Amy 18, 2020 Season 2, Ep. 4 Clips4Sale Legal Zone Series #12: SBA Loans (COVID-19) & the Adult Industry, AB 2389 Sex Worker Permit Bill, and the EARN IT Act Clips4Sale is excited to bring you another installment of “The Clips4Sale Legal Zone, with Neil and attorney Corey D. Silverstein” – from Monday, May 18th at 4 pm EST. We welcomed back our recurring special guest, attorney Lawrence Walters. Neil is the founder and leader of Clips4Sale, the industry’s most long-standing and successful space to sell clips online. Corey is the industry’s premiere IT attorney, representing community members from all corners of the space. Together, they will break down relevant legal issues shaping the adult industry – and your business – today, with a live Q&A occurring throughout. During this episode, we gave some updates on SBA loans as related to COVID-19 and the adult industry. This included discussion of two injunctions that have issued against the SBA in cases brought by community businesses. We had an update on AB 2389, California’s controversial Sex Worker Permit bill. For those who may not recall, this bill would prohibit adult entertainers and/or performers from working at an adult entertainment business or content production unless they have received a certificate of training completion regarding their employment rights, as specified. According to Corey, AB 2389 “does seem to be dead for now. The adult industry didn’t beat this thing though – COVID-19 beat it.” This does not indicate the bill is truly off the table. New for this discussion was the use of drugs and/or alcohol on set pre, during, and after shoots, as well as during live broadcasts. We also discussed the EARN IT Act – or, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act — which “would create incentives for companies to ‘earn’ liability protection for violations of laws related to online child sexual abuse material (CSAM).” If passed, the government could require adult content moderation policies and prohibit encryption in order for online platforms to retain their current immunity. According to Larry, the EARN IT Act, “has some support and the consequences could be devastating if passed. Much like FOSTA, the time to pay attention is before this stuff passes.”