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Re:Ask HN: Are there any innovative startups in the porn/adu... by rcfox on Sunday October 19, 2014 @12:34PM (#8478696)
> The problem (to me) is the criminalization of porn and prostitution in the US.

Porn is illegal in the US?

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any innovative startups in the porn/adu... by durkie on Sunday October 19, 2014 @12:59PM (#8478789)
It's not ouright illegal, but it's becoming more and more onerous to work in the adult industry because of things like this: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/07/the-banks-w...
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any innovative startups in the porn/adu... by itengelhardt on Sunday October 19, 2014 @01:42PM (#8478918)
You are right. I should have said "stigmatization".
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any innovative startups in the porn/adu... by cindygallop on Sunday October 19, 2014 @03:47PM (#8479354)
We at MakeLoveNotPorn are working to change that. My piece for the UK Independent on 'It's Not That Porn Degrades Women, It's That Business Degrades Porn':

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/its-not-that-por...

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any innovative startups in the porn/adu... by JetSpiegel on Sunday October 19, 2014 @01:32PM (#8478893)
IANAL(hehehe), but prostitution is illegal, but if you film it and sell it for profit than it's legal.
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