California p*rn Film Moratorium Lifted Early LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A self-imposed moratorium on filming in the Los Angeles p*rn industry brought in after five actors tested positive for HIV was lifted on Wednesday, a month earlier than expected. "Many of the talent who have been quarantined for the last 30 days can safely return to work after several batteries of tests (for HIV) were performed," the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, or AIM, which runs an HIV-screening program for the industry, said on its Web site. California's multibillion dollar adult film industry, which employs some 6,000 people mostly in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, imposed a voluntary 60-day shutdown on p*rn film production last month. AIM director Sharon Mitchell told Adult Video News that about half of the 50 p*rn actors under quarantine had been cleared after testing negative three times in 45 days. She said the moratorium could be lifted. "If you are not shooting any of the people still under the quarantine list, then I see no reason not to start shooting again," Mitchell told Adult Video News. Five actors have tested positive for HIV in the biggest outbreak of the AIDS virus in Southern California's p*rn industry since 1998. They included an actor and three actresses who worked with him without using condoms. The fifth person was a transsexual performer unrelated to the other cases. Most of the 200 or so production companies complied with the moratorium, which prompted calls for mandatory condom use and inspections of film shoots -- proposals that critics said would drive the industry underground.
