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Originally Posted by footmonkey
How about hot-linking? The images are not hosted by you therefore they're ok?
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We were advised to use the "average person" rule. If an average person who isn't technically inclined looks at your page, and looks at the URL at the top, s/he will assume that the URL at the top of the page is where the site and images are hosted. Therefore, hotlinking is probably not a wise idea. You don't want to have to be arguing that sort of technical point in front of a jury.
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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
If you "black out" genital areas, does that remove the record keeping requirement?
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According to the regulations for 2257 published in June 2005, a sexually explicit image is still sexually explicit even if you've blacked out the naughty bits.
On a related note, there is also disagreement among the major adult attorneys as to whether an image that is not explicit (i.e., model is clothed), but part of a photoset that *is* explicit falls under 2257 or not. Difficult to enforce, but you may want to play it safe.