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LittleBlue

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27. Not quite the same

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 01:36 PM

Aug 2014

The article specifies that there is little demand for condom porn.

Your analogy would be correct if instead of hairnets, the state mandated veggie artificial burger for the safety of the consumer. There is little demand for it, so the industry would die. Unlike food services, the internet makes porn distributable from everywhere, so the loss won't be felt by the porn industry.

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Porn production plummets in Los Angeles [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 OP

I just can't imagine porn continuing to exist as a profitable business philosslayer Aug 2014 #1

Yes, there's a lot of free porn on the Internet, but most of it is apparently teasers MineralMan Aug 2014 #3

Some years back I was browsing some computer/nerd website hifiguy Aug 2014 #10

A friend told me Sparhawk60 Aug 2014 #29

"apparently" rug Aug 2014 #44

... RKP5637 Aug 2014 #52

Hehe Rex Aug 2014 #77

video on demand at hotels and satellie ppv is the only economic model that works long term big_dog Aug 2014 #7

Video on demand in hotels is dying also, lots of people just use there computers now... winstars Aug 2014 #14

You seem to know a lot about this, winstars! Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #75

I travel for work so you learn a few tricks here and there... winstars Aug 2014 #118

Why don't you write an article for a travel magazine? Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #122

Thats not a bad idea LK, if I do I will send ya a gift card to a dispensary in CO... winstars Aug 2014 #129

Don't worry about the gift card. Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #130

Roger that! nt winstars Aug 2014 #131

Many hotels are providing free internet to get you there itsrobert Aug 2014 #136

The weird thing is. jberryhill Aug 2014 #141

get a tenda travel router. jberryhill Aug 2014 #140

My asshole relatives are getting slammed by piracy Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #22

One model that works is use free porn as advertisment for high end escorts AngryAmish Aug 2014 #65

There's good sites worth paying for. Blue_Adept Aug 2014 #68

Well porn is why the internet exists shedevil69taz Aug 2014 #128

You do realize you're making the same argument as conservatives who whine about the EPA, right? nt redqueen Aug 2014 #2

But it's sex BainsBane Aug 2014 #70

Yep. Many on the left have a massive blind spot when it comes to this industry. redqueen Aug 2014 #72

Chris Hedges: Abu Ghraib = stills from porn BainsBane Aug 2014 #74

Yes, they're not so popular here redqueen Aug 2014 #78

They are higly revered on every other subject BainsBane Aug 2014 #82

And prostitution ? redqueen Aug 2014 #84

I would guess similarly BainsBane Aug 2014 #111

County ordinances apply to the counties that adopt them. MineralMan Aug 2014 #4

Is there any evidence that they simply wanted to chase them out? redqueen Aug 2014 #5

My take is it was a health issue, not a moral one. Someone would test positive and winstars Aug 2014 #16

Shelley Lubben, an ex porn performer, pushed for this law for years... redqueen Aug 2014 #20

I know... opiate69 Aug 2014 #32

Actually, the fact is, she's a garden variety religious right bible-thumper, now, who has Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #53

LOL. So, so true. hifiguy Aug 2014 #56

Saying Phylis Schlafly's name is like saying Frau Blucher AFAIK... stevenleser Aug 2014 #58

Heh heh. And I think that's German for "Glue" Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #60

Shelley Lubben.. stalwart progressive in your eyes I presume? opiate69 Aug 2014 #121

You presume some seriously idiotic ideas. redqueen Aug 2014 #123

Mhm.... opiate69 Aug 2014 #125

Oh.., another thing.. opiate69 Aug 2014 #126

Every time you bring up Lubben, you huff and puff about how awful it is.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2014 #134

Seems some conservative sources are more equal than others, no? opiate69 Aug 2014 #142

Who needs condoms when you can watch a free compendium of artillery shoots? Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #133

it just shifts the porn production to different locales without such laws big_dog Aug 2014 #36

Or, it just might give Rick Perry the idea cloudbase Aug 2014 #63

I doubt mercuryblues Aug 2014 #98

Then why not an ordinance requiring MMA fighters to wear head gear Yavin4 Aug 2014 #109

This message was self-deleted by its author winstars Aug 2014 #17

I'm sure that concern about health issues was part of it. MineralMan Aug 2014 #23

Well many are surely motivated by money and therefore would rank the health of the performers redqueen Aug 2014 #33

This is correct. TeamPooka Aug 2014 #45

It's a reasonable occupational safety regulation jberryhill Aug 2014 #6

Me, I'm not into gonzo car painting. Orrex Aug 2014 #9

+1 LadyHawkAZ Aug 2014 #11

It seems hard to maintain the argument of employee safety if the jobs relocate/go underground. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #13

Umm... that's pretty normal jberryhill Aug 2014 #18

I would be opposed to slave labor porn with or without condoms. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #34

That's not really the point, now is it? jberryhill Aug 2014 #35

The point is contract, not locality. "Amateur videos" Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #135

They're all queen beds since the remodeling, btw jberryhill Aug 2014 #139

I'd imagine OSHA is less an ideal and more a tangible benefit. LanternWaste Aug 2014 #25

The auto painting business moved for a different reason. MineralMan Aug 2014 #46

Hard times from back to front. Orrex Aug 2014 #8

Face it... pipi_k Aug 2014 #31

Someone will end up on top Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #55

