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Originally posted by r3ap3r
How to you think this will affect Canadian TGP Websites on Canadian Servers? Would we have to collect 2257 info from US TGP Submitters?
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It might be possible for DOJ to see a canadian website as "importing" into the US, and if they have a question about obscenity or age of the model, the open border connections to Canada may allow DOJ to come into Canada.
Other countries would probably be more difficult, but I am guessing that Canada may comply with DOJ investigations.
I am thinking that US-based targets would be more of a first target then Canadian ones.
2257 is now the focus by DOJ to shut down pornography. 2257 enforcement will be seen in the light of protecting children from being used in production (ie. CP).
Is it really a rampant problem of children being used in production? Maybe from folks over in Russia and other places, but given the Traci Lords issue, i would guess that most content producers know better.
COPA was struck down twice, so now, in the name of 2257, it will be used to shut down websites.
Look at the Patriot Act. Ash-hahahahaha reported to Congress that through the Patriot Act, CP bad guys were put in jail.
The Patriot Act was intended to fight against terrorism, but with its broad reaching language, it's justification for its existance is now to be used to fight CP (and more power to them for shutting down CP operators and websites).
2257 language can be used to shutdown "obscenity", all in the name of ensuring that children are not being used in production and taking advantage of a burdensome documentation requirement that almost ALL webmasters are failing in.
Ask yourself this one simple question:
If the DOJ asked you where you got a SPECIFIC image from (ie. who is the content producer), could you answer that question?
(pointing your 2257.html page is not the answer)
If you can't, you go to jail for 5 years.
-brandon