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How “Swingers” Might Save Hollywood from a Federal Pornography Statute

Alan R. Levy

Section 2257 of title 18 of the U.S. Code requires that “producers” of photographs and films of “actual sexually explicit conduct” create and maintain records documenting the age of the performers depicted in those performances. The statute’s purpose is to ensure that the performers are no…