Some Crazy Fucked Up Shit Here..

[Lee]

http://www.avnonline.com/issues/2004...031204_8.shtml

WILMER, Ala. - P. V. Perry, owner of Club Outer Limits, was arrested yesterday afternoon on charges of producing pornography with intent to sell. Perry was released later that same day on $10,000 bail. Wilmer is a small town 15 minutes west of Mobile.

There was no grand jury; police aren't claiming the videos are obscene - simply that Perry made adult videos with intent to sell them. "They're trying to say that it's a crime to shoot a porn in the state of Alabama, but according to what I can find it's not. And they're not even sure about it theirself," Perry said.

"They said that they've got to see where it goes because in the state of Alabama it's a tossup on whether it's legal or not legal."

Dancers from Perry's club appear in the videos, in a mixture of girl/girl, boy/girl, and solo scenes. The videos appear in the member's section of ClubOuterLimits.net called "PV's Playhouse."

"I have a Website and there were four videos on there - and that's what I was arrested for," Perry told AVN.com. "All of the girls were of age and they were consenting adults.

"Mostly the videos are boy on girl and girl on girl. It ain't no animal sex or incest or anything weird like that," he added.

"I'm going to leave them up there. They've had my stuff for the last few weeks reviewing it. A lot of my tapes and CDs and stuff like that they've had for five or six weeks," Perry said. "I'm not taking it down though; I've not done anything wrong."

Perry said he never intended to sell the videos. "The videos are in the members section of the site and if you want to join you can watch the videos, but I don't sell them," he said.

Perry, 57, has run Club Outer Limits for the last two years, converting his restaurant into a strip club after a divorce.

Preliminary hearings in Perry's case will be held on March 29.

Who wants to bet the arresting officer was thrown out of the strip joint or was told he was to ugly to be in a porno? LOL

Regards,

Lee

[basschick]

i don't know if this is still true, but in 1996 it was illegal to make or even buy pornography in 14 states. that might have been one of them - i know tennessee and kentucky were on that list, and i think alabama was.

i guess i'm not finding this stuff funny - it's really frightening to me on two levels:

1. on a personal level, because i work with adult material.

2. because the u.s. constitutions is about certain freedoms. even if it hasn't always worked out, i'm sad to see restrictions placed against people - negating that the u.s. is about freedom :-(

[basschick]

i believe porn is and has been illegal in these states:

Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming

[Bell]

some more info might be available here;



FindLaw.com



alabama laws:
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/C...975/148424.htm




maybe they think this is reason enough to have arrested him:

Section 13A-12-195 Indication of commercial exploitation of matter for prurient appeal may be considered in determining whether matter appeals to prurient interest, etc.
- - - link goes herel:

http://www.legislature.state.al.us/C...13A-12-195.htm




or go here - - - http://www.legislature.state.al.us/C...975/148424.htm
to get the links for these:

Section 13A-12-198 Forfeiture of equipment, materials, vehicles, etc., used in production, transportation, dissemination, etc., of obscene matter.
Division 5 Alabama Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act.
Section 13A-12-200.1 Definitions.
Section 13A-12-200.2 Distribution, possession with intent to distribute, production, etc., of obscene material prohibited; penalties; distribution of fines.
Section 13A-12-200.3 Dissemination of obscene material; penalty; disposition of fines.


Section 13A-12-200.11 Display of genitals, etc., for entertainment purposes; violation; disposition of fines.
Section 13A-12-200.12 Special operating license for adult-only enterprises; advertisement; revocation of license.





state by state laws:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2269/



other links where information might be found:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...ecency&spell=1


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...ecency&spell=1


http://www.ccmostwanted.com/LL/us.htm


http://www.free-market.net/directory...ry/news/T14.3/

http://www.stateline.org/stateline/?...pe=headersOnly




~Bell

[basschick]

good links!

you know what amazes me? that people who are going to do porn shoots don't talk to a lawyer first - or at least look up the links you just found. it would be cheaper and less stressful than going to jail because you live in a state that doesn't allow porn production in some way.

[Gary-Alan]

Originally posted by basschick
good links!

you know what amazes me? that people who are going to do porn shoots don't talk to a lawyer first - or at least look up the links you just found. it would be cheaper and less stressful than going to jail because you live in a state that doesn't allow porn production in some way.

EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY

Bass you are so right on the money! This is all too common. I am still amazed at the shear number of people in this business that haven't spoken to a lawyer.

One of our own lawyers, who used to solicit companies in the adult industry, has told me how many adult companies believe they do not need a lawyer to do this business. She says the same thing... try to, at least, look it up before you do it!

Now, I would have thought running a business, alone, would warrant speaking to a lawyer at one point or another. And in THIS industry? The idea not to have contact with someone, or some information, is amazing to me.

My soap boxed two cent...

My best,
Gary-Alan

[basschick]

cool article on Creating Adult Content Outside California http://www.weboverdrive.com/newslett...ml#legalcorner