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[–] Aceishigh 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The same for actresses, Olivia Cockburn is not as appealing as Olivia Wilde.

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[–] Conspirologist [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Cockburn sounds like a porn actress name.

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[–] Armpit_and_Ass 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Says you.

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[–] SeanBox 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Multiple personality disorder. It makes them feel like someone else is doing it.

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[–] ggolemg 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

All people in porn are prostitutes, it's a meat market for the wealthy.

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[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago 

If you google their real name how often does their porn name pop up?

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[–] Conspirologist [S] ago 

It's working vice-versa, dude.

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[–] SparklingWiggle ago 

It may have to do with copyrights. Similar to professional (WWE) wrestlers. A stage name is created by WWE to make a wrestler more appealing (or a particular character) and WWE retains the rights. The wrestler gets popular and wants to go elsewhere but can't take the name. They have a harder time using that popularity. Same could be true for pornography actresses.

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[–] ComradeUseless 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

so its like a character/role that the wrestler just acts as. never really thought of it like that. makes sense

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[–] SparklingWiggle ago 

That is it exactly.

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[–] CanadianNatSoc 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

Funny, jews have a similar habit.

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[–] mitoriomyt 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

It has to do with copyright laws and to protect the legal use of their names. Their names become a brand. I've read about cases in the fashion industry where designers who have created a brand/label using their real name within a larger distributing corporation can lose the use of it in the future if they didn't take measures to protect it when they first started out.

The same goes with the porn actors. They usually start out working with a production company that deals with hundreds of actors to churn out content. They have to first sign a contract. If they have any business savvy, they don't sign away the rights of the name they're using to that distributing company. The distributing company may/may not retain legal rights to keep using that name or selling content with that actor's name on it depending on the contract. That's the jist of it.

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[–] binrobinro 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Next time you see Prince, ask him about losing the right to use your own name.

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[–] iggywon 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I'll go grab a shovel.

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[–] mitoriomyt 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Exactly.

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[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Marketing. For all but a handful of them, a porn career is incredibly short lived. Using different names allows them to prolong it by obscuring the fact they are whores in their twenties and not innocent teens on their first time.

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