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Voters in Los Angeles County had to choose yesterday between authenticity and safety for their porn.
And they chose safety.
Nearly 56 percent of LA County voters voted in favor of Measure B, which requires all porn actors to wear a condom and producers to get a permit to shoot raunchy scenes, according to the LA County Registrar's Office.
The permit fee would pay for inspectors to randomly check porn shoots to ensure all the actors are using protection while working.
As 8:11 a.m. EST, 4,987 out of 4,993 precincts had reported to the LA County Registrar's Office.
But porn industry execs have already vehemently opposed the initiative, claiming all actors undergo strict STD testing frequently and the use of condoms would ruin their work.
Before they shoot a scene, performers have to show each other an email from a lab proving they tested negative for H.I.V., syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea.
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Good. If truth be told, dozens of porn actors have passed away from aids over the years.
So if 56% voted for condoms... 44% voted to not wrap it up??? Are you f-ing kiding me? No wonder California is so f-ed up! I mean there is always going to be a few wackos in the room but almost 4.5 out of 10...?
This would have been affirmed by 88 - 90 % elsewhere!
The porn industry will simply move. How hard is that to grasp? Apparently, to whoever voted for this, very hard. The only thing accomplished is more lost revenue.
wait.. what's a condom?
Porn industry to California: buh-bye now, we'll be in Vegas making money ... :)
Only in L.A. would people actually vote for a law that is unenforceable.There are less people in the porn industry than in everyday America that are passing along STD's.Even though the porn industry disgusts me I just don't see how wasting taxpayers money to get this on the ballot was worth the time and effort.
Because people DIE from sex! In my lifetime I knew a family with a 15 year old girl who contracted AIDs from her first boyfriend who was a bisexual and contracted AIDs from anal sex with another boy. Boy, you can't fix stupid!
You probably like the idea of national healthcare too!
I would assume that they can just as easily produce their movies in some other area of California, any other state, or Canada or Mexico. I don't think the L.A. "landscape" plays a big role in any of those movies. I do wonder if they will lose significant tax dollars from this though.... and I'm sure the "ripple" (not nipple) effect will hurt their plastic surgery businesses.
DawgPound,Read my comments before being so vicious.Sorry about your family member but you don't need to relay the details so graphically.The law is unenforceable unless you have cops standing there making sure that condoms are being used.The porn industry can film elsewhere/Like I stated.It was a waste of taxpayers money to put this on the ballot.
Cleaning lady~ They said there will be "inspectors" to enforce these said rules. I might be applying for this position (;
Was this sponsored by Todd Akin or Richard Mourdock? By the way, where do you apply for the job of policing the porn industry, these guys will be more famous than the actors are, before they even start their job!
PEEPEE <-- Porn Enhanced Extremities Protection Enforcement Executive
All they have done here is destroy an industry that brings revenue into their city. You are dreaming if you think porn just wont simply move. It is already becoming a hugely distributed industry as it is, with the major L.A. players fighting ever-harder (pun!) for relevance in a marketplace that, through the proliferation of technology, has basically just moved on without them.
Porn Inspector, is that a job title now? I truth this is just plain silly, they can't enforce in against amateur internet porn and in order to compete with the amateurs the big porn producers will just move out of LA. Nice Cali, but like prostitution this is a losing battle that will be a drain of resources that could be used elsewhere. I'm sure there a murders and rapes to be solved--what a waste of time. The incidence of death by, or even cases of, AID’s in the porn industry is so low as to be laughable, I can think of many occupations that are far more deadly— crab fishing, logging, heck even farming. Don’t take my word for it research the figures for yourself.
Bye Bye porn revenue. They'll just step over Los Angeles county lines and continue to make their product (in a very safe environment btw - there have been almost zero cases of AIDS reporting as a result of porn shoots in the past decade). What a loss for Los Angeles in a time of fiscal crisis.
RIP bukkake folder :(
This comment will never be topped. You have won the Internets, sir. Both of them.
