Hi, people! I'm new to the American market and thus find some matters extremely confusing. I'd greatly appreciate any insight from a producer or a customer's opinion.
The question : What exactly is forbidden in the DVD US porn - and to what EXTENT? I'm mainly interested in fisting and pissing. They seem hard to find, yet not at all non-existent! (Is this by any chance a matter of conflicting laws in different states?) Where do we draw the line?
I could easily assume that if fisting was not forbidden, DAP would be far less popular - fisting just looks a whole lot better IMO. (Same with pissing/ATM.) Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I've been shooting a movie for the European market and I was wondering how to "translate" certain scenes for a US distribution - instead of just editing them out. For example, would dildo&cock DAP be a fair substitute for anal fisting? Please shed some light, I'm just trying to provide only the best product and as much as I detest restrictions, I'd rather find a way to deal with them - efficiently.
fisting is a market, i mean, there is a market for that sort of thing..
i do not know about US laws, as i live in the UK
the UK law specifically says "no fisting" , "no pissing" "no beastiality"
i know beastiality isnt allowd in the US, not sure about fist and that though, hopefully some one will comment. but it is out there, just got to know where to look i guess ?
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There is no federal law banning fisting or pissing. The federal law leaves the definition of obscene material up to individual communities. While the reasoning behind this ruling is that New York shouldn't have to live by the standards of Peoria, nor vice-versa, the upshot is that there is no comprehensive list of acceptable sex acts versus prosecutable acts. It also means that successfully defending yourself in one community does nothing to prevent prosecutors from taking you to court somewhere else. That can get expensive, even if you win every time. Most companies would rather avoid the hassle and just put out what everybody else is putting out so as not to come to the attention of the authorities.
If you want to include pissing and fisting in your US releases, I suggest that you start by talking to your distributors. If you can't get them to distribute such movies then what the public might consider acceptable is a moot point.
PS - Yes, Max Hardcore releases different versions for the European market.
For me as anal fan the idea should be somewhere around dildos substitutes. Speaking of anal fisting what about a hand styled dildo? Some poster from bussiness, i cant remember exactly who, mentioned that they are going to use four fingers from each hand = 8 fingers up the hole.
For me a well designed dildo with a shape close to a fist (but not nessesary hand model) will do the thing. U know it has to be big enough, I mean wider at the bottom (end) with some kind of bulb at the end u know because sharply shaped one exactly matching a hand would probably harm someones ass or simply wont feel good and uncomfortable.
This won't seem terribly surprising...I don't think there are substitutes for fisting or pissing per se... They are acts that are either part of the sexual choreography, or they're not. A fisting fan becomes pretty grumpy when a scene looks like it's leading up to fisting and then nothing happens. So, it might be better to script the scene differently if you aren't going to shoot fisting content.
Also, I don't think the hand-shaped dildo is a substitute.
Just a note to Hardware: The vagueness of the federal statutes could also be interpreted to mean that *any* sexual content is prosecutable. Even if you look over Federal, State and local obscenity prosecutions over the last 7 years or so you'll find 2 or 3 that involve fisting or pissing. The others involve pretty much mainstream material.
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I agree. My point was simply that producers seek safety in numbers. Being in the herd doesn't eliminate risk, but leaving the herd is likely to increase it.
actually no, R18's are actually US XXX, penetration are shown on R18 but it is ilegal to sell in this country thats the way i see it, Joey u may be right
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And God bless anyone who has the balls to put out fisting scenes. But what I don't understand is if it's illegal to have fisting in your film, then how can some people get away with it. Then you have easter eggs issue, which might have something like fisting or puking in it. I don't think there is a clear definition of what is illegal and what is not.
That's not quite correct. The UK law is as vague as it has always been and there is no specific guidance just a general ground for prosecution on material that 'has a tendency to deprave and corrupt'. What you are maybe confusing with the law is the current guidelines for R18 as decided by the BBFC which is a body supposedly independent of the govt. To sell a video in the UK it must have a BBFC certificate but this does not apply to material from abroad. Any material from abroad is exempt from BBFC classification on grounds of fair trade but customs tend to follow the BBFC nowadays so that broadly speaking anything that would be granted a BBFC classification should get through customs. Bear in mind the BBFC guidelines can be reviewed at any time and the changes the last few years were as a result of a huge public consultation convincing the BBFC that attitudes had changed. Also bear in mind that the BBFC has a great deal of leeway and so could decide to allow a fisting scene in a lesbian sex educational film in just the same way as years ago it allowed scenes of intercourse to be shown in 'The Lovers Guide' at a time when it censored all such scenes from any other movie.