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Ron Jeremy Thinks the Porn Industry is Suffering Unduly Under New Restrictions
Porn legend Ron Jeremy has some thoughts about the new direction of adult entertainment, and to sum up, his overall feeling is that he's not happy about the direction it's going.
The well-hung adult film superstar talked to PopCandies TV over the weekend at a party, and let a reporter know that he thinks the industry has been getting the short end of the stick lately, between free sites taking over and Measure B causing shooting difficulties in the Valley. Here's what he had to say:
"[The industry is] suffering cause of the free sites...you've got Youporn, PornTube, SexForFree...why bother? If you can see stuff for free...the porn business has really lost something. a lot of companies went out of business....now they want to do this final nail in the coffin by punishing other filmmakers all it's gonna do is bring more tax dollars to Oxnard, Calabasas, San Diego...it's not accomplishing anything, they'll still make films, just taking tax dollars out of LA"
Jeremy goes on to say that porn will survive the current assault on its well-being, but that no one can know what it will look like in the years to come.
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