Why is making porn not considered prostitution?

Porn stars have sex for money. How does the fact that cameras are running make this different from prostitutes that have sex for money? The fact that prostitution is illegal makes no sense to me in the first place, but I suppose that’s another kettle of fish…

This has been flogged to death several times, not all that long ago either.

Try a search in general questions. You should come up with some good threads.

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I tried seaching back two years and got nothing. Am I brain dead?

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=3935

Hmmm, how’d you find that Qadgop?

Careful examination reveals that thread is over 2 years old, and so wouldn’t be found in a search…

A more recent related thread was Can you avoid prostitution charges by filming the proceedings?

I have been given special powers far beyond those of mortal posters.

Actually, I just set the search parameters for 18 months, and there it was.

well, not really. I set the parameters for 18 months, and found a thread that had that link in it.

At any rate, the link is a good one, thanks.

Read “True (maybe Real?) Cop” I forgot the author.
It’s stories from real police and how they operate. There was even a way that you can pimp without getting in trouble.
I think the question was even explained. Even if it doesn’t help, it’s a good read.