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2257 Forms / Model Releases

Many performers film their own content for their websites, clip stores, and fan pages. This is the future of our industry and it’s important for performers to make sure they are getting proper identification, model releases for content distribution, and 2257 compliance forms for record keeping purposes. While it is very important to do your research when it comes to record keeping, we wanted to help performers get a head start. We have put together packets of forms for you to use to make sure you are getting the proper releases, identification, and forms to properly and legally distribute your content.

Attached below, you will find documents drafted by our legal staff for on set purposes. The documents include generic model release forms, 2257 Compliance forms, along with a check list to help make sure everything is completed correctly. These documents, along with our performer consent list, are all the forms you need. When filming hardcore content, make sure all performers are tested based on union standards, and that current tests are viewed by all performing.

As Mastercard has made changes to their requirements, we will be updating our paperwork to match those new rules. We will also be making the forms packets an easy download here at that time.

If they havent already, please ask staff to forward you a proper packet of the documents exampled below. This site will be updated soon, and at that time the forms exampled below will be available for download here. If you have an immediate need for the forms and staff cannot accomidate you may use the forms below. Contact staff if you need assistance.

All performers will need these completed documents in hand on the day of shoot, valid legal ID in their possession with copy made at check in, and standard current test results unless you are notified in advance that there will be on site testing.

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You must remain in compliance with 18 U.S.C. § 2257A, and its administrative requirements promulgated in 28 C.F.R. 75. These include, in brief:

(1) Age verification: Under no circumstances may any minors (persons under 18 years of age) be depicted in a sexually explicit manner under Federal law. This provision is subject to strict liability: any depiction of minors in pornographic works can subject you to civil and criminal penalties, even if you mistakenly believed that the minor in question was of legal age and even if that mistake was reasonable.

28 C.F.R. 75 specifies the means required to verify that minors are not involved in the production of obscene materials. You must obtain a photo ID card from each person who is to be depicted photographically in your work, and verify that their age at the time of shooting is over 18 years.

(2) Record keeping: A record must be kept for each person depicted in your film. This record must include: The person’s legal name and birth date, as show on their picture ID card; a photographic or photocopy reproduction of that ID card; a copy of the URL or other unique locator indicating the location of this person’s depiction on the Internet; and copies of any stage name or nom de plume used by this person in other performances. These materials must be filed alphabetically by the person’s last name, and cross-referenced to each other name the person has used and to each work in which they are depicted. These records must be made by the photographer or artist who initially captures the person’s image; a “secondary producer,” who reproduces the photographer’s work, may satisfy the requirement by taking a copy of the record kept by the photographer, and keeping its indexing current. All such records kept by a given company or entity must be kept together. Copies of these records must be publicly available at the company or entity’s place of business, and must be kept for seven years past the creation of each image. If the company is dissolved, the person who was responsible for maintaining its records must keep these files available for five years after dissolution. The office of the United States Attorney General has the right to demand inspection of these records at any time, to ensure compliance. “Any time” means that they can show up at your registered place of business between 9 am and 5 pm on any weekday and demand to inspect your records, with no advance notice.

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