The Cambria List

Web log entries dealing with the "Cambria List" and the hardcore porn video industry's response to the new conservative Bush administration. Many industry leaders expect a government crackdown on porn from the Justice Department under John Ashcroft, and they've been circulating a list (prepared by lawyer Paul Cambria) of subject matter and sex acts to avoid or tone down in upcoming productions.

Susannah Breslin reports on the Los Angeles porn video industry toning down its product in fear of a Bush administration legal assault. Some "extreme porn" producers like Rob Black vow to change nothing about their productions, but most companies appear willing to soften their products. Ed DeRoo, the owner of Totally Tasteless Video plans to make his releases slightly more tasteful, noting, "People are going to be targeted, and it's going to be a terrible thing in the country."
LA Weekly

Marc Cromer (whose piece in The Nation was listed her earlier in the week) looks at the video porn industry's response to Bush and the looming threat of obscenity prosecutions. Longer and funnier than his previous article on the subject, with some great quotes from major producers, midrange players and industry lawyers.
LA Weekly

Another article about the Cambria List, this time in (gasp!) The Nation. Mark Cromer discusses the porn video industry's move toward a kinder, gentler brand of porn from his first-hand perspective as a producer at Hustler Video.
The Nation (via Alternet)

Tristan Taormino deconstructs the porn video industry's now notorious Cambria List. Compiled by a lawyer who represents the four largest studios, the List itemizes material that producers should avoid in anticipation of a federal anti-porn crackdown. Taormino also passes along a conspiracy theory apparently making the rounds: "The big studios are already pretty squeaky-clean, especially since much of their revenue depends on softcore versions of their films being sold to adult-cable channels. These so-called new standards may be a way to further distance themselves from the more radical, independent (and less well-funded) 'little guys' who push the limits in porn with extreme, outrageous, and yes, potentially offensive material."
Village Voice