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Residents in an upscale suburb in Orlando, Florida want authorities to shut down an Internet pornography business operating out of a neighbourhood home, according to an Associated Press report. Upset neighbours said that the men intrude on their neighbours in the Brantley Harbour neighbourhood.

The six men who run a Web site featuring gay pornography with pictures taken inside the house have however, maintained that they have the right to operate their business from the privacy of their home, regardless of what their neighbours think of the morality of that business.

A neighbour said that a man at the house once answered the door in the nude while two have seen nude men in the backyard. Although the house has a privacy fence, people with decks and two-story homes say they can see over it.

A neighbour made the discovery after a water balloon thrown by a boy went off target
The neighbour had gone to the house to apologise for the broken window and found an open door. The neighbour peered in and saw cameras and posters advertising the Web site. Curious, the neighbour logged on and was shocked.

"We are not harming anybody," said Charles Foulk, who leases the House and runs the Web site. "I don't see how it is affecting the neighbourhood. If your neighbours don't like you, do you think you should have to move?"

He added that he believes the neighbours don't want them there because they are gay, although neighbours deny it.

The homeowners' association in the area, near Altamonte Springs had asked the men to move, but they refused. Neighbours have also called police, but the police say the men haven't broken any laws.

The neighbourhood homeowners' association is considering its options. It could sue because its rules call for houses to be occupied by single families, not business employees.

The Seminole County Planning and Zoning Department is also studying whether it can do anything because the area is zoned for residential use, not businesses.