Expert: Jim Boyd - 8/28/2008

Question
Hey Jim In a recent answer you said ‘It is not illegal to produce porn outside of CA, it is just not affirmatively legal as it is in CA.  There is a big difference there.’. My question is what is the difference?

Answer
First of all, I am NOT the person who made this statement, nor have I ever made a statement even remotely similar to this in any of my answers on this, or any other, site. ALL of my answers are based on fact, experience, and years of following the advice of 2 very fine Attorneys with a combined total of more than 45 years of Adult Industry Law experience.

Secondly, the person who did make this statement is absolutely WRONG when they say “It is not illegal to produce porn outside of CA”. Furthermore the ...“it is just not affirmatively legal as it is in CA.  There is a big difference there” part of the remark is just a bit drivel thrown in to make it appear that they actually know what they are talking about.

The simple fact is (and yes it really is this simple) that California is the ONE AND ONLY place in the U.S. that legally recognizes a difference in paying someone to have sex for the purpose of producing Adult Material and paying someone to have sex as it relates to common prostitution.

Paying people to have sex for the purpose of Adult Production is viewed absolutely NO DIFFERENTLY than common prostitution in EVERY other State and therefore ILLEGAL EVERYWHERE outside of California. Anyone who tells you differently is obviously NOT qualified to be giving advice on the subject at all.