FROM HERE: The Czech adult movie making industry is run according to relatively strict rules, say some observers familiar with its workings.
“I am satisfied with the way the industry is regulated, it is only necessary for us to act against pornography degrading human dignity and pedophiliac pornography,“ said sexologist Petr Weiss from the Prague-based Institute of Sexology.
One legal requirement is that actors involved in shooting pornographic films must undergo monthly tests for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as syphilis, gonorrhea and hepatitis. Each such test costs some Kč 2,600 (€ 97). The performers typically go through the tests at two private clinics in Prague as they do not feel comfortable in state hospitals, said Oldřich Widman, owner of Prague-based adult-oriented talent agency Dream Entertainment. “The producers can then have a look at the databases of these clinics,” he said.
Widman maintained that the Czech Republic subjects adult movie producers to clear regulations compared to certain other countries, adding that the filmmakers would find it impossible to shoot material with participants under 18 years of age.
Weiss added that he would be even happier on the STD side if the actors would use condoms during shooting.
Czech law prohibits adult movie sex that involves blood, sexual activities with animals, any implication of involuntary sex and the use of excrement, Weiss said.
Michael VÃt, deputy minister of health, wrote in an e-mail that if his ministry learns of a case of infection that has occurred in the pornography production sector, it acts as it would in any other such situation. However, indicating that he believes the regulation of the country’s pornography industry could be improved, he said the ministry plans to push forward an initiative for regulatory measures that it would oversee itself.
On Oct.18, President Václav Klaus signed a law prohibiting the possession of child pornography. Those breaching the law can be subjected to a two-year jail sentence.