The response of Ron Miller aka Don Hollywood, posted on Adultfyi.com is, in my opinion, not good advice. To tell a licensed and bonded agent to "not cooperate" with legal authorities when it comes to "jobs" they negotiate on behalf of their clients can put your agency on very shaky legal ground. Aside from negotiating "illegal" contracts for performers, obstruction of justice is no laughing matter.
Quote..."Whether they're the police or the self-proclaimed sex police, there isnt a damn thing they can do about it/ Because the TALENT has done nothing wrong." That is absolutely correct, because it is the AGENTS and the producer/directors, who pay the talent that have done something wrong i.e. not folowing blood borne pathogen laws. (the agents negotiate the specific acts to be perfomed, thatis how the rate of pay is determined and the agent takes a cut.)
It is obvious that Ron Miller is only interested in protecting producers, directors and agents at the expense of the health and well being of the talent.
And it is even more obvious that the one thing that Mr. Miller is most afraid of is the "self appointed sex police" getting the TRUTH about what is happening on a daily basis in porn valley.
Mr. Miller(a lawyer) also is against any type of organization in the jizz biz, because he knows that organization leads to legal responsibility.
Mr. Miller also states that any talent can contact him for FREE advice about how to handle any questions form OSHA or the Health Dept. Do you think the advice he will give will be to the benenfit of the talent, or to the benenfit of the producers,agents, or directors?
It is crystal clear that the one thing the industry fears more than anything else is the TRUTH. If you have nothing to hide and are doing nothing wrong then why not answer their questions, especially when it is in regards to people catching diseases that can affect the rest of their lives.
Why should the porn biz get a free pass on health issues when every other industry has to folow the law?
As a lawyer, Mr. Miller knows, the truth is only your enemy when you have something to hide.
As a lawyer, shouldnt you advise people to tell the truth? Who are you trying to protect Mr. Miller, it certainly is NOT the talent.
The most telling statement in the entire article is, and this is a direct quote form Mr. Miller.......
"Why should talent put their livlihoods at risk by feeding information which would most probably get a production company, or an independenat producer cited?
He all but admits right there that he knows there is something illegal going on. The real question he should ask is, "Why should the talent cover theasses of producers and directors who could care less if the get a disease. As it stands now the talent is shit out of luck and has to pay the bills themselves.
And before you give the predictable response that the talent knows this going in....dont even go there. This is a WORKPLACE HEALTH issue, not a free speech or selfresponsibility issue. SOMEBODY is responsible for health and safety in the workplace, and it is not the low level employee, which in this case is the talent.