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Cops REQUIRE Copies of Unedited Porn Films Under New Simi Valley Law
On-Set: Popporn's Man vs. Pussy (Goodnight Media) with co-director Spock Buckton, Kagney Linn Karter & Anthony Rosano, 4/10/11 (Koga/LAist)
Simi Valley recently passed a law requiring porn performers to wear condoms, which was widely perceived as a way to keep out condomless productions fleeing from Los Angeles.
But tucked into that law was a provision requiring adult videos producers to submit unedited copies of their films to the local police department for review, according to CBS Los Angeles. You know, just to make sure there was no funny business going on.
This got LOLs from the folks at Fark: "Breathless sweaty detectives promise to put as many hours as it takes to service protection."
Los Angeles, on the other hand, plans spot checks at adult movie studios to make sure producers are complying with the condom rules, although adult video producers doubted that police could keep up.
"There's not enough resources to police and enforce those laws," Edward Arenas, CEO of Naughty America, told the Huffington Post. "A lot of production is done in private residences in a day or a half-a-day. People just pack up and move on to the next location."
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