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Porn Industry Using Airbnb Rentals as Film Sets

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Re: Porn Industry Using Airbnb Rentals as Film Sets

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Post by jsprogrammer »

Zikes wrote: post #3
ilek wrote: post #2

Hmm, unrelated but I hadn't realised you had laws at the county level too in the USA. I assumed it was federal and state only.

Goes all the way down to city level, even.

Some companies and private organizations will even create "by-law"s in an attempt to control you.

Uh, why does this comment have a negative score?

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Post by tgb »

ilek wrote: post #2

Hmm, unrelated but I hadn't realised you had laws at the county level too in the USA. I assumed it was federal and state only.

How influential counties are varies greatly from state to state. Where I'm from, there's no unincorporated land, it's all in towns. So the counties are relatively unimportant and town government is correspondingly more important. Elsewhere counties are highly influential.

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Post by Zikes »

jsprogrammer wrote: post #6
Zikes wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Goes all the way down to city level, even.

Some companies and private organizations will even create "by-law"s in an attempt to control you. Uh, why does this comment have a negative score?

Yep, a homeowner's association could put a lien on your house if you broke their by-law about hanging a sports team flag on your front porch, for instance.

Re: Porn Industry Using Airbnb Rentals as Film Sets

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Post by sandworm101 »

>> The county told NBC4 if Lucas had filled out the permit application, the owner could have learned about the shoot before he filmed there.

Lol. The data on a form filed for a porn shoot at a particular location will not find its way into the hands of someone renting on airbnb. I'd be surprised if they are even digital. With due respect to homeowners, this is what happens if you rent your property. People will be having sex in your house even without the cameras. That's what people do. Owners may be embarrassed if their friends identify their home, but something is very wrong with this porn if people are noticing the architecture.

It sounds like this did not involve a home, but unit owned for purposes of being rented out. A porn shoot does not want someone's home. They, like any other production, want a film set. That means little furniture, art, or other identifiable things. So I am not surprised to see this porn shoot occurred in a rental unit rather than someone's actual home. But they should certainly have done a better job cleaning up after themselves.

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