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Originally Posted by Kimmykim
A for profit site that requires you be 18 or older and paying for the content in the site is a commercial enterprise. Not an artistic one. Especially not when the rest of the site is full of what is definitely adult material.
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Where did you get the idea that a commercial enterprise can not be an artistic one? My father has an art gallery, but I can assure you that the paintings, photographs and sculptures he sells are sold at a nice profit. Likewise, of all the art books I have, not a single one was given to me free of charge. And even Rembrandt, whose artistic credentials few would dispute, made quite a few of his works on commission.
Aside from that, the thought that adult materials and art do not mix seems rather odd. If you are familiar with the works of Jeff Koons, specifically his "
Made in Heaven" series which shows extremely explicit images of the artist having sexual relations with his then-wife Ciccionalina (yes, the porn star), this quickly becomes an untenable position.