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To: High Grader who wrote (6167)	7/15/1998 5:31:00 PM
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U.S. teens to lose virginity live on Internet By Mark Egan LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In what is being billed as yet another first for the Internet, two 18-year-olds say they will lose their virginity on their own Web site for all the wired world to see. The couple, calling themselves Diane and Mike, will have sex for the first time at 9 p.m. EDT on August 4 with a camera broadcasting the event free over the Internet, their lawyer Mark Vega said Tuesday. Vega said the plan was to ''keep this as grass-roots and intimate as possible. It just takes one camera and you can invite the entire web to where you're at.'' He declined to name the two or say where they live, but pictures of them with their faces blacked out have been posted on the Web site (www.ourfirsttime.com). The site, which includes a discussion room providing net surfers a place to offer their opinions, will follow the couple's preparations. Vega said the idea for the event was Diane's, inspired by her beliefs in freedom of speech and action. He added that she was also inspired by seeing a birth on-line last month. But some surfers visiting the slickly-packaged site were skeptical about the couple's motives. Some posted messages suggesting they might charge money later, or take sponsorship. Web surfers were also concerned that the couple looked too perfect and well developed to be average 18-year-olds. Vega said the site was not about making money and that it was being funded by free speech advocates whom he declined to name. He said no company was sponsoring the event and declined to say how much the Web site cost to construct. Vega said the among the scheduled events would be the couple picking out condoms. He said the site will likely offer a link to another site (www.condomania.com) but that no money would change hands for the putting the link on the site. He said the couple were ''free individuals'' and so he could not rule out the possibility that they may exploit their new-found fame by selling their story but said ''that's just not was this is about.'' The lawyer also insisted the couple were 18 and ''were virgins to the best of my knowledge.'' For years people have been sharing their most intimate moments on the Internet, where taboos are few. Last month a Florida woman gave birth to a boy in a live on-line delivery before an audience of two million people. The broadcast was billed as an educational event. ''We want to show that the act of making love, which is the first step that brought that live birth about, is just as beautiful -- and nothing to be ashamed about,'' the young couple wrote on their Web site. An opinion poll included in the site showed 61 percent of respondents agreed with their decision to go public with their private life while 38 percent disagreed. Colin Derham offered this advice: ''Good luck Mike ... your first time, I'd be real worried. You could be blacklisting yourself as a bad shag for life. Alternatively you might be great, but I'd stock up on Viagra just in case.'' The site describes the couple as recent high school graduates looking forward to college in the fall. It adds that these ''typical All-American kids'' are active churchgoers. They have not yet told their parents of their plans, Vega said, adding that Diane's parents are liberal but Mike's father is a minister. The pictures of the cuddling couple on the Web site do not show their faces because ''it is anticipated that there will be some religious groups and people who will try to stop Diane and Mike from completing their statement.'' Vega said hackers had already attempted to dismantle the site to stop net surfers from tuning in. But the Web site promises -- ''All names, faces and locations will be disguised until the 18th day -- when everything will be shown unobstructed.'' The event was initially planned for Aug. 8 but Vega said the date was moved up for security reasons and to make sure ''that Mike and Diane could get to the end of their journey uninterrupted.'' ^REUTERS@

To: High Grader who wrote (6167)	7/17/1998 1:00:00 AM
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Is this what you were looking for? ourfirsttime.com First Timers Hit The Big Time And Make Internet History: Virgin Teens To Go All The Way With Notorious Internet Entertainment Group As Web Hosts SEATTLE (July 17) ENTERTAINMENT WIRE -July 17, 1998-- "Mike and Diane" Sign Exclusive Contract with IEG When Mike and Diane lose their virginity on the Worldwide Web next month, the entire event will be hosted by Internet Entertainment Group, the same company that brought the Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee "honeymoon" video to its world famous www.clublove.com Website. IEG said it has signed an exclusive agreement with the two California 18-year-olds who have agreed to lose their self-proclaimed virginity live over the Internet. IEG, which is one of the world's largest providers of adult entertainment on the Web, will host the event and manage a Website developed by Mike and Diane, www.ourfirsttime.com , where the mutual deflowering of the two teens will take place. "Come and meet Diane and Mike," the young people have proclaimed on their site, "two 18-year-old 'honor' students who have recently graduated from high school, and are looking forward to starting college in the fall. They are as close to being 'typical All-American' kids as you can get. Active in school and church. Well liked by family, friends and their community--but sexually, they are both virgins." At least they will be until August 4th, when they plan to consummate their relationship. From this coming Saturday (July 19th) until the big day, IEG will allow Web voyeurs "follow the daily adventures of Diane and Mike as they meet the challenges of making their 'statement of love.' " Images of the couple will be presented with black squares over their faces until the big day. "We have decided to help Mike and Diane achieve maximum exposure for their daring initiation to sexual enjoyment because we are so passionate about freedom of expression," said Seth Warshavsky, President and CEO of Internet Entertainment Group. "In its own way, this is a perfect example of how the First Amendment works, and we are proud to be a part of it through this beautiful moment in Internet history." Diane and Mike say the motivation for their Internet love fest was the recent live-on-the-Net birth. "The live birth of a child on the Internet was a beautiful event. We want to show that the act of making love, which is the first step that brought that live birth about, is just as beautiful--and nothing to be ashamed of." -0- eb/ny* CONTACT: Interviews with Mike & Diane or Seth Warshavsky Contact Heather Dalton, 212/338-0050 or hdalto@aol.com KEYWORD: WASHINGTON INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET COMED Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com