Yes, lost in the Black Forest again. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #137

Even if you stipulate the motive behind the law was a noble one what problem did it solve? /nt DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2014 #12

They're moving to Vegas... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #15

They cut the throat of their own industry LittleBlue Aug 2014 #19

One may imagine that mandating hair-nets for food preparation employees would do the same to the res LanternWaste Aug 2014 #26

Not quite the same LittleBlue Aug 2014 #27

It's called "The Money Shot" for a reason. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #138

and the Vegas is overrun with prostitution in bars and on the strip, which is ironic big_dog Aug 2014 #42

You're assuming they didn't want these exact results and good riddance Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #21

It might be. And if the elected officials and those who elected them are fine with it, that's 90% of stevenleser Aug 2014 #38

If this was a Wal-Mart getting run out of town... Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #76

Thank you for shining a light on yet another example of the ways that so many liberals lose the plot redqueen Aug 2014 #83

I would love to sit the DU libertine contingent down with my family in this business Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #87

Sadly the suffering caused by this industry doesn't rank very high on most peoples priority lists. redqueen Aug 2014 #88

A Walmart doesnt have the tax base that this industry does. If it did, we would worry about it. stevenleser Aug 2014 #86

You speak as though Los Angeles is pornography mill town Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #89

Nope, that is your strawman. nt stevenleser Aug 2014 #90

Huh? I'm not the one who brought up the economic implications of this industry Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #94

Nor am I, the article did. Then you wildly exaggerated my comment. I.E., created a straw man. nt stevenleser Aug 2014 #95

Says the guy who is a professional strawman for Fox News... Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #117

I always know someone has lost when they resort to using that bogeyman. thanks for conceding stevenleser Aug 2014 #120

It would help if I knew what precisely the point was. Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #127

I tend to agree with this = Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #40

Making a porn movie is not a private intimate relationship. It is a commercial relationship. DanTex Aug 2014 #24

That is not, universally true. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #49

I don't think Bob and Mary are moving to Vegas to avoid the condom regulation. kwassa Aug 2014 #99

I still think free internet porn has had a far more devastating effect on that commercial porn Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #101

but isn't the commercial porn industry part of the free internet porn? kwassa Aug 2014 #104

I also think the fact that everyone carries around a better camera with their phone Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #110

Such is the Internet. kwassa Aug 2014 #113

I'm assuming the regulation in question applies to commercial porn only. DanTex Aug 2014 #106

Enterprising porn makers don't even need the industry anymore bluestateguy Aug 2014 #28

There is something else going on at the same time too. NY is making a big push for the film industry stevenleser Aug 2014 #30

Everybody and their bastard brother Bob has a video camera, usually with their phone. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #50

No question. But for those studios still trying to make a go of it... the might be being lured stevenleser Aug 2014 #51

I don't know if I'm ready for a New Yorker vibe in my smut, honestly. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #54

The internet would not exist as it does today Calista241 Aug 2014 #37

Yes, if there was no porn, the internet would be free of porn. hedgehog Aug 2014 #39

... lol ... Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #41

SQUEEEEEE Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #48

Looks like Snow White didn't ask her partners to use condoms. Ikonoklast Aug 2014 #66

OUCH Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #67

The government of LA County has ensured that porn workers in its hedgehog Aug 2014 #43

No it hasn't. It has reduced the risk, but it has not "ensured they can not be... exposed to STDs" stevenleser Aug 2014 #59

No medical professional will tell you that most OSHA guidelines or regulations will 100% eliminate redqueen Aug 2014 #61

I am addressing that poster's exact comments which were inaccurate. stevenleser Aug 2014 #91

you skipped mercuryblues Aug 2014 #92

That word has no meaning in that context. nt stevenleser Aug 2014 #93

It does mercuryblues Aug 2014 #96

No, it doesnt. Either something protects 100%, or it doesnt. Thats a medical issue, not a legal one. stevenleser Aug 2014 #97

well mercuryblues Aug 2014 #105

*crickets* redqueen Aug 2014 #124

Content producers in general are feeling the pinch of the internet. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #47

Pshaw. kwassa Aug 2014 #100

People post amateur porn for free, never understood why some pay for pro porn. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #57

Amateur porn is crap. beaglelover Aug 2014 #64

... RKP5637 Aug 2014 #79

I remember when that law was discussed on DU. Trillo Aug 2014 #62

Or perhaps some of us thought BainsBane Aug 2014 #71

This is a shame on porn consumers BainsBane Aug 2014 #69

People don't like condoms. You might as well be complaining about kids not liking brussel sprouts. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #107

and the part about it's killing people? BainsBane Aug 2014 #114

If you're so absolutely convinced of your argument then mandate condoms for ALL Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #115

Oh goody another porn thread Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2014 #73

Scoot over. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #102

I brought crayons. name not needed Aug 2014 #119

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Garthem Aug 2014 #80

It was a stupid law. Iron Man Aug 2014 #81

While they moan about the condom rule Warpy Aug 2014 #85

This will impact ancillary sellers of video products etc. flamingdem Aug 2014 #103

Why aren't the proponents of this law fighting for boxers/MMA fighters to wear head gear or Yavin4 Aug 2014 #108

"porn involves sex, then it's easier to mobilize against it." Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #112

Are you going to replace those jobs Isadore? Throd Aug 2014 #116

Good. n/t Sheldon Cooper Aug 2014 #132