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Originally Posted by tony286
Actually 2257 was much more simple until Ashcroft put his fingerprints on it. They didnt go after porn because of 911 so they wanted to mess with us.
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Actually, the biggest precipitating factor was the FSC lawsuit in Denver. Congress got honked off, and the guy with the black hat wasn't Ashcroft, who was then required to report to Congress on the enforcement of Section 2257 in writing within a year.
It was the one-term chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Sensenbrenner, (someone with whom I've had more than a casual acquaintance since I was fourteen). When Congress demanded the report on enforcement, Ashcroft begged off and said the Regs had to be brought up to date to fit the Internet - and so, he was buying time. That first Report ultimately was made and is on my site and shows the few scattered prosecutions - but is silent about inspections because none had ever been conducted.
Ashcroft wasn't opposed, but he did not provide the impetus. It was imposed on him.
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