Originally Posted by Joe Obenberger

I'm finalizing my response to the Justice Department and the Office of Management and Budget about the economic impact of Section 2257 regulations on small businesses - in its last draft, DOJ estimated only about 1,800 people in the US would need to comply with the regulations concerning simulations and lascivious images of genitals and pubic area. This is crazy-absurd-nutzo underestimation obviously and I wish to write a response that will shove it up their tailpipe. A search of Google shows over 24 million hits on a search for 2257 Compliance Statements. Those 1,800 folks must be really, really busy!

I need some verifiable facts. To start with, is there any way to determine the number of registered users at GFY?

Or using other online resources specific to this industry?

They guess that the time involved in complying with Section 2257 is six minutes per video, and that may be true in large production line houses, but I'm sure that's wrong by as much as a factor of ten to twenty to thirty for small business producers and secondaries. Any better information or estimates regarding the economic impact of Section 2257 compliance would be helpful, even the costs of using third party custodians.

Thanks in advance.

I encourage everyone to write. The comments are due tomorrow. More information is located at http://www.xxxlaw.com/articles/DOJ_R...the_Table.html

PS - thanks to Gram Ponante for his great article today - http://gramponante.com/xxxlaw-blind-...-naked-people/