Judge Sees No Link Between Prostitution, Paying for Sex to Make Films

A New York judge has enunciated the legal distinction between prostitution and paying someone to participate in sexual activity to make a porn film, writing that prostitution requires person A paying person B for sexual actions on A, while pornography involves person C paying B for sexual activity performed on A. The distinction arose because the defendant, accused of running a multimillion-dollar prostitution ring, argued that not charging the "Goliaths" of the porn industry was selective prosecution.

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