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Originally posted by Brujah
Then you're just as liable by definition as anyone else. You could be doing it daily and not even know it.
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Not neccessarily. The warnings on adult sites are to help indemnify owners of the adult sites from a legal standpoint. NOBODY can know 100% if the people they are dealing with are legitimiate unless they ID everyone, and that's not generally done (although you're right it may be a good idea to do in the future). However if one is informed that someone is underage and do NOTHING to investigate it, they are MORE liable, as there are other charges that can be brought against them for KNOWINGLY providing adult materials to a minor.
Being that the majority of my customers are return customers that are established and run businesses, quite a few I know in person, etc, I am fairly confident that they are of legal age. But I HAVE and will continue to request ID from anyone who gives me even the slightest reason for question, or who I've been informed may possibly be underage.
Of course, that really doesn't change THIS situation, in that Pad has CLEARLY STATED he is underage, so any sponsors etc dealing with him RIGHT now are swimming in shark-infested waters. It isn't his parents who would press the charges if he IS actually underage, it would be the government. Not something to fuck around with, and I don't care HOW big a company is.