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JM "Jeff Mike" Productions is an independent hardcore pornographic film production and distribution company based in Chatsworth, California, US. The studio's content is controversial, with its films often featuring erotic humiliation and rough sex. JM has faced legal charges of obscenity in the US, and the studio has also won many adult industry awards.[4][5]

Key Information

History

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The company was founded by Jeff Steward.[4] On May 21, 2001, the company's offices were raided by 20 officers from the LAPD. They confiscated several bukkake-themed videos. In response, Steward stated: "Some guy swims in feces on MTV, and that's OK? But for a girl to swallow eighty loads of cum is obscene? I don't think so." On the evening of the raid, Jim Powers was in North Hollywood shooting another bukkake film. In reference to what he considered the injustice of the raid, he announced to the men involved: "We're doing this for all of America".[6]

On May 31, 2006, the company, Jeff Steward, Mike Norton, and distributor Five Star Video were indicted for distribution of obscenity by the Department of Justice.[7] The defendants faced a maximum sentence of five years for each of the obscenity counts.[7] Jeff Steward was defended by lawyer Al Gelbard, who also represented Evil Angel in its obscenity trial.[8] In his opening arguments at the trial, the prosecutor cited "the sacred place of mothers in society", in reference to the treatment of the film's actresses.[9] On October 16, 2007, all obscenity charges against JM and Jeff Steward were dropped due to lack of evidence that JM had sold the films to Five Star.[2] Cast interviews demonstrating that actresses appearing in roles that simulated abuse or degradation did so willingly played a role in the acquittal.[9] A Phoenix jury later found Five Star guilty of interstate transportation of obscene materials, due to it having posted Gag Factor 18 to an FBI agent in Virginia.[10]

A bukkake shoot for JM Productions in Van Nuys was robbed at gunpoint on October 1, 2008 when an armed assailant, described as a mixed race man wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers jacket and a bulletproof vest, stole approximately $3,750 in cash – $75 to be paid to each performer – from production manager Johnny Thrust.[11] Jim Powers offered a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect in the robbery, which the LAPD believe was an inside job.[12]

JM is the distributor for Brandon Iron Productions, Khan Tusion's Pariah Pictures, Grip & Cram Johnson's Chatsworth Pictures, and FuckYouCash.com.[13] In 2005, it signed a deal to make JM content available on HotMovies.com's pay-per-minute video-on-demand site.[14] Its films are also available on Pornhub, Fyre TV and on AdultRental.com's pay-per-view service.[15][16]

Actresses

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Former contract star Ashley Blue

In March 2004, Ashley Blue signed a three-year contract with JM, and she appeared in the Girlvert series.[17] In 2005, the company bought her a Jaguar car after she extended her contract by a year.[18] On February 14, 2007, she ended her contract, entering immediately into a one-year commitment with LA Direct Models.[17] Hillary Scott appeared in American Bukkake 29, Swirlies 2, Irritable Bowel Syndrome 2, and Hillary Scott Cock Star.[19] The 2004 production Guttermouths 30 featured the first pornographic scene enacting the urban legend of the donkey punch, showing Gia Paloma being punched on the back of her head by Alex Sanders.[20]

Criticism

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Gag Factor 10 is discussed in a piece by Robert Jensen of the School of Journalism at the University of Texas. He includes it as an example of pornography which he alleges is dangerous and denigrates women, as the actresses appear to be in pain in the film.[21]

The Tough Love series was criticized in an article in The Age as an example of pornography that contains sexual violence and "images that are gratuitous or offensive towards women". The Tough Love films feature, among other things, naked women having their heads flushed down a toilet bowl. Some of the film covers feature the slogan: "Love should leave marks."[22]

In 2005, JM released Donkey Punch, which features actresses receiving a donkey punch. Actress Alex Divine reportedly posted on ExtremeGirlForum.com that "Donkey Punch was the most brutal, depressing, scary scene that I have ever done."[23] Although she initially agreed to be hit on the head during the scene, she claimed to have misunderstood exactly how physical the scene would be.[23]

