[Onavo]

Model release isn't enough, the feds need to actually back it with legislation and perhaps ensure all the signing happen at a police station, so no accusations of consent can be bandied about. Given the amount of revenue the industry generated for LA and Florida, this should not be controversial. There was the infamous "girl do porn" case last year where even with model release the producers were accused of public distribution when the contract said it was for private release and the models decided to sue for sexual assault based on a contract law breach. The industry needs to be thoroughly regulated with lots of sunshine lists on all players, contract law and civil courts will only lead to tragedy.

[Eridrus]

The model releases did not protect the offenders in the GirlsDoPorn case and serious prison sentences were handed out, so I'm not sure what you think went wrong with the law here? (My reading here is cursory, so do let me know) It seems like the main offender escaped justice for a while because he fled the country?

Requiring this level of sustained abuse to prosecute people is obviously bad, so I am entirely open to the idea that more should be done here to prevent this abuse, but it seems like these people were prosecuted beyond a reasonable doubt despite having some sort of releases.