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2005 California Labor Code Sections 1701.12 Article 5. Prohibited Acts
LABOR CODESECTION 1701.12
1701.12. An advance-fee talent service, or its agent or employee, may not do any of the following: (a) Make, or cause to be made, any false, misleading, or deceptive advertisement or representation concerning the services the artist will receive or the costs the artist will incur. (b) Publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information, representation, notice, or advertisement. (c) Give an artist any false information or make any false promise or misrepresentation concerning any engagement or employment, or make any false or misleading verbal or written promise or guarantee of any job or employment to an artist. (d) Make any false promise or representation, by choice of name or otherwise, that the advance-fee talent service is a talent agency or will procure or attempt to procure employment or engagements for the artist as an artist. (e) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist for registering or listing the artist for employment in the entertainment industry or as a customer of the advance-fee talent service. (f) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist for creating or providing photographs, filmstrips, videotapes, audition tapes, demonstration reels, or other reproductions of the artist, casting or talent brochures, or other promotional materials for the artist. (g) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist for creating or providing costumes for the artist. (h) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist for providing lessons, coaching, or similar training for the artist. (i) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist for providing auditions for the artist. (j) Refer an artist to any person who charges the artist a fee for the services described in subdivisions (e) to (i), inclusive, in which the advance-fee talent service has a direct or indirect financial interest. (k) Accept any compensation for referring an artist to any person charging the artist a fee for the services described in subdivisions (e) to (i), inclusive.
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