Originally Posted by spike911

I'm a lawyer and work with regulations so my eyes bleed for a living - but I do intellectual property and IT contracts, and I'm also a newbie at this so I'll take a crack at giving you the basic version but this is in NO WAY iron clad legal advice about what you should and shouldn't do.

My understanding is that if you have original content on your site, you must comply with 2257, and so certify on your site, that models are over age 18 and etc. If you are WRONG you are SCREWED.

So if someone is just getting started -like me, maybe you - better to use content from an established sponsor and relying on their statements to avoid having to make those representations yourself. If however you want to proceed on your own then you ABSOLUTELY need a lawyer. Don't try to swim through it yourself. As you said you are not a lawyer that means you are at risk in this area.

With no personal experience I can't give you nasty real-life horror stories, maybe others here can.