How come making porn is legal and prostitution is illegal?
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Because the First Amendment protects free speech – which covers expressions/performance of all kinds.  \n\nAlthough some may find porn objectionable, the freedom of making such expression or performance is protected - although restricted (no public sex/nudity, etc.)  Also, any such "performance" by actors under 18 is strictly prohibited.  It's a crime for recording/making such "performance", as well as selling and owning any child porn materials.  \n\nProstitution, however, is not protected anywhere in the Constitution, and all states outlawed such a profession.  Granted it’s still sex for money, but the difference is that prostitution is selling sex, while making porn is selling a performance (like acting).  The same principle also applies to strip bars.  \n\nFinally, since profits from prostitution are not taxed, they are essentially tax evasion.  Where as porn actors still pay taxes like everyone else.
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Some idiots will tell you that it is because men want to control women.  Other idiots will tell you that it is because of religious nuts. \n\nTruth is, society has deemed prostitution to be harmful to society.  Personally, I don't think prostitution should be a criminal activity.  \n\nProstitution is legal in parts of Nevada.  It should be legal in every state.
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Pixarian1 you ask the most interesting questions. :)\n\nI agree that the two are virtually the same. but since the pornography industry is a billion dollar industry its exempt. When a industry makes that much money they get away with a lot of laws. examples: \nCigarette industry. Its known that they are making a product that hurts and kills. while if a pharmaceutical company were to produce a product with one tenth of the side effect they would be pulled off of the shelves. However since cigarette make so much money so they aren't shut down. \n\nFirearms: Its been proven that they advertise to criminals. "Fingerprint resistant hand grips" but they continue to thrive. \n\nthere are many others. like Oil co. and HMO but the point is if the prostitution were organized and were making over a billion dollars world wide. It would be legal. \n\np.s pixarian1 email or IM me. I would like to chat with you. :)
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Some don't understand your question...and I've wondered it too. Obviously the "actors" are being paid to have sex and so are engaging in Prostitution. \nSeems to me prostitutes just need a cameraman to come along and their job would be legal.
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Well duh. Using BitTorrent isnt illegal, its what you use it for. If you download software that normally is sold in stores or online, its illegal. If its a demo product that is freely given out, then its not illegal.
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Pornography is prohibited,
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You need to start by researching laws about prostitution and researching the history of it. You need to understand why it is illegal in most states and understand why it is legal in Nevada. The issue with your topic is that it already is illegal -- it's very unlikely that it's going to stop, even where it is illegal. You need to be realistic and acknowledge the facts before you can create a plan to overcome what many others have tried to do and failed.\n\nThe definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result.
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It goes back to Japanese porn laws, if you can believe it.  They could not make porn showing intercourse, but it was just fine to show women being ejaculated upon.  Thus, an art form is born.
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Things you should know... prostitution is illegal.
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It is illegal in the US. If you were Australian in Western Europe, it is legal over the age of 18.\n\nIf it is illegal, I certainly wouldn't do it as you'll end up with a police record if you get caught. Further, you might end up with a nasty disease like AIDs or other STD because you don't practice safe sex.\n\nI would think seriously about your options. Have you got a trade or profession that will allow you to earn an income? If you are a student doing it for income, are there other sources of income. You might want to consider what is involved in being a sex worker and your options within that industry such as stripping or phone sex.
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The system isn't illegal, no.\n\nHowever, if you distribute/or download copyright-protected media, that is illegal. That's basically abusing the principle of Peer-2-Peer and other File Sharing programs.
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everything is done for a reason. It all comes down to money.\nThis country makes allot of money on the illegal stuff. \nLook if it was legal it would put allot of people out of business. Just like there are cures for cancer. But we can't know that because people would lose there jobs.
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Because the programs themselves are not illegal in most areas, although the recent Grokster decision said that they may be if they actively encourage piracy.\n\nBut a program like Limewire or eMule never says "Hey, look! Free pirated mp3's here!". In fact it states NOT to download copyrighted files. Of course, most p2p files are illegally downloaded, but the programs themselves are still considered legal.\n\nIt's like a Xerox machine. You can illegally copy a book using it, but the machine itself is legal.
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Rent porn and fantasize.  Having sex with children is wrong and illegal.
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Several reasons:\n\n1.  Trailers (economic reason).  Free pornography is given out as a preview, an enticement to buy a longer or unedited version.\n\n2.  Theft (anarchic reason).  Like music or software, pornography that may have been purchased legally can be illegally copied to a computer and uploaded.\n\n3.  Exhibitionism (psychological reason).  Some people just like to show their naked bodies to strangers, either via webcam or the upload of still images.
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Because they like prostitution to be kept "underground" where they can't see poor, physically abused, disease ridden, former runaways, with no teeth, drug addicted, indentured servant women.  They'd much rather have that than legalize something that they think is completely immoral because anything that ain't of Christan morals can't be condoned, right? (even though legalizing Prostitution would save many thousands of women from the criminals that run illegal prostitution in the US today).
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exaclty what kind of an escort are you looking to become, it sounds illegal to me