Protecting the Identity of Performers

[sarettah]

Originally posted by EroticySteve@Jun 14 2005, 02:54 PM
One topic that I see a lot of hubub about is the safety of performers. In many areas of life it is okay to hide behind a pseudonym and a relative level of aonymity. Imagine if Hollywood actors had to put their personal information out there for everyone to see? Chaos and safety issues would quickly ensue.

I actually think this a way overblown concern for the most part.

The rules (2257) state that the producer has to attain through looking at an id that a performer is of age and has to store a copy of the id. It states that the id has to have the name and birthdate, it does NOT state that the id has to have an address. So, primary producers can sanitize their docs before sending them to secondary producers and nowhere in the rules does it say they can't.

The only stuff that was published regarding this was that the feds were not going to require primary producers to sanitize the docs, it never stated that they can't.

from the federal register:

"Another commenter proposed that secondary producers be required to
store sanitized (i.e., without personal information such as home
address) hard or digital copies of performers' identification documents
along with a notarized affidavit from the primary producer stating the
location of the complete records. The Department declines to adopt this
comment. Although the Department understands the commenter's desire to
protect private information about performers from being too widely
disseminated, it believes that the suggested plan would be overly
burdensome on primary producers and add an unnecessary layer of
complexity to the record-keeping process. Primary producers would be
required first to sanitize the identification documents and then to
draft, sign, and pay for a notarized affidavit. It is simpler and less
burdensome simply to have primary producers transfer a copy of the
records to secondary producers."

Since the rules do NOT require the address and the primary producer is NOT forbidden to sanitize the docs then the primary producer, if they are so inclined, could very easily protect the address of their performers. Imho of course (and I am NOT a lawyer)