Let's use Kira Kenner's contract with Vivid as an example. According to Vivid's attorney, Kira was paid 300k or less from 1999-2004. That's 60k a year. Kira only averaged 10 films a year, so her per film rate was high but the volume was too low to sustain any serious income.

The flip side is that these girls sign away their rights in perpetuity (forever). Vivid will be selling Kira Kenner condoms when she is dead and she will see nothing.

How many films has Ava done with AE? 10? Imagine that she is making 5k a film? Now how much income is that? What these girls give up to get their contracts borders on unconscionable.