady Games
ISBN
1566861071
PC Magazine


Boardwatch Magazine
Routledge
ISBN
978-0415920964
Addison-Wesley
ISBN

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