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Originally posted by jayeff
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There is nothing reasonable about $100 per domain for someone who has several hundred domains...
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1) use of 2257lookup is completely up to you and I have low expectations of webmasters signing up for it.
2) if you have hundreds of domains, hopefully you are making big bucks that the cost of being 2257 compliant is something you factor in as a cost of doing business.
3) if you have hundreds of domains and aren't going to do anything proactive to be 2257 compliant with current and propopsed regulations, then you could always just put money aside in case you get called on.
4) consult with your attorney over your legal exposure of not being 2257 compliant.
Here are my suggestions to start to become 2257 compliant to the current 2257 statue that doesn't require you to use my sevice:
For current images on your websites:
1) create a spreadsheet for each website and locate each image filename and match it to the content producer you purchased from. Record the name that you called the image, the URL on your site to the image, the set name where the image came from, and the content producer.
For when you add new images to your websites:
1) since you just received new images from a content producer, you can more easily update your spreadsheet. Record the name that you called the image, the URL on your site to the image, the set name where the image came from, and the content producer.
For the new 2257 regulations (if you want to be proactive):
Once you have identified each image to the content producer and to the set name, contact your content producer and ask for the model ID and releases (if they have them already like some do, they will have the blackened ID versions) for the sets you have.
Some content producers won't be able to give you the info since they don't have their records in digital format.
Those that do, will have to manually pull out model info based on your submited list.. expect a delay on them fulfilling your request.
The way 2257lookup solves the problem is this: Webmasters who subscribe to the service for $100/domain/year will have a report that will include all the elements mentioned above, as well as being sent the necessary model records (the DRM encrypted files as well as the blackened model ID version) from 2257lookup since I am going to be working with content producers in getting them to be 2257 compliant.
I have been working on 2257lookup months prior to ash-o-hahahahaha addig 2257 to his vocabulary and at that time, the service was to be a proactive effort to be 2257 compliant. With the new regulations it now becomes a reactive effort for webmasters to get 2257 compliant... the reason... if Ash-o-hahahahaha has taken the time to create new regulations, kinda makes sense that he will go enfore them.
-brandon