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This Article presents an entirely novel approach to
prostitution reform focused on incremental market improvement facilitated
by information law and policy. Empirical evidence from the economics and
sociology of sex work shows that new, Internet-enabled, indoor forms of
prostitution may be healthier, less violent, and more rewarding than
traditional street prostitution. This Article argues that these existing
"Prostitution 2.0” innovations have not yet improved sex markets
sufficiently to warrant legalization. It suggests that creating a new
"Prostitution 3.0” that solves the remaining problems of disease, violence,
and coercion in prostitution markets is possible, but would require removing
legal barriers to ongoing technological innovation in this context, such as
state laws criminalizing technologies that "advance prostitution.” This
Article considers what Prostitution 3.0 might entail, how it might be
created, and whether it would succeed in in remedying the ongoing problems in
prostitution markets.
Iowa Law Review Bulletin, Vol.98, pp. 1989-2060
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