18 U.S.C. 2257 statement
What the record-keeping law requires, who must follow it and how this site relates to it.
Every performer featured is an adult professional. Pornstar Lineup hosts no explicit media. The production companies that made the work hold the records that 18 U.S.C. 2257 requires.
What 18 U.S.C. 2257 requires and who must comply
Section 2257 of Title 18 of the United States Code, together with the rules in 28 CFR Part 75, requires producers of visual depictions of actual sexually explicit conduct to do three things. They must keep records proving that every performer shown was at least 18 years old when the material was made. They must index those records under every name the performer has used. And they must name a custodian of records. The duty comes from making the depiction. It falls on whoever films or photographs the conduct. In narrower terms, it can also fall on anyone who reproduces or publishes such a depiction in their own material. A publisher that carries no such depiction produces none.
Where this site stands
Pornstar Lineup hosts no explicit media. Nothing published here is a visual depiction of actual sexually explicit conduct. We publish text, meaning biographies, credits, award records and scores, along with portrait and event photos reused under Creative Commons and public-domain licences. The copyright page itemises all of those photos. On this basis the site is neither a primary nor a secondary producer under 28 CFR Part 75. The production companies that made these performers' filmed work hold the records that section 2257 requires for it.
Records custodian
- Custodian of recordsNot applicable
- Address at which records are keptNot applicable
Every person written about here is an adult
We enforce this with exclusion rules that run before scoring, not with a disclaimer added after publication. No one who falls into any of these groups is added to a ranking:
✕ Never included in any ranking
- Performers facing credible, unresolved allegations of coercion, assault or trafficking. A place on a ranking vouches for a professional record, and we will not give that where consent is in doubt.
- Anyone whose age at the time of any listed credit we cannot independently confirm as 18 or over.
- Performers who have publicly asked not to appear in editorial rankings. We honour removal requests at once and do not ask for a reason.
- Content, images or links that come from leaks, hacks or non-consensual distribution, however widely they circulate elsewhere.
Before publication, we match each date, award and credit behind those decisions against at least two independent sources. Each ranking also goes through a legal review before it goes live.