As the proud owner of an agency in Atlanta, several escort sites and the previous owner of several escort directories and related sites, I'm happy to inform you all that the enforcement of escort related sites, their designers, hosting companies, etc. is virtually non-existent.
However, using the sites for enforcement on the girls is rampant.
Realize that the law enforcement community only has several misdemeanor charges to choose from when enforcing virtually anything that has to do with this industry. Wasting the time and manpower necessary to prosecute a web designer, hosting company or other related person(s) for pimping or pandering (the two crimes possible for that position) would be difficult, time consuming and difficult to get a prosecution on.
However, the person who previously said that before you consider doing ANYTHING in this industry, you should definitely know a lot about it was absolutely right. In some jurisdictions (including this one), just the word "escort" is a legal problem for escort sites. The laws are different from city to city, county to county and state to state. Additionally, the enforcement of those laws varies greatly, usually based on the political environment.
Check with a local attorney that focuses on the adult industry. There's usually at least one "ponytail attorney" who works with all the strip clubs, escort agencies and such. The couple hours of chatting and a retainer are more than worth it in the end.
Good luck...
Just my