Condoms don't belong in porn. It ruins the fantasy. Who cares if it's dangerous to the performers? They chose the profession.
California loses again. Porn industry moving to Vegas, and California stuck with another layer of beurocracy.
Bureaucracy. I don't usually like to be a spelling or grammar nazi, but that was just a particularly poor effort right there.
How is banning an industry from doing something going to prevent STDs among the rest of the public? Don't blame porn for causing the STDs, blame parents not talking to their children AND blaming the people themselves for contracting it. You should know the consequences and be prepared to live with them if something happens.
LA, and probably CA will lose an industry because of this, which they might like.
One of the real ironies I find is that, with LA being a liberal breeding ground, you just voted to eliminate someone's rights (to wear or not wear a condom) while supposedly fighting for people's rights. Which is it?! Or are LA citizens of the ilk 'Do as I say, not as I do?'
Yes my sons, Jebus always recommend to "Wrap thy Rascal"..
And there goes the money shot!!!
My bet is that the industry will re-locate. Personally; it doesn't matter to me. I don't live in L.A. and I don't "endulge". But I'm betting that L.A. will lose a business that has brought money to them for decades; while some other city will welcome the monies they bring with them.
No kidding, it's like when the steel-mills left Pittsburgh because they insisted on putting up safety measures. When will these stupid cities realize that a few workers dying or being injured is less important than bringing in as much profit as possible. Also, it's 'indulge'. When did people get so terrible at words?
Captain, people became poor spellers with Hukt awn foniks wurkt fer mi!
Hey; I didn't agree or disagree with any of the measure. I merely made an observation. And excuse me.. I think this was my first error in spelling in about 5 years... give me a break. Even the best of us make an occasional mistake.
This is going to be very difficult to enforce. Will the porn inspectors insist on being there on the set with the actors? What about amateur porn shot in motel rooms? This could spark a major assault on the porn industry. We could call it "the war against condomless porn."
I can't believe that California/Los Angeles are that F'd up to even put something like this on a ballot. I take it back, they are. I've been there a few times, and it's not even a nice place to visit, let alone live there.
Ya this amazing all-year-around sunny weather and fun environment sucks.
You'd think they could get something a little more official than an email....
They are going to have "Inspectors" to make sure health precautions are being followed. I bet there is going to be a line a mile long to get that job.
Hmmmm... I don't know. Just the thought that 50% of the job would involve having to play Sherlock Holmes with some dudes 'junk'....well, naaaaaa. I'll leave that to the TSA.
Sorry, but there are a lot more STD's out there than the ones they have to prove they don't have. This is better for the safety of the actors, and also gives teenagers a better example about realistic sex than they are currently getting from porn. Talk about ridiculous expectations.
With a name like Kitty, maybe you should be in porn.
Yes, I also look to the porn industry to provide healthy examples for my teens...
Are you for real? If your kids are watching porn, you are already failing them.
Ok so what is the point of porn if condoms have to be used, stupid. I bet the inspectors will get bribed with special "jobs".
I'm never wearing a condom again in protest!
"Before they shoot a scene, performers have to show each other an email from a lab proving they tested negative for H.I.V., syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea."
Wow! And to think it used to piss me off to have to do a monthly work report! I mean, if the boss wasn't asleep at the wheel - he would already know! :) So much for wearing a condom at work! :)
Isn't this where Sally Field stands up on a table and holds up a sign that says "BAREBACK"???
Actually, to those thinking being a porn set inspector might attract a crowd I think not. The smell alone on the sets of pornos is god awful. Its not like you are just oggling naked women all day. Its nasty.
Well, I'm surprised the majority supported this. Yet, I remain cynical about its implications if it is actually put into effect. I think the porn industry will probably move to another city, county or state. Maybe still, the industry will comply and sex with condoms will just have to be the new norm in pornography. Either way it doesn't stop porn from doing what it does best, which is showing people having sex.