JM producer Tony Malice has said it does not produce extreme content for extremity's sake, they produce it because there is a demand for this sort of content.[24] Malice says consumer demand for extreme content has been driven by an excess of vanilla sex content, produced by more mainstream studios.[24]

Awards

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The following is a selection of some of the major awards JM films have won:

  • 1999 AVN Award - Best Continuing Video Series (White Trash Whore)[5]
  • 2000 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
  • 2000 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Mila) with Herschel Savage & Dave Hardman in "Perverted Stories 22"[5]
  • 2000 AVN Award - Best Vignette Series (Perverted Stories)[5]
  • 2001 AVN Award - Best Vignette Series (Perverted Stories)[5]
  • 2001 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
  • 2002 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
  • 2002 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Perverted Stories 31) with Kristen Kane, Herschel Savage & Rafe[5]
  • 2003 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
  • 2003 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Series (Gag Factor)[5]
  • 2004 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Series (Gag Factor)[5]
  • 2004 AVN Award - Best Continuing Video Series (Girlvert)[5]
  • 2004 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Perverted Stories, The Movie) with Julie Night, Maggie Star & Mr. Pete[5]
  • 2005 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
  • 2005 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Feature (Francesca Le's Cum Swallowing Whores 3)[5]
  • 2005 AVN Award - Best Specialty Release - Big Bust (Francesca's Juggies)[5]
  • 2005 AVN Award - Best Continuing Video Series (Girlvert)[5]
  • 2006 AVN Award - Best Continuing Video Series (Girlvert)[5]
  • 2007 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Girlvert 11) with Ashley Blue, Amber Wild & Steve French[5]
  • 2008 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Ass Blasting Felching Anal Whores) with Cindy Crawford, Rick Masters & Audrey Hollander[25]
  • 2008 AVN Reuben Sturman Award - Jeff Steward of JM Productions[25]

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JM Productions, also known as Jeff Mike Productions, is an independent hardcore pornographic film production and distribution company founded and owned by Jeff Mike Steward, based in Chatsworth, California. The company specializes in gonzo-style videos emphasizing extreme sexual acts, including deepthroat irrumatio, bukkake, and rough intercourse, with flagship series such as Gag Factor, American Bukkake, and Tough Guys. JM Productions produced over 800 titles between 1992 and 2016, popularizing certain fetishes in the American adult industry while drawing criticism for content depicting erotic humiliation and aggressive scenarios. The studio faced federal obscenity charges in 2007 related to its distribution of explicit materials, but all indictments against Steward and the company were dismissed later that year.

Founding and Operations

Establishment and Key Figures

JM Productions was founded in 1995 by Jeff Steward, operating as an independent hardcore pornographic film production and distribution company headquartered in Chatsworth, California. The "JM" designation refers to "Jeff Mike," reflecting Steward's professional alias, Jeff Mike Steward, under which he primarily functioned as the company's owner, writer, producer, and director. Steward established the studio to produce gonzo-style adult films, quickly gaining recognition for introducing and popularizing extreme fetishes such as in the U.S. market through series like American Bukkake starting in 1998. Key early collaborator Mike Norton co-developed the influential Gag Factor series with Steward, which emphasized deep-throating content and became a cornerstone of the company's output. These figures drove JM Productions' initial focus on boundary-pushing, performer-intensive formats that distinguished it from more narrative-driven competitors.

Production Style and Business Model

JM Productions specializes in gonzo-style adult films, a format emphasizing raw, unscripted footage captured from a first-person perspective with direct performer-camera interaction, often featuring extreme sexual acts such as gangbangs, double penetrations, and rough intercourse. Director Jim Powers, who joined the company in 1993, pioneered these elements in series like Tough Love and Violation Of, which incorporate aggressive themes, alongside anal-focused content with bondage in Bound and bukkake-style mass facials in American Bukkake. Productions typically shoot two films per month, blending vignette storytelling in titles like Perverted Stories with niche fetishes targeting specific audiences, such as racial dynamics in White Trash Whore. The company's business model centers on independent production and distribution of hardcore content, primarily via physical DVDs shipped to wholesalers like Clips and Video, often using carriers such as UPS for interstate transport. JM Productions handles distribution for its own titles as well as select web-based producers, such as Fuck You Cash since 2006, converting online gonzo content into retail DVD compilations to reach niche markets uninterested in mainstream fare. Operating from offices in the , including Chatsworth, the studio maintains a low-overhead structure focused on high-volume output for and affiliate web sales, supplemented by Powers' affiliated labels like Powersville, Inc. This approach prioritizes edgy, specialized themes over broad appeal, with supplemental revenue from performer recruitment processes designed to identify candidates for intense scenes.

