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phredgreen 05-18-2004 06:56 AM
Porn stars are getting "back in the saddle" again.
 
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originally found here: http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/busin...lash-financial

LA adult film industry resumes production in wake of HIV scare
By ROBERT JABLON
The Associated Press
5/17/04 11:06 PM


LOS ANGELES -- The nation's top adult movie maker has resumed production nearly a month after five performers were infected with HIV, shutting down much of the multibillion-dollar porn industry.

Vivid Entertainment Group started filming again Saturday, said the company's production manager, Shailar.

"It's over. Business is looking up," said Tim Connelly, publisher of the industry online magazine AVN.

Dozens of companies have taken part in a voluntary moratorium pending HIV testing since actor Darren James apparently contracted the virus that causes AIDS in March while shooting a movie in Brazil.

About 50 people who performed with James or those he worked with were put on a voluntary quarantine list that effectively prevented them from doing sex scenes until they had passed two monthly HIV tests. Twenty have been cleared to work.

The outbreak led to an investigation by California's workplace safety agency and calls for state regulation of the largely self-regulating industry.

A 20-year-old porn actress who identified herself only as Brooke said the HIV scare prompted her to give up unprotected sex scenes.

"I know that a lot of people don't want to see condoms, but I would like to see tomorrow," she said.

While many in the industry support voluntary condom use, most oppose making it a law on grounds that it would drive the business underground.

Some of the larger production companies, such as Vivid Entertainment and Wicked Pictures, require condom use. The industry also relies on monthly HIV tests administered by the nonprofit Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation.

But Los Angeles County health officials said there should be mandatory use of condoms for adult films.

"The moratorium is ending without the introduction of the safest protection measures we have," health officer Jonathan Fielding said.

It's estimated that as many as 4,000 new videos and thousands of compilations are made each year in the porn industry. Estimates on the economic power of the industry vary from $4.4 billion to as much as $10 billion.

Vivid Entertainment makes more than 50 adult films each year and releases dozens of compilations.
So what do you think? Too soon? Not soon enough? Has this whole AIDS scare permanently tarnished your otherwise spotless image of porn stars' reputations? :D

Cynthetiq 05-18-2004 06:59 AM
at least they are getting it back together...

i remember the intial AIDS outbreak and that meant there was a period of time where there was just no anal at all because that's how ignorant we all were.

Nisses 05-18-2004 09:47 AM
How ignorant? How about careful until the possible effects have been documented and any danger really verified with proof?

Cynthetiq 05-18-2004 09:48 AM
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Originally posted by Nisses
How ignorant? How about careful until the possible effects have been documented and any danger really verified with proof?
this is as careful as some care to risk their own lives...

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Some of the larger production companies, such as Vivid Entertainment and Wicked Pictures, require condom use. The industry also relies on monthly HIV tests administered by the nonprofit Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation.

grayman 05-18-2004 09:50 AM
I think he means that they thought eliminating only anal sex scenes would reduce the chance of transmission.

Cynthetiq 05-18-2004 09:54 AM
aaah....gotcha sorry...

yes it was ignorant back then... remember back in the 80's AIDS was considered a GAY problem, not a heterosexual problem which is where my comment stems from, it was very ignorant based on what we know now.

Nisses 05-18-2004 11:37 AM
aye, agreed.

Sorry, should have been more clear :)

Hrothgar 05-18-2004 03:24 PM
I'm into 80s early 90s porn so this doesn't effect me.

jRuntlets 05-18-2004 03:52 PM
Does anyone not realize though, that sometimes HIV can rest dormant in the body for 6 months, and sometimes years ( I do believe I've read that somewhere - correct me if I'm wrong)? That's crazy that they've gone back to work after passing two consecutive HIV tests!

Sp0rAdiC 05-18-2004 03:54 PM
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Originally posted by jRuntlets
Does anyone not realize though, that sometimes HIV can rest dormant in the body for 6 months, and sometimes years ( I do believe I've read that somewhere - correct me if I'm wrong)? That's crazy that they've gone back to work after passing two consecutive HIV tests!
the effects can lie dormant, but you would still have the disease or virus, i forget which it is, so you would still test positive for it

jRuntlets 05-18-2004 04:11 PM
Thanks for the info Sp0rAdic. :)

SpikeQX99 05-18-2004 04:53 PM
It's a good thing they're getting back to "work". I was beginning to wonder how long it was gonna take before everyone on the 'net had all the same movies and nothing new was coming out.

I bet if the industry shut down longer, the internet would actually have more room for other more interesting things!

hmmm....

grayman 05-18-2004 10:46 PM
There are more interesting things?

I remember hearing a stat a couple of years ago to the effect that every year they put out several years worth (timewise) of porn, so I think we'll be ok. :D

SpikeQX99 05-19-2004 03:58 PM
Yeah, but i begin to wonder if I've seen it all! I've gotta be getting close I'm sure!!

I gotta get out more.....

Date the Banana 05-19-2004 04:19 PM
There was a pirated link yesterday to the hustler members page...just a quick perusal and I can safely say that the chance of running out of porn any time soon is not bloody likely.

Laugh! 05-19-2004 04:32 PM
Well, I'll be the first to admit that I like porn, but the "actors" and "actresses" should know about the risk. It shouldn't take a scare like this to get them to finally realize the chances of contracting AIDS even if the industry tries to keep it under control.


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