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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 levemi »

jerf wrote: post #4
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.

And also a city/municipality/township level as well.

It gets even more specific than that, while home owner's associations don't generate laws that lead to criminal penalties when broken, the rules HOA's create are legally binding and have probably a significant impact on many people's quality of life and every day freedom. They are very personal rules and you can get in trouble for stupid things like leaving your garage door open or how you hang your laundry. People living with HOA's have opted for trading in freedoms for slightly higher property values.

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Post by AznHisoka »

sandworm101 wrote: post #9

>> 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 ha…

I agree. Don't want this to happen? Easy, don't rent your home out. Renting your home out comes with risks, and you do get rewarded for that risk, but there's still risks. Nobody is forcing you to rent it out.

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Post by benten10 »

The money-quote for me was:

>>"When you force the industry from a well-equipped infrastructure like the Valley, with not only traditional sound stages, but a large number of easily rented homes where adult filming is permitted and encouraged, and push it to the margins, and to area and locations where people are not aware that adult film is being shot, you're seeing the beginning of an industry moving underground."

AKA, you don't let us what we want to, we'll do things illegally. And that's the issue I have with all the 'disruption' (belch) happening around.

Soo, the porn industry is 'disrupting' location/set industry. How long before we can expect to see our houses in mainstream cinema after having airbnb'd to some rando 3 years before?

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Post by Amorymeltzer »

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.

In NYC, which is of course an outlier, the counties (each borough) are smaller and fall below the city level.

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Post by mturmon »

This is part of the churn due to the passage of Measure B in LA County, which mandates use of condoms on shoots. A lot of production has moved out of LA County in consequence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_B), away from the established sets in the San Fernando Valley.

All of this was predicted in advance. I was somewhat surprised the measure passed. It was pitched publicly as a good-for-performers health measure by its sponsor, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/medical-privacy-sex-wor...).

This foundation, weirdly, is now spearheading an anti-development ballot initiative in Hollywood (http://www.advocate.com/hiv-aids/2016/1/13/ahfs-michael-wein...). Coincidentally, this is again relevant to AirBnB because AirBnB (like dense housing development) has been viewed as a force for gentrification.

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Post by scholia »

waterlesscloud wrote: post #5

To be fair, the porn industry in Los Angeles has always used rental homes for sets.

The thing being that if you rent out somewhere for film or photography -- even if it's just a home or garden -- then you make a lot more money than if it's just for somewhere to stay.

(Source: I used to be in the photography industry and have done it.)

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Post by beloch »

sandworm101 wrote: post #9

>> 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 ha…

It sounds like a useful tactic would be to plaster your walls with art related to Disney/Marvel characters. This would make it a legal nightmare to film in without stripping the place bare.

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Post by sp332 »

AznHisoka wrote: post #12
sandworm101 wrote: post #9

>> 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 ha…

I agree. Don't want this to happen? Easy, don't rent your home out. Renting your home out comes with risks, and you do get rewarded for that risk, but there's still risks. Nobody is forcing you to rent it out.

You're not required to take every risk with no recourse. A renter might steal from you or leave a spy camera behind, but that's illegal. We could certainly make it illegal to shoot commercial video on someone else's property without their permission.

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Post by dawnerd »

levemi wrote: post #11
jerf wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And also a city/municipality/township level as well.

It gets even more specific than that, while home owner's associations don't generate laws that lead to criminal penalties when broken, the rules HOA's create are legally binding and have probably a significant impact on many people's quality of life and every day freedom. They are very personal rules and you can get in trouble for stupid things like leaving your garage door open or how you hang your laundry. People l…

My, soon to be ex, HOA decided they want to make rules regarding public roads. If they catch you parking on said public road, they will inspect your garage and issue heavy fines if you're storing anything in it.
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