@mdxxx
Everyone can win. However, “everyone” is going to be slimmed down.
I’m not seeing this as horrible times. I believe something good for all of us will come out of this.

Everyone who is in this industry can win again. That’s going to happen because only certain people will be making the product. More can come in, but they will have to have the money.

This industry isn’t going to go away. It can’t. If it does then the government cannot control it other than busting folks, but that worked well with weed, didn’t it? If they regulate then it can be good and get rid of a lot of trash.

@Lacey
Exactly. Then the producers are going to do their best to hire the talent that is low risk because their asses will be on the line. The girl with an extensive criminal record may not be the safest person to hire. The guy who was in and out of rehab may not be the best person to include to your roster. You know, what normal people do when they hire. If you are positive that you wouldn’t buy a used car from them then don’t hire them.

Btw for the record. This girl didn’t actually do the scene. She heard from a GF in the model house??? That he had caught something and she apparently moved back to the bay area.

The whole hooking thing happens. Okay. I recognized this porn star off a very popular Bay Area Hooker Website and she was advertising quickies at 100 dollars a pop. Still listed on the Type 9 models page, but 100 for a qq? I thought it was fake. I go to the hotel near the SFO airport and guess who is there. That exact Type 9 model who had the ad posted. I remember her vividly explaining to me the reason she decided to quit porn and hook and model instead is because Kevin from type 9 didn’t even notify her that Mr. Marcus caught syphilis and still booked her for a scene with him! I’m just some guy, but to hear that from a porn girl started my interest in all the outside TMZ bullshit that has become of this industry. If girls want to hook, that should be fine, but then they can’t do movies during that period. You hook, you should always use condoms. I know others say the girls don’t but that is not true. They probably all don’t but the majority do. Or demand tests if you don’t. I’m keeping it real here, seeing both sides of the spectrum. But the bigger picture isn’t these girls hooking. It’s how are we going to get porn back to the glory days where everybody wins? Right now that is looking far from ever being possible.

@Brian: but she compensates for all the fake by being REALLY stupid….

Other than that, SAG members have every right to sue the production companies, every producer, stunt coordinators, etc. depending on who is at fault. This ensures that on every level, people are held accountable for their actions and everyone assumes some sort of risk thereby forcing them to be “responsible.”
The fact that porn performers are pretty much held accountable for absolutely nothing from a safety standpoint speaks volumes when wondering why everyone continues to say that porn performers need a “babysitter.” But, then you consider that the biggest consequence for performers would be contracting HEP. C or HIV yet they are perfectly fine just trusting a system that makes no fucking sense in protecting the performer from harm. The system is set up where it’s “Oh, you now have HIV, but we caught it early enough so that you didn’t infect the entire talent pool so that’s cool.” wtf?
There is no way you can tell someone “Be responsible” and expect them to listen to you… there needs to be some sort of consequence to force performers to take responsibilty for themselves. They obviously are not that concerned about their health so maybe a financial consequence of some sort. This goes for the agents, proction companies and producers, as well.
Just preaching to them isn’t really going to do anything… We’re not talking about the most morally ethical people on the planet here. Meh.

I totally agree. Trust me. What you are saying requires proper legislation and people to regulate what others are doing. That has to happen.

I inherited 3 strip clubs when my grandpap died. (Apparently, I was more worthy than my brothers) I sold one of them to finish college and start a business selling sports equipment to schools, organizations, and boroughs and townships. I have 7 employees. If one of them got genital warts on the job I cannot imagine the hellstorm my business and myself would go through. HIV or syphilis? I would be homeless or in jail.

Why do porn producers get this pass? I would have to be really fucking up to give my employees a disease, but they should have to adhere to the same standards and consequences that I would have to.

If that can change then I think a lot of good stuff will follow.

If PRODUCERS had to bear the cost of the consequences of what happens in their workplace then you bet they would demand change. Until this happens, and it may start happeneing sooner than you think, then there will be change.