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hy777 · 08-19-2004, 02:27 AM

What are you guys doing?

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I live in the US and am seriously thinking on shutting down. The proposed regulation has the sole purpose of going after distribution/faciitation of online porn.

The goverment now could not care less about paysite owners, obscenity prosecutions or even cp. What they really care about is eliminating the proliferation of porn by making affiliates and small webmasters responsible for keeping identification of all models promoted, an almost insurmountable obstacle. With the proposed 2257 they have just done that.

As a small affiliate living in the US I am no longer building free sites or looking for programs to promote. In fact, I have started cancelling some parked domains that I bought for future projects.

This is how scared I am. Sponsors are pretty much covered and could not care less about their affiliates when it comes to the Feds knocking on your door. They mightl offer a helping hand these days and say they have all bases covered, but the truth is they WILL NOT be at your place of business if one gets busted.

These days, instead of running my little operation, I only think on what am I going to do if I am subject to an investigation. Given that the goverment intention is to strike at the center of the distribution, the chances are GREAT that us, little webmasters will be at the center of the storm. Think about it. A great deal, perhaps as much as 75%, of what can be found online is not the making of sponsors but affiliates trying to make a buck. I even know one guy who runs 2500 domains and is all over the map on search engines. Guess whose door the feds will be knocking? The goverment also knows that us, small webmasters, do not stand a chance in a criminal court. How many of you out there can hire a $400/hour defense attorney?

It is not the same anymore. A month ago, I would only think on my next plan or project to keep building my virtual empire. It was a matter of "adding another 10% income increase per month" and the sky was the limit. Today, I wake up and all I want is to know what the fuck I have online that can get me into trouble and how the fuck I get rid of it. Even in the best case scenario where one gets investigated and gets the "clear" from uncle Sam, who the fuck wants to keep pushing traffic knowing that the feds know your address, phone number, your face and probably the smell of the shit on your pants.

Share your story.

08-19-2004, 02:27 AM
hy777 I have 6 credit cards, each buying 1 trial a day Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 56	2257 and US webmasters What are you guys doing? -- I live in the US and am seriously thinking on shutting down. The proposed regulation has the sole purpose of going after distribution/faciitation of online porn. The goverment now could not care less about paysite owners, obscenity prosecutions or even cp. What they really care about is eliminating the proliferation of porn by making affiliates and small webmasters responsible for keeping identification of all models promoted, an almost insurmountable obstacle. With the proposed 2257 they have just done that. As a small affiliate living in the US I am no longer building free sites or looking for programs to promote. In fact, I have started cancelling some parked domains that I bought for future projects. This is how scared I am. Sponsors are pretty much covered and could not care less about their affiliates when it comes to the Feds knocking on your door. They mightl offer a helping hand these days and say they have all bases covered, but the truth is they WILL NOT be at your place of business if one gets busted. These days, instead of running my little operation, I only think on what am I going to do if I am subject to an investigation. Given that the goverment intention is to strike at the center of the distribution, the chances are GREAT that us, little webmasters will be at the center of the storm. Think about it. A great deal, perhaps as much as 75%, of what can be found online is not the making of sponsors but affiliates trying to make a buck. I even know one guy who runs 2500 domains and is all over the map on search engines. Guess whose door the feds will be knocking? The goverment also knows that us, small webmasters, do not stand a chance in a criminal court. How many of you out there can hire a $400/hour defense attorney? It is not the same anymore. A month ago, I would only think on my next plan or project to keep building my virtual empire. It was a matter of "adding another 10% income increase per month" and the sky was the limit. Today, I wake up and all I want is to know what the fuck I have online that can get me into trouble and how the fuck I get rid of it. Even in the best case scenario where one gets investigated and gets the "clear" from uncle Sam, who the fuck wants to keep pushing traffic knowing that the feds know your address, phone number, your face and probably the smell of the shit on your pants. Share your story.