Content Characteristics

Core Themes and Formats

JM Productions primarily produced gonzo-style pornography, a format characterized by work that immerses viewers directly in unscripted sexual acts without scripted narratives, plotlines, or professional staging typical of feature films. This approach emphasized raw, performer-driven scenes focusing on explicit physical interactions, often compiled into compilation or series-based releases rather than standalone features. Core themes revolved around and rough sex, including aggressive oral penetration leading to gagging and retching, as prominently featured in the long-running Gag Factor series directed by , which debuted in 2000 and spanned over 30 volumes by the mid-2000s. Scenes frequently incorporated elements of , with performers subjected to verbal degradation, slapping, choking, and forced acts such as deep throating without preparation. Other recurring motifs included variations like Bag Ladies (1998), involving multiple s ejaculating on a single performer, and Reverse Bukkake installments where acts were inverted to emphasize female agency in male degradation. Additional themes encompassed extreme anal and vaginal penetration, often in group settings with double or triple penetrations, as evidenced in titles like Meat Holes (2004), which highlighted intense, boundary-pushing orifice-focused encounters. Productions under JM routinely integrated ass-to-mouth transitions and interracial pairings, prioritizing visceral intensity over consent-focused or sensual portrayals common in mainstream adult content. These elements contributed to the studio's reputation for "hardcore" and "extreme" material, with runtime typically allocated to sequential scenes rather than thematic cohesion.

Notable Series and Films

JM Productions specialized in gonzo-style adult films featuring extreme acts, including deep-throat , anal penetration, and group ejaculations, often with minimal narrative framing. The "Gag Factor" series, directed by and spanning over 30 volumes from 2000 onward, centered on performers enduring intense and gagging, which propelled its popularity and earned for Best Oral-Themed Series in 2003 and 2004. This series exemplified the company's emphasis on raw, unscripted oral content, with installments like Gag Factor 10 (2002) receiving further industry recognition in AVN's 500 Greatest Adult Films list. The "The Violation Of..." series, launched in the early 2000s, focused on all-female scenes involving rough handling and humiliation themes, winning multiple for Best All-Girl Series, including in 2000 and 2002, and securing four consecutive such honors overall. Titles such as The Violation of (2003) and The Violation of (2002) highlighted performers like and in multi-partner encounters, contributing to the series' reputation for pushing boundaries in gonzo formats. Additional flagship series included "American ," which from 1999 featured performers receiving ejaculations from groups of 30 to 40 men, as in volumes like American Bukkake 3 (1999) where multiple women were depicted as "human sperm banks." The "Anal Prostitutes on Video" line, starting with its 1995 debut under , established an influential all-anal gonzo template, praised in AVN's compilation of the 101 Greatest Adult Tapes for launching a "hugely successful, seriously bent" subgenre. Later efforts like the "Young and Anal" series (e.g., volume 37 in 2009) and MILF-oriented titles such as Wife, Mother, Whore (2008) extended this focus into teen-anal and mature themes, directed by Powers.

