bad news for "Adult Film" fans

**Red_Lizard2** · 10-18-10, 12:35 AM

Can't imagine the title SHOULD be an issue here. Anyways apparently there a bit of an epidemic in the business, shocking it doesn't happen more often.

BBC News - LA porn industry in disarray over HIV scare

California's multi-billion dollar adult film industry is in disarray after one of its performers tested positive for HIV. Several production companies have halted filming while doctors try to establish who the actor in question performed with, as the BBC's David Willis reports.

For decades we just assumed porn was recession proof," says Steve Javors, associate managing editor of Adult Video News, the trade publication of the adult industry.

"Not only has free porn on the internet taken a huge bite out of profits, but the problem is once people become used to getting something for nothing, how do you then go about getting them to pay for it?"

Maybe they need a bailout

(sorry had to make that joke)

**Kraker Jak** · 10-18-10, 05:56 AM

A bail out?? they pull out enough....viva la porn...

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**flame** · 10-18-10, 12:44 PM

I still support em....

**DancingCorpse** · 10-18-10, 12:48 PM

Without the porn industry, who will decide the great Format Wars? VHS vs. Beta? Porn went with VHS, so VHS won. Same thing with HDDVD and Blu-Ray, Porn chose Blu-Ray, so all the other industries took Blu-Ray.

**Bunni** · 10-18-10, 12:50 PM

Wow that sucks. Major problems for that actor though, they have to get regular STD testing (especially on HIV), no way he could not have known about it. Its gonna get traced back to someone who knew about it, who will be charged deadly to attempted manslaughter (voluntarily giving another individual a deadly diesase without their knowledge or consent)

**Consultant** · 10-18-10, 01:00 PM

That's wild...

**Tick** · 10-18-10, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by DancingCorpse

Without the porn industry, who will decide the great Format Wars? VHS vs. Beta? Porn went with VHS, so VHS won. Same thing with HDDVD and Blu-Ray, Porn chose Blu-Ray, so all the other industries took Blu-Ray.

Actually, they initially went with HDDVD. They only started doing Bluray after Hollywood did. But you're right about VHS vs Beta.