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14 UCLA Ent. L. Rev. 155 (2007)
The Legacy of Lords: The New Federal Crackdown on the Adult Entertainment Industry's Age-Verification and Record-Keeping Requirements

handle is hein.journals/uclaetrlr14 and id is 171 raw text is: The Legacy of Lords:
The New Federal Crackdown On the
Adult Entertainment Industry's Age-
Verification and Record-Keeping
Requirements
By Robert D. Richards* & Clay Calvert**
I.  INTRODUCTION    ...........................................    156
II. METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURES ......................               168
III. THE INTERVIEWS ........................................ 169
A. Underage Performers in the Adult Industry ..........         169
B. Why Now? Motivating Forces Behind the §2257
Inspections  ...........................................   174
C. The Effectiveness and Usefulness of Section §2257 ...        179
D. What Took Place at the Washington, D.C., Meeting
w ith  the  FB I  .........................................  183
E. The Burdens and Steps of Complying With Section
§2257  ................................................    187
F. Privacy Concerns Raised by Section §2257 ...........         193
* Professor of Journalism & Law and Founding Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Center
for the First Amendment at The Pennsylvania State University. B.A., 1983, M.A. 1984,
Communication, The Pennsylvania State University; J.D., 1987, The American University.
Member, State Bar of Pennsylvania. The authors gratefully thank the eight individuals inter-
viewed for this article who took time out of their own busy schedules to meet with the
authors; the authors also thank them for their trust of two members of the professoriate, a
group not generally known to listen rationally to the views of people associated with the
adult entertainment industry. In addition, the authors express gratitude to both Dustin
Pangonis and Lauren Pisieczko of The Pennsylvania State University for their work that
contributed to this article.
** Professor of Communications & Law and Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Center for
the First Amendment at The Pennsylvania State University. B.A., 1987, Communication,
Stanford University; J.D. (Order of the Coif), 1991, McGeorge School of Law, University of
the Pacific; Ph.D., 1996, Communication, Stanford University. Member, State Bar of
California.