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In 1994 ApolloMedia purchased the electronic rights to Conduct Unbecoming, based on the book by renowned investigative reporter Randy Shilts. Pioneering digital activism through its 'e-post' feature - the first ever technology allowing the user to communicate with their elected representatives electronically. Conduct Unbecoming examined the issue of gays in the military. Critically acclaimed, the CD-ROM won the prestigious Critics Choice Award and was dubbed "evolutionary" by Rolling Stone Magazine. In an arrangement with Hotwired, then the online sister of Wired Magazine, Conduct Unbecoming became the first ever CD-ROM to be sold online by the groundbreaking company. Upon release, it also became the first ever CD-ROM to be threatened with First Amendment violations after the Navy atempted to suppress an image contained in the work. Refusing to be threatened by the military, and adamantly determined to assert its First Amendment claims, ApolloMedia refused to pull the image, launching a press initiative that resulted in the image being splashed across the front pages of newspapers nationwide. ApolloMedia then announced its intent to defy the Navy's threats, release the product and force the Navy to oblige and withdraw their initial threats. ApolloMedia, represented by Michael Traynor at Cooley Godward LLP effectively established the de facto acknowledgement that First Amendment protections afforded traditional media must be extended to CD-ROM publishers and in so doing began its role in shaping the legal foundations governing interactive digital media. Mr. Traynor is currently the President of the American Law Institute. In mid 1995, ApolloMedia shifted gears moving from CD-ROM production into the brand new field known as the Internet. ApolloMedia has since architected technology-driven Web sites for high profile corporate entities including law firm Cooley Godward ranked in the top 6 best law firm Web sites by the National Law Journal for 1998; ABD/Cybersure, a transaction-intensive site that was hailed as "a benchmark site" for the insurance industry; San Francisco's Rent Tech, the largest rental listing service in the San Francisco Bay Area; City Access Providers, a national concierge service and the database backend for Kenwood USA Corporation's Web site. In 2004, Innoventions, Inc purchased the technological assets of ApolloMedia and began operating with offices in Fort Lauderdale and San Francisco. | ||||