That, at least, is the distinction I've come to understand.
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| futureofporn Member 658 Posts 1/03 |  Posted - Mar 26 2003 : 9:57PMIm just curious if anybody knows if there is a law or something that seperates porn and prostitution. I mean, what is the difference and how is the difference defined in the law? Prostition is people getting paid to have sex and porn is people getting paid to have sex on camera. I have heard that sex in porn is hardly sex considering all the takes or whatever you have to do, and its much more safe and a number of other reasons as to why porn stars are not prostitutes...but how does the law see it and even more how do you see it? Its not that I want porn to be outlawed obviously, more like I would like to see prostitution legalized, but it does seem a little weird to make some types of sex for money legal and not others. [Link] |
| Wit VCA Pictures Chatsworth, CA USA 74 Posts 7/00 | Posted - Mar 28 2003 : 1:00PM That, at least, is the distinction I've come to understand. [Link] |
| Pornmaster Mike Senior Member 32DDD 1462 Posts 8/02 | Posted - Mar 28 2003 : 1:23PM back in the day, it was illegal to make XXX films - from 1972-1988 (according to Bill Margold) - was not illegal to own, sell, buy, etc. - but to be in them it was illegal... ron got busted twice and was awaiting a court case but Hal Freeman's case had to finish first - as it would set precedent for all future trials... Hal won his case with a 7-0 majority - he proved that if you are paying an actress for sex, and that is illegal, then any guy who rents the tape could be a john - because they are doing it for him... another point they proved is that drag racing is against the law - but if you videotape it, and have a cop supervise it, it's legal... beating someone up is against the law - put some gloves on, videotape it, and its now a boxing match... so basically - the fact that it's being videotaped/filmed gives it first amendment protection... - Pornmaster Mike [Link] |
| dumblonde Senior Member 2352 Posts 7/00 | Posted - Mar 28 2003 : 5:14PM Taylor: ....."California and New York said, "Our obscenity laws only apply to hardcore pornography." They were talking about actual sex acts, people really doing it on the set, rather than acting on the set. If somebody made a movie, an R-rated love scene, where they were sort of naked and pretending to have sex, that's acting. But in the hardcore film, nobody's acting. It's prostitution. "............................. "And it is still the standard by which the Justice Department and most prosecutors enforce obscenity laws anywhere in this country. ... That's why we could say safely, without blaspheming or defaming anybody, that just about everything on the Internet and almost everything in the video stores and everything in the adult bookstores is still prosecutable -- illegal obscenity." [Link] |
| Sir Noel Plum Senior Studmuffin 1001 Posts 2/03 | Posted - Mar 28 2003 : 6:04PM [Link] |
| futureofporn Member 658 Posts 1/03 | Posted - Mar 28 2003 : 10:15PM [Link] |
| DenverDon Benevolent Firmly Embedded in Depravity 5914 Posts 7/02 | Posted - Mar 28 2003 : 10:19PM There are several where sex is had, then payment is made. Sorry to take your thunder away. DenverDon [Link] |
morbidthoughts  All-Star Member Big cats scare me but... 3627 Posts 1/03 | Posted - Mar 28 2003 : 10:35PM From what I remember about sexually-oriented-business (SOB) law, California prosecutors (ironically the most liberal) tried to charge porn companies with solicitation and prostitution but the courts threw it out with the rationale that the California legislature didn't have porn in mind when they passed those laws. Courts dont like criminal statutes to be expanded beyond their intended use. [Link] |
| futureofporn Member 658 Posts 1/03 | Posted - Mar 29 2003 : 12:42AM [Link] |
| DenverDon Benevolent Firmly Embedded in Depravity 5914 Posts 7/02 | Posted - Mar 29 2003 : 1:28AM But the cops never make it to the bedroom. DenverDon [Link] |
| morbidthoughts All-Star Member Big cats scare me but... 3627 Posts 1/03 | Posted - Mar 29 2003 : 1:46AM [Link] |
| Ishamael1 Member New Zealand 81 Posts 12/02 | Posted - Mar 29 2003 : 1:58AM [Link] |
| Sir Noel Plum Senior Studmuffin 1001 Posts 2/03 | Posted - Mar 29 2003 : 5:26AM I don't think that was quite how they were claiming it worked in the example I read about. The client received the film (supposedly) and had not paid for the sexual act but either for the model (prostitute) who starred in it or for the tape itself. [Link] |
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