| By Proctor on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 10:27 am: Edit |
State, County May Require Condoms in Adult Films
Tue Apr 20, 2004
By Lisa Richardson and Caitlin Liu, LA Times Staff Writers
After almost a year of urging the adult-film industry to require actors to wear condoms during sex scenes, state and county officials say the recent HIV (news - web sites) infection of two porn stars has given them the leverage they need to force change.
State and Los Angeles County health officials said Monday they believed existing regulations gave them the authority to require adult-film actors to use condoms, and the state Division of Occupational Health and Safety plans to begin inspections this week, marking the first time Cal/OSHA has investigated the adult-film industry.
Industry lawyers dispute the agency's legal authority, and some industry officials say pornographic movie production would move out of state if condom use were required.
Although a few California adult-film producers have voluntarily switched to condom-only productions, the majority of producers and distributors have balked at doing so. It is conventional wisdom within the multibillion-dollar industry — which employs more than 6,000 people in California, including about 1,200 performers — that using a condom doesn't pay.
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| By Khun_mor on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 10:02 pm: Edit |
Sounds like Nevada is the next Capitol of the porn industry. Does California think there is no other place they can go to film ?? The lurkers in Van Nuys are gonna be pissed if their free views of outside nookie are chased elsewhere.