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ZBF Vertrieb Started in 1974, ZBF Vertrieb is the acronym for a leading German porn distributor. A limited liability company, it was run through the late '80s by general manager Georg Schmitt and his four sons, Peter, Dieter, Lothar and Gunther. "There were three groups of people in the business before legalization in Germany," a veteran told the authors of Porn Gold. "Horst Peter and his partner Wolf Waterschild, Charlie Brown and myself. Georg Schmidt started late. Officially he didn't start until the law was changed [1975] but he and his sons did take some risks between 1973 and 1975. Everyone knew it was going to be legalized in the end."ZBF negotiates distribution deals with many of the big magazine and video producers. About 70% of their product, as of 1987, was distributed through an exclusive deal. Turnover amounted to about $50 million in 1987. |