Personnel and Performers

Directors and Producers

Jeff Steward, also known as Jeff Mike, served as the primary producer and co-founder of JM Productions, overseeing the company's output of hardcore from its inception in the late 1990s. Mike Norton, whose full name is Michael Leonard Norton, co-founded the company with Steward and collaborated on key series such as Gag Factor, which emphasized extreme deep throating scenes. Together, they directed the studio's toward low-budget, high-volume productions featuring rough sex and humiliation themes, distributing via their website JerkOffZone.com. Tony Malice functioned as a and for JM Productions, handling promotional efforts amid the company's legal controversies in the . The production team prioritized rapid filming schedules, often completing scenes in single takes to capture unscripted intensity, with producers like Steward personally scouting performers for endurance in demanding content. Jim Powers emerged as the most prolific director associated with JM Productions, helming numerous titles in series such as White Trash Whore, Ass Blasters, and Filthy Whore during the early 2000s. Powers' style aligned with the company's gonzo aesthetic, incorporating unpolished camerawork, performer degradation, and anal-focused scenes shot in non-studio settings like rundown motels to enhance realism. His work for JM, which spanned over 100 videos, emphasized performer limits testing without safety protocols emphasized in mainstream productions, contributing to the studio's reputation for boundary-pushing explicitness. Other directors occasionally contributed, but Powers dominated the creative direction, often under producer oversight from Steward to ensure thematic consistency in .

Prominent Actresses and Collaborations

![Ashley Blue in a promotional image for JM Productions]float-right Ashley Blue emerged as one of the most prominent actresses associated with JM Productions, signing a three-year contract with the studio in March 2004 following her AVN Female Performer of the Year award. Under this agreement, she starred as the central figure in the studio's Girlvert series, directed by Jim Powers, which emphasized aggressive, dominant female-led gonzo scenarios involving multiple performers. The series spanned numerous volumes, including Girlvert 13 featuring co-stars Alicia Angel and Tobi Pacific, released on Blu-ray by JM Productions. Blue's moniker "Girlvert" became synonymous with the line, highlighting her role in orchestrating intense, boundary-pushing scenes that aligned with the studio's hardcore aesthetic. Beyond the Girlvert franchise, appeared in other JM Productions titles such as American Bukkake 28, showcasing the studio's and group formats. Her collaborations extended to working with male performers like Johnny Thrust and Jay Lassiter in entries like Girlvert 8, which also included Kelly Wells and Nadia Sin. These productions underscored JM Productions' focus on raw, unscripted gonzo content, with Blue's involvement helping to define the studio's reputation for extreme themes during the mid-2000s. The contract concluded in February 2007, after which she pursued independent projects. Other notable collaborations included JM Productions' signing of Gauge to a non-exclusive in 2005, enabling her participation in various hardcore scenes that complemented the studio's output, though specific series leads for her were less emphasized compared to Blue's starring roles. Additionally, films like Gag Factor 19, directed by for JM Productions in 2005, featured a roster of performers including Camilla, Haley Scott, and Sierra Sinn, illustrating the studio's ensemble approach to group-oriented gonzo releases. These partnerships reflected JM Productions' strategy of leveraging established and emerging talent for high-volume, niche content production.

2001 LAPD Raid and Investigations

On May 2001, the (LAPD) raided the home and offices of Jeff Steward, an executive producer at JM Productions, seizing copies of American Bukkake 11 and Liquid Gold 5 as part of an investigation targeting the company's bukkake-themed videos. The operation involved multiple officers and focused on content depicting group ejaculation scenes, which authorities deemed potentially obscene under state laws prohibiting materials lacking serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Steward responded defiantly, telling Adult Video News that he intended to contest any charges vigorously and had committed no wrongdoing, framing the action as an overreach against consensual adult content production. No arrests were made during the raid, and initial investigations did not result in immediate indictments, though the seized materials were analyzed for compliance with the for , which assesses community standards of prurience, patently offensive depiction of sexual conduct, and lack of redeeming value. The raid reflected broader LAPD efforts in the early 2000s to scrutinize extreme pornography producers in the , amid concerns over depictions of and degradation in JM Productions' output, though federal involvement did not materialize until later years. Investigations stalled without local prosecutions at the time, highlighting tensions between priorities and First protections for adult video distributors.

