MarkTiarra

Just had, for the third time and with the third person this week a conversation about the possibilities of government crackdowns on adult entertainment on the Internet. So I figured the third time is the charm and maybe it would be good to babble on my own thoughts on the matter here. I'm sure there's a million other opinions so let's yammer...

Here are my thoughts on it:

- What are the chances someone or a bunch of someones are suddenly going to get raided and be brought to court for serving up "obscene" material?

I don't think the chances right now are huge but eventually some prosecutor is going to want to make a name for him/herself by making a big splash with a case and also catering to the antagonists in the government towards porn. I know there are funds being moved for a "task force" and there is plenty of support for someone to go after porn because it's a great political issue.

- Who's at the most risk?

Well the obvious is sites displaying really extreme shit. Where does a prosecutor stand a better chance of winning? Showing everyday garden variety porn or finding some site with fisting, extreme S&M, etc... How can he/she shock a jury into such disgust that they all agree it's obscene and has no reason to exist?

Also they might want to try the angle that a site is not doing anything to keep minors away from it. TGPs beware in that case.



So does all this mean run to the hills? Well of course not but you might want to consider being responsible and making sure you take best efforts to keep kids off (Cybersitter and the like) and you might want to stay away from extreme content if you don't want to be at the top of a target list.

So that's my thoughts... lots of good minds here... add yours.

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