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Yes, but the counter argument is that they are not accepting payment for the sex acts. They are accepting payments for allowing someone to observe sex acts they would argue that they would be doing anyways. That's why porn is not prostitution - it's a "performance", and that's why pornstars do not get arrested for prostitution and why porn producers do not get arrested for facilitation or even pimping.
There's also the jurisdictional issue - what if the pornstar is streaming from somewhere in Europe, where prostitution is completely legal? If it's being streamed online then where is the prostitution happening? The sex act itself is definately happening where the model is, so what does the US care of a website owner facilitate a non-crime elsewhere?
Again, i'm not arguing pro-porn here i'm just explaining why they aren't getting arrested. It all basically boils down to how "prostitution" is defined by law, since that's what someone would be facilitating.
There's also the jurisdictional issue - what if the pornstar is streaming from somewhere in Europe, where prostitution is completely legal? If it's being streamed online then where is the prostitution happening? The sex act itself is definately happening where the model is, so what does the US care of a website owner facilitate a non-crime elsewhere?
Again, i'm not arguing pro-porn here i'm just explaining why they aren't getting arrested. It all basically boils down to how "prostitution" is defined by law, since that's what someone would be facilitating.