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Elli and anyone else who cares to listen:
This is not a new law, these are regulations proposed under exisitng law. Once past the comment period they may or may not be modified and then will be placed into effect.
The burden is onorous even if you own your own content because you need to update and cross reference every image on every web to every model by real name and stage name. These files need to be updated everytime a new image is added and copys of the image and date of publication added.
We do record keeping for all ladies who host with us and always have so that their personal information does not have to appear online. We have accepted the role of primary producer. That of course is a service that now will have real risks and costs. But we wil continue to provide the service.
It will increase the pressure to look at everylink, every image from anyother site used on sites we host. The only simple way to deal with this is to not accept sexually explict images unless the 2257 info is provided. I would NEVER recommend to one of our clients that they provide their ID and personal information to ANYONE just to get a link. Just use images that are not sexually explicit and this law does not apply.
The government is placing most models at physical risk with this requirement. The logic would make more sense if it applied to models who look under 21, however that is subjective so they are doing it all.
If enforced this will change the adult business model completely and eliminate most small amateur sites. It will not upset our business model but it will add many many hours a month of enforcement work and therefore raise operating costs.
I suspect they will enforce it because it is a way around the Supreme Court decisons on free speech. No one outside of the adult industry cares if they shut us down. People like porn but will never admit it in public.
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