2006 Federal Obscenity Charges and Outcomes

In June 2006, a federal in , indicted JM Productions, Inc., and its associate Jeff Norton on multiple counts of violating federal obscenity statutes, including 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461, 1462, 1465, 1466, and 1467, which prohibit the interstate transportation and distribution of obscene materials. The charges stemmed from allegations that JM Productions shipped DVDs of films deemed obscene—such as Gag Factor 18 and Filthy Things 6—via UPS to Video, an distributor, which then sold them locally; prosecutors argued these works lacked serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value and appealed to prurient interest under the test, applied to Arizona community standards. If convicted, the defendants faced up to five years in prison per count. The case was part of a broader U.S. Department of Justice initiative under the Bush administration to enforce laws against extreme adult content producers, targeting JM's gonzo-style videos featuring acts like deep-throating and . In a related proceeding, an jury convicted Five Star Video and its outlets in October 2007 of interstate transportation of obscene materials, specifically finding Gag Factor 18 obscene after viewing excerpts and applying local standards; the verdict required forfeiture of related inventory but did not directly implicate JM Productions' production practices. On October 16, 2007, federal prosecutors dismissed all charges against JM Productions and its owner, Jeff Steward, in U.S. District Court, effectively resolving the case without or conviction for the company. The dismissal occurred amid ongoing scrutiny of the DOJ's , which had pursued few successful prosecutions against producers despite targeting distributors like ; JM Productions continued operations without further federal actions.

Reception and Impact

Industry Achievements and Awards

JM Productions garnered recognition in the adult film industry primarily through for its gonzo-style series emphasizing extreme content. The studio's Girlvert series, featuring performer and directed by [Jim Powers](/page/Jim Powers), secured the for Best Continuing Video Series in 2004, 2005, and 2006, highlighting its consistent commercial and stylistic impact within niche gonzo formats. In the 2004 ceremony, JM also won Best Oral-Themed Series for Gag Factor and Best All-Girl Sex Scene from The Violation of... series, contributing to a total of four awards that year.
YearAwardProduction
2000Best All-Girl SeriesThe Violation of...
2004Best Continuing Video SeriesGirlvert
2004Best Oral-Themed SeriesGag Factor
2005Best Continuing Video SeriesGirlvert
2006Best Continuing Video SeriesGirlvert
2008Reuben Sturman AwardJeff Steward (for prevailing in federal obscenity case)
2010Best Continuing Series (among four wins)Girlvert line
The 2008 Reuben Sturman Award to founder Jeff Steward acknowledged his defense against federal obscenity prosecution, positioning JM as a defender of First Amendment rights in content production. These accolades reflect JM's influence in specialized gonzo subgenres, though the studio's output drew parallel scrutiny for boundary-pushing explicitness rather than broader critical acclaim. No XRCO or other major awards beyond AVN are documented for the company.

Criticisms from Advocacy Groups

Feminist and anti-violence organizations have targeted JM Productions' gonzo-style content for allegedly eroticizing to women. In a 2008 educational produced by Feminists Against and edited by the Illinois Coalition Against , the company's Gag Factor series was cited as exemplifying how such portrays women as victims enduring and physical pain reframed as sexually appealing, with presenters linking these depictions to real-world statistics, including one per minute in the U.S. according to the National Center for Victims of Crime. Anti-sexism educational resources have similarly condemned JM Productions for degradation in its output. The 2010 documentary The Bro Code: How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men, produced by the Media Education Foundation, describes the company as producers of "racist hate porn," using it as a case study of mainstream that normalizes racial stereotypes alongside sexual humiliation and . Conservative advocacy groups focused on and sexual exploitation have criticized JM Productions' extreme materials as socially destructive. The (NCOSE, formerly Morality in Media), which campaigns against deemed harmful, highlighted the 2006 federal indictment of JM Productions for distributing obscene DVDs like those in the Ass Blasters and Cocktails series, framing the prosecution as a necessary step against content that exceeds community standards and promotes exploitation. Groups like Citizens for Community Values, active in supporting enforcement during the Bush administration's initiatives, have advocated broader crackdowns on producers of similar "horror-porn" and gonzo extremes, arguing such works undermine moral standards and contribute to societal decay, though their efforts often prioritize religious and family-values perspectives over empirical harm studies. These criticisms, while rooted in ideological , align with legal arguments in JM's cases that emphasized the prurient interest and lack of value in the content under the .

