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[ PRIVACY Forum ] "Los Angeles' New Adult Film Condom Law Has Holes"
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Los Angeles' New Adult Film Condom Law Has Holes
http://j.mp/zMgk9A (Hollywood Reporter)
"Because of this, if the law is to have any teeth, health officials
will have to show up at sets, and law enforcement will be required
to take action when condoms are not used. The law gave everyone
six months to figure out the best enforcement protocol, and so
far, the status of this is under a tremendous cloud of doubt and
confusion."
- - -
I live in the West San Fernando Valley portion of L.A. -- literally
ground zero for the world's porn production. Other than occasional
area filming alerts from Film L.A., the same as would be seen for any
other "official" location shoot in the city, it's a quiet and largely
"invisible" industry. It doesn't bother me, and I don't bother it. The
logical flaw with the porn-condom law is that it cannot possibly have
a major impact on AIDS one way or another, since the total volume of
porn-related contacts pales into statistical insignificance compared
with the sexual activities of "non-porn" residents, most of which --
for better or worse -- also take place without the use of condoms.
Unless there are plans to mandate condom use generally among
consenting adults, and create an enforcement regime to police it,
there would seem to be good reason to validate suspicions that the
porn condom law is almost entirely political in nature.
--Lauren--
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