Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Can you explain why a "secondary producer" should be exempt from holding the documents and responsible for the porn they publish legality?

So far no one has come up with a satisfactory, to me, explanation. The fact that they did not shoot the content does not make them morally responsible and now the law will make them legally responsible.

The argument of "I can't make as much money", which is in effect the main argument, can be used by drug dealers, bank robbers or even shops selling unsafe goods.

The other argument of "You can trust the producer" is too stupid to even give a response to.

Cross referencing, if on a visit by the authorities you should be able to point them directly to an image you publish, not tell the FBI "It's on the DB somewhere."

If more countries and more companies working with Tube and Torrent sites adopted the belief we should be responsible for the porn we publish it would remove a lot of the stolen porn on the Net. Sue the Tube site owner for the IP address of the uploader and if he's in the US send the Feds in.