Market Success and Cultural Influence

JM Productions garnered significant market success in the niche segment of extreme during the late 1990s and 2000s, evidenced by the prolific output of award-winning series and sustained production despite legal scrutiny. The company's Gag Factor series, debuting in 2000 and focusing on deep-throat performances, won the for Best Oral-Themed Series in consecutive years, underscoring its commercial viability and appeal to specialized audiences. In 2004, JM Productions received four , including recognition for Gag Factor and other titles, reflecting strong industry validation and distribution performance. The following year, it claimed three additional , further demonstrating the profitability of its high-volume, low-budget gonzo format that prioritized intensity over narrative. The studio's American Bukkake series, initiated in 1998 under owner Jeff Steward, marked a breakthrough by adapting and domesticating the Japanese fetish for Western markets, rapidly expanding its reach through sales and online distribution. This innovation not only boosted JM's revenue streams but also influenced broader trends in adult content consumption, as the series' emphasis on group facials and humiliation elements catered to growing demand for unfiltered extremity. Culturally, JM Productions advanced the gonzo genre by intensifying its raw, performer-centric aesthetic with provocative acts like forced gagging and spectacles, which became staples in extreme subgenres and shaped performer expectations for endurance-based scenes. Directors such as , who helmed many JM titles, pioneered Americanized versions of , bridging Eastern imports with domestic production techniques and contributing to the genre's shift toward viewer immersion via handheld camerawork and minimal staging. This approach, while polarizing, expanded gonzo's boundaries, influencing subsequent studios to explore similar visceral content and altering perceptions of sexual performance in mainstream adult media.

Legacy

Influence on Gonzo Pornography Genre

JM Productions significantly shaped the evolution of gonzo pornography by emphasizing extreme, boundary-pushing elements such as rough sex, erotic humiliation, and unscripted visceral reactions, which intensified the genre's raw, performer-camera interactive core beyond its 1980s origins in works like Jamie Gillis's On the Prowl. Through director Jim Powers' involvement starting in 1993, the studio produced high-volume gonzo content featuring gangbangs, double penetrations, and gag-inducing oral acts, as seen in series like Gag Factor and Tough Love, establishing these as recurring motifs in hardcore gonzo substyles. A key innovation was JM's adaptation of Japanese into American gonzo formats via the American Bukkake series launched in 1999, which introduced mass facial in a circus-like, no-holds-barred setup that prioritized quantity and intensity over narrative, influencing the proliferation of group humiliation scenes in online pornography. Powers' Perverted Stories vignettes from 1993 onward blended gonzo's handheld, POV aesthetics with themed degradation scenarios, fostering a hybrid style that appealed to niche audiences and prefigured internet-era gonzo's focus on extreme niches. This approach not only tested performers' limits in real-time captures but also contributed to gonzo's diversification into "extreme sports"-style productions, where overt power dynamics and physical extremity became benchmarks for edgier content, impacting studios emulating JM's unfiltered intensity despite resulting challenges.

Current Status and Post-2010 Developments

Following the U.S. Department of Justice's dismissal of charges against JM Productions and its owner Jeff Steward in October 2007, the company maintained operations in the adult film industry, releasing titles such as Porn's Most Outrageous Outtakes 5 in 2011 and Chixxx Rule in 2012. By the mid-2010s, JM Productions ceased producing new original content, with no documented releases after 2012, amid broader industry shifts toward and streaming that reduced demand for physical media from smaller studios. Its catalog of gonzo-style films, primarily directed by , remains available for purchase and on-demand viewing through adult retailers like Adult DVD Empire. Jim Powers, the studio's key figure, continued directing for other labels post-2012, including titles like Dude, Your Mom Did Porn! in 2013 under JM branding via third-party distribution, but shifted away from exclusive JM Productions work. As of 2025, Powers has engaged in retrospective interviews reflecting on his career but shows no involvement in new productions tied to JM. The company, once based in Chatsworth, , holds no active production status, with its legacy confined to archival distribution.

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