The circulation of those magazines plunged by as much as 50 percent. The current issue is particularly outstanding because it not only summarizes the scale of pornography, but which corporations profit from it, and what products they sell, plus the name and address of top corporate officers of the offenders. Hard core video rentals soared from 75 million in 1985 to 665 million in 1996, nearly a 10-fold increase. Playboy Entertainment is the top seller and, surprisingly. Walt Disney Co. is second and Fox Video third.
Some volunteers count examples of sex, violence and obscenities.
Others note the products being sold on each show. AFA computers trace the products back to the company. Few people know the corporate sponsors. The AFA Journal listed all of the company's products, and urged readers to boycott them. The company was unmoved.