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Originally Posted by GonZo
1) An end to extreme hardcore content.
2) IV drug testing to discourage use of performers that are on IV drugs.
3) A 21-and-over age limit for performers that do hardcore.
4) Cutting ties with the escort business by not allowing escorts to perform in front of the camera.
5) Not using foreign talent unless they have legitimate papers to work in the US.
6) Working with the government to legislate a "porn tax" similar to alcohol and gambling taxes."
Self regulation is being discussed.
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I'm all for industry-initiated self-regulation and discussion of ethics in the industry, but as Gonzo said, it's like herding cats. Whereas I'm ethically aghast at pedo-bait sites and violent degrading content, there as plenty of people ethically aghast at me for menstruating during a softcore stripping set.
3) As someone who got started at 18, I am always irked by these things. I understand where people whom I respect are coming from when they advocate over-21 policies, but I don't think that it would address either of the reasons I see for having such a rule. One, there is nothing that says a 21-year-old is more secure, mature, and better at making decisions about her life and her body than an 18-year-old. Even people in their 30s or 40s or 80s can later regret making porn and feel like they made a wrong decision or were lured into something evil with the promise of money. Two, if this is to combat pedo-bait sites like Little April, many sites/photogs/talent are trying to make performers/themselves look as much like a teenager as possible, and many sites will *always* push "she's so young" as a top selling point of their sites, whether the models are 18 or 21 or 35. I see no reason to deny legal consensual adult work to 18-year-olds.
(Personally, I have made a conscious point of never using the word "teen" or "young" to sell myself and my site, even though I have plenty of content shot when I was 18 and 19. I actually go out of my way to correct anyone who calls me a teen, and I *never* talk about "my first time" or any borderline illegal stories of underage sexual antics that are ubiquitous on adult sites. Seriously, what is with *that* being normalized?)
4) Can we just use the word prostitute and cut with the "escort" euphemisms? I don't look down at prostitutes in the least or think what they are doing is morally wrong, but I don't like beating around the bush. This would be the hardest thing in the world to try and set rules for and enforce. Aside from models who do a bit of extra work on the side, look at all the adult talent that does occasional brothel work as such-and-such-pornstar, are we going to then cut them off from the "legal" adult industry? Or is this only for prostitutes outside of legal brothels? Sticky, sticky.
5) Well, there goes iFriends and all the cam networks populated by eastern bloc ladies.
6) Feeding the hand that bites us... yeah, sign me up for that one.
Still, these are a great starting point for a kick-ass discussion, and something that would make a lively last-minute panel for Internext/AEE.