of contracting HIV and other diseases. Adult film producers have said viewers find condoms to be a turnoff. Last year, a woman tested positive for HIV after making an adult film, and in 2004 an HIV outbreak affecting several actors spread panic in the industry and briefly shut down productions at several California studios. In recent years, advocates and health officials have tussled with porn producers and free speech advocates over the use of condoms in adult films. State workplace safety officials at Cal/OSHA are considering strengthening rules designed to prevent transmission of disease by requiring the use of condoms in the adult film industry. Health and workplace safety officials say they have called on the clinic where the case was discovered to share redacted records that wouldspends $250,000 to shoot four movies, which require a total of 12 to 15 days of shooting, Hirsch said. The company currently has a stockpile of unreleased movies, and it would take months without any new production activity to affect Vivid's release schedule, he added. Mark Kernes, senior editor at Adult Video News, said he expects most production companies to shut down until it's known who had contact with the person known to have HIV. It's unclear how the industry's bottom line might be affected by halted production because many companies such as Vivid could sustain sales with backlogs of unreleased titles, Kernes said. Like other entertainment industries, adult filmmakers have been hurt by the recession and the Internet, where pirating and free downloads often cut producers out