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BoyAlley · 11-11-2006, 04:13 PM

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"Porn Sites Might Not Comply With Law"
http://news.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGBYDDYJDUE.html

My Opinion:

What bothers me most about this article isn't the fact that the Tampa based newspaper decided to write it the in first place. It's an excuse for them to announce to the world that HEY, executive director of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority is a fag and sells porn! It's a story about sex, which of course sells newspapers. No big shocker there.

What bothers me the most are the comments coming from Cambria and Walters. What in the HELL are 2 of our industry's most well known DEFENSE attorneys doing publicly speculating about whether or not an adult site is violating federal law?!?!

Fine, be a media whore and all, good for them, but at the public expense of someone in the industry? I think not.

What Walters and Cambria SHOULD have said is something like "I can't speculate on whether any particular company may or may not be breaking the complex 2257 laws. What I can say, is that the way the law was written, it's virtually impossible for ANYONE to follow it to the letter, which is why the Free Speech Coalition has filed suit against the federal government seeking to have the law thrown out."

And then maybe went on to talk a little bit about the ASACP and our industry's efforts to battle the real enemy, CP.

This just outrages me.

Sure, everyone should know that you can't use a PO Box by now, it's been widely discussed. But let's not ignore the fact that there are many parts of the 2257 law which are virtually impossible to comply with (such as archiving every live cam show ever done in its entirety and storing it for 7 years. so burdensome that a judge has a temporary injunction in place against the prevision).

Cambria and Walters missed a golden opportunity to do our industry a great service by educating a segment of the lay public about the challenges our industry faces to protect our nation's right to freedom of speech. Instead, they chose to daemonize a member of our industry that was obviously being targeted by the press (and being targeted probably for being gay). All because they wanted some free publicity for themselves?

Would YOU like Cambria or Walters telling the news media that they think YOUR company is violating federal law?

I've always been a big fan of Walters and Cambria, but this is a HUGE lapse in judgment on their part IMHO. Disgusting.

11-11-2006, 04:13 PM
BoyAlley So Fucking Gay Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 19,714	Shame On Paul Cambria And Larry Walters Read this article first, then my comments. This thread requires more than 30 seconds so if you're just looking for $PostCount++; move on. "Porn Sites Might Not Comply With Law" http://news.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGBYDDYJDUE.html My Opinion: What bothers me most about this article isn't the fact that the Tampa based newspaper decided to write it the in first place. It's an excuse for them to announce to the world that HEY, executive director of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority is a fag and sells porn! It's a story about sex, which of course sells newspapers. No big shocker there. What bothers me the most are the comments coming from Cambria and Walters. What in the HELL are 2 of our industry's most well known DEFENSE attorneys doing publicly speculating about whether or not an adult site is violating federal law?!?! Fine, be a media whore and all, good for them, but at the public expense of someone in the industry? I think not. What Walters and Cambria SHOULD have said is something like "I can't speculate on whether any particular company may or may not be breaking the complex 2257 laws. What I can say, is that the way the law was written, it's virtually impossible for ANYONE to follow it to the letter, which is why the Free Speech Coalition has filed suit against the federal government seeking to have the law thrown out." And then maybe went on to talk a little bit about the ASACP and our industry's efforts to battle the real enemy, CP. This just outrages me. Sure, everyone should know that you can't use a PO Box by now, it's been widely discussed. But let's not ignore the fact that there are many parts of the 2257 law which are virtually impossible to comply with (such as archiving every live cam show ever done in its entirety and storing it for 7 years. so burdensome that a judge has a temporary injunction in place against the prevision). Cambria and Walters missed a golden opportunity to do our industry a great service by educating a segment of the lay public about the challenges our industry faces to protect our nation's right to freedom of speech. Instead, they chose to daemonize a member of our industry that was obviously being targeted by the press (and being targeted probably for being gay). All because they wanted some free publicity for themselves? Would YOU like Cambria or Walters telling the news media that they think YOUR company is violating federal law? I've always been a big fan of Walters and Cambria, but this is a HUGE lapse in judgment on their part IMHO. Disgusting.