10/15/06
WASHINGTON, D.C. In another breakthrough for dealing with federal officials, Atty. Paul Cambria Thursday met with FBI representatives to “open a better dialogue between authorities and the adult entertainment industry.”
“We met with a number of FBI agents in charge of the 2257 inspection process. They explained the inspection process to us and attempted to have a dialogue which would result in an easier inspection process,” said Cambria, AFF general counsel.
“We have a clearer understanding now of their procedures and I think that we have opened up a channel of communication to try and make the inspection process a more productive and less onerous one from the standpoint of the adult industry,” Cambria explained.
“It was a positive meeting. We clarified some areas that we thought were grey areas,” Cambria concluded.
Over the summer, the FBI began making unannounced visits to adult production companies to inspect 2257 records. Under the 2257 section of the U.S. Code, the producers of books, magazines, video or films are required to keep records of anyone performing sexually explicit acts after July 3,1995. The records should include name, dob and proof of that information along with any stage names.
In an earlier breakthrough for the Adult Freedom Foundation, Cambria was the first and only representative of the adult entertainment industry invited to testify before the U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “Protecting Children on the Internet.”
The hearing was held Jan. 19, 2006, and Cambria was later requested to provide supplemental testimony to his live appearance.
Industry attorneys Jeffrey Douglas and Greg Piccionelli also attended Thursday’s meeting at FBI Headquarters in Washington.
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