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Grew up in the bar business, and a lot of what I experienced/learned in that life is easily translatable to the adult "entertainment/film" industry. I have a very different take on these things (as one could imagine), and definitely consider myself a lot more libertarian than most. Adults are going to adult; period. You aren't going to stop that. You aren't going to tell people "You can't do these things because <insert religious argument here>." Sorry; anon's heard just about all of it, most of the retorts, and have successfully argued both sides. Anon understands, from a civics perspective, the woes of unhindered debauchery and how it can effect society. Frankly, not everyone believes the same as the biblefags/religiousfags, and you're not going to force them to believe differently regardless of how "biblical" the plan is. You've got to let people fall on their face. That's not as to say many don't get a wake up call at some point in their lives and turn into "bible thumpers", or go on crusades to rail against certain industries. And certainly, some of these outfits need to be discarded. We've got eons ahead of the human race, and having some adult conversations about how we should better "human" need to start happening. Having said all that, and after years of working in the bar (and other) industry before starting a "more socially acceptable" career, my observations on the real problems with these types of businesses (and you can apply the same all the way down to the adult entertainment/film industry) are:
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Companies engaging with and recruiting (grooming) "talent" way below age thresholds. If these businesses wanted any semblance of attempting to separate themselves from trafficking outfits, they'd set some minimum age limits at like, 25 (and up) for both the clients and the workers.
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Accurate, safe, and quick screening for STDs (claimed to be done already) for clients and workers, and (here's the biggie) resolve the obvious potential violations of medical privacy this could lead to.
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Clients, as you say, "stepping out of line" (though I bet this isn't as much an issue as some might think). A lot of this could tie directly into the "drug friendly" policy. Needs restriction.
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Muh 5 million religious arguments against the carefree debauchery (though this is called "college" for some people). Thankfully, laws are not lifted directly out of the Bible, else we'd have lots of other issues to work through.
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Here's the real big problem: Women (especially) often find themselves "stuck" in this type of life; leading to many other societal issues. With the amount of money flowing through these companies, they could do much to incentivize their employees to transition into more socially acceptable work/careers, but this is never a consideration. This needs to be fixed; and probably needs some sort of oversight to ensure it happens.
I think that if these types of outfits want to be considered "legitimate", then these things, at a minimum, need to be addressed. Otherwise, they need a lot more scrutiny.
Anons 2 cents.