AboutDan Pepper Expertise How to start an adult film business or adult website LEGALLY.
What laws to be concerned about with getting into the adult entertainment industry.
What terms and conditions do you need on your adult website.
How to comply with 18 USC 2257 - the federal record keeping requirements.
What forms and agreements to use with models and crew.
How to deal with copyright and trademark laws.
Experience I have been practicing law for 14 years, and have represented numerous businesses and entertainers in the adult entertainment industry as the managing member of Pepper Law Group, LLC, at www.adultwebsitelawyer.com.
Organizations Free Speech Coalition,
Past speaker at the Internext Expo, interviewed in AVN Online
Education/Credentials BA in Political Science, JD (law degree)
Expert: Dan Pepper Date: 5/15/2008 Subject: where do fetish films fit in?
Question So California is the only place where it is legal to produce adult films. By adult film, I mean a video of two or more people having sex, for money, on video and then distributing the video.
What about fetish films? Videos where people aren't necessarily having sex? This includes feet, food, enemas, leather, feathers, pumpkins, fast cars, pretty little birdies, whatever people enjoy that isn't good old fashioned sex.
What if the models are nude, but there isn't any graphic display of genitals? Semi-nude, like a hospital gown? Not nude at all, like they are fully clothed but only hike up their skirts a bit?
I live in New York, which is almost as far from California as you can get.
What's the deal with fetish films?
Answer Like most issues in this business, the answers depends on the details. At the end of the day, if the content is deemed obscene by local standards, you'll have problems. What is obscene? Ask 10 people and you'll probably get 10 different answers, but I usually go through the specific content with my clients and analyze it based upon the prosecution history of the local jurisdiction.
