That does sound like LA in the 80s/90s. Things are a little different now. Since the internet (credit cards) it isn't a cash business anymore. They have also dropped any attempt at "movies" or even titles. Individual scenes are now standalone products for websites. And those websites do keep an eye on their material. The days of stealing a bunch of scenes to release a few hundred VHS cassettes to be sold for cash are gone.

But some of the stereotypes remain. The girls are still treated like commodities to be managed and forgotten once they start speaking up about things like contracts.