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California didn?t become the global mecca of porn by coincidence; it?s the result of California vs. Freeman, a 1988 California supreme court case that established a legal distinction between making pornography and criminal activities like pandering.
The ruling has been cited to support similar cases in other states like New Hampshire, but California remains the only state where it is explicitly legal to produce and shoot pornographic movies; though porn is certainly filmed elsewhere in the United States, the legal gray area beyond California has some producers hesitant to cross state lines.
?We could move to Vegas, but there is a chance that they could come after you in the same way back in the ?80s they went after a lot of producers, which is trying to charge them with pandering or prostitution,? said Kevin Moore, a producer and director for top porn studio Evil Angel. ?Whether or not that would happen, I don?t know. ... Obviously porn is shot in other states and it?s never been an issue. But it?s different when you?re doing this and you?re trying to do it in a legitimate sense. That hanging over you is never a good thing.?
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