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A comment on Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prostitution in 2003.

Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by jack-r-abbit on Friday July 18, 2014 @06:11PM (#8055865)
Situation #1: Person A and Person B have consensual sex together. Person A gets paid by Person C, who films this sex and sells the video. (it is called porn) Legal

Situation #2: Person A and Person B have consensual sex together. Person A gets paid by Person B. (it is called prostitution) Illegal

I don't understand how adding a camera crew and having the money come from someone not involved in the actual sex some how makes it legal.

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Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by saraid216 on Friday July 18, 2014 @09:33PM (#8056376)
Same way it does everything else in America: free speech.

Note that sex tapes, where no money changes hands, are legal.

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Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by buckbova on Friday July 18, 2014 @06:51PM (#8055998)
In scenario 1, both person A and B receive payment from C.
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Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by jack-r-abbit on Friday July 18, 2014 @07:11PM (#8056056)
Not always. But that even so that shouldn't make any difference.
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Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by heylefty on Saturday July 19, 2014 @07:41AM (#8057236)
Not necessarily. Some producers star in their own porn videos. So they pay someone to have sex with them. Still 100% legal.

The only difference is the existence of a camera. It's kind of insane.

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