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All Forums > The Porn Pool > The Porn Pool Forum Page 524 > Do "contract" stars get royalties?

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SIGILLARIA Member 20 Posts 8/05	Posted - Aug 7 2005 : 8:03PM I know some of the largest companies have contract stars and presume they are paid differently than a girl paid for a single scene. Do they get royalties? Edited by - SIGILLARIA on Aug 8 2005 [Link]
vodka tonic coolest cucumber who 1243 Posts 11/02	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 11:31AM Reportedly JKP contract girls were supposed to get royalties, but I read Tyler stating that very few of the girls ever saw something. [Link]
Ramsey Senior Member Trina Michaels fan 10332 Posts 10/02	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 11:42AM Isn't having sex AND getting paid for it royalty enough? [Link]
Kimi Lixx Senior Member 2012 Posts 6/01	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 12:01PM SIGILLARIA wrote: I know some of the largest companies have contract stars and presume they are paid differently than a girl paid for a single scene. Click to expand The main difference in payment for a contract performer vs a non-contract performer is that a contract performer is given a specified amount of money to not work for other companies, and to do a specified number of scenes for the company holding the contract during a specified time frame. Such as: 20 movies, with no greater than 5 scenes per movie, in one year. (I'm totally making up the number here, it could be anything, this is just an example.) A contract performer is usually required to do other things besides perform in movies, too. They are usually required to represent the company they work for in media opportunities, industry expositions and other PR situations. Royalties are not usually part of the contract, although I have heard of a few cases. A contract is valuable to a performer mostly for the publicity. If you are under contract for a couple of years you will (usually) come out with a much more popular name than you went in with. That makes it easier to get work, and higher paying work, in the future. Also, some contract performers feel that by being under contract and knowing ahead of time just what they will be required to do and how much they will be earning, they can pursue other things in their lives without worrying about their next paycheck/scene. [Link]
Rumpled Foreskin Member 310 Posts 5/05	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 1:35PM Ramsey wrote: Isn't having sex AND getting paid for it royalty enough? Click to expand Not if you have to fuck Ed Powers. [Link]

Mr-Christy Canyon Member Worshipper of the Canyon 135 Posts 5/05	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 6:56PM Rumpled Foreskin wrote: Not if you have to fuck Ed Powers. Click to expand True. +1 [Link]
juha Senior Member 2752 Posts 3/05	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 7:00PM SIGILLARIA wrote: I know some of the largest companies have contract stars and presume they are paid differently than a girl paid for a single scene. Do they get royalties? Click to expand In an unstable biz like porn only cash right now is for real. Edited by - juha on 8/8/2005 7:00:36 PM [Link]
pwing Member 413 Posts 4/05	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 7:10PM It's amazing that performers don't get royalties IMO. I don't claim to have an intimate knowledge of the business side of the industry but I would think that any performer would want some of the money generated by their performance. [Link]
Kperv The Cuddler *struck (She slipped) 1818 Posts 1/04	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 7:28PM pwing wrote: ... I would think that any performer would want some of the money generated by their performance. Click to expand Wanting and getting are two different things. I'd love to get in the knickers of certain female posters. Doesn't mean that honour is coming to me any time soon. Few performers' bargaining position is such that they can make such a demand. Also, not all of them may think long term enough to consider trading an immediate payout for royalties. And even if they did, would they consider the company honest and solid enough to trust them to pay those royalties later on? Would you? As juha said: "In an unstable biz like porn only cash right now is for real." [Link]
Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 7:34PM In Christy Canyon's book, she said that she got $1 per tape sold, on top of her contract, when she was shooting for Canyon Video (the line that Video Exclusives owner, Mark Curtis, created when he signed her). She also wrote that, at the same time, Ginger Lynn had a similar deal with Vivid. [Link]
Mr-Christy Canyon Member Worshipper of the Canyon 135 Posts 5/05	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 8:34PM Ah, Canyon Video. Those films need a re-release on DVD as soon as possible!!! I believe Christy also wrote that she recieved a new convertible Porsche as well, when she signed with Video Exclusives. On a side note, Christy has always mentioned that Vivid has always been very good to her. One can only imagine. [Link]
noahped Senior Member 2978 Posts 8/02	Posted - Aug 8 2005 : 8:44PM I read that the ClubJenna Girls have it in their contracts that they receive a certain percentage of royalties when their videos surpass 10,000 copies sold...I also heard that that kind of contract was unprecedented. [Link]
juha Senior Member 2752 Posts 3/05	Posted - Aug 9 2005 : 3:02AM Kperv wrote: pwing wrote: ... As juha said: "In an unstable biz like porn only cash right now is for real." Click to expand Thanks for this honour. I might add a German proverb: "Nur Bares ist Wahres." [Link]
Haze Deactivated User 769 Posts 7/04	Posted - Aug 9 2005 : 12:38PM I don't think it would be possible because with mainstream movies there are much much bigger audiences. It's not like a porn movie will reair on USA network on Comedy Central anytime soon. [Link]
Ramsey Senior Member Trina Michaels fan 10332 Posts 10/02	Posted - Aug 9 2005 : 1:41PM Not if you have to fuck Ed Powers. Click to expand What difference does it make for the girls? They all want to make money and Ed Powers pays a lot. [Link]

Haze Deactivated User 769 Posts 7/04	Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 10:51PM The only people in porn that really make money are the studio owners. [Link]
Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02	Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 10:57PM Actually, the distributors are probably at the top of the food chain. [Link]
pwing Member 413 Posts 4/05	Posted - Feb 27 2007 : 2:50AM Kperv wrote: pwing wrote: ... I would think that any performer would want some of the money generated by their performance. Click to expand Wanting and getting are two different things. I'd love to get in the knickers of certain female posters. Doesn't mean that honour is coming to me any time soon. Few performers' bargaining position is such that they can make such a demand. Also, not all of them may think long term enough to consider trading an immediate payout for royalties. And even if they did, would they consider the company honest and solid enough to trust them to pay those royalties later on? Would you? As juha said: "In an unstable biz like porn only cash right now is for real." Click to expand Let me clarify. If a girl is gonna sacrifice her body to the porn industry then she deserves at least a part of the proceeds from her effort. It's not about "want" per se, rather it's the reality for every other industry around. The only reason porn girls don't get paid accordingly is because they're looking for a quick buck. Get a business plan already ladies... There's a reason why top performers are paid more for what they do aside from how they perform in front of the camera. [Link]
Monstar Senior Member http://twitter.com/MonstarPR 1154 Posts 4/04	Posted - Feb 27 2007 : 3:55AM SIGILLARIA wrote: Do they get royalties? Click to expand for a few, yes. ...very few. ContactPornStars.com [Link]
modano Member 316 Posts 12/05	Posted - Feb 27 2007 : 6:53AM i wonder what contract girls do all day long. compared to the girls doing gonzo movies every second day. [Link]
DtotheJ Member 190 Posts 8/06	Posted - Feb 27 2007 : 10:31AM I think any performer with any kind of name/fan base.....should do their own thing outside of the entertainment "machine".... doesn't just apply to porn [Link]
DtotheJ Member 190 Posts 8/06	Posted - Feb 27 2007 : 10:34AM In the music business, where artists are legally supposed to get royalties... there are millions of loopholes, accounting tricks, and outright thievery from record execs that keep them from ever seeing dime one of royalties.... entertainment industry in general is structured in weird way. [Link]

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