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For those that produce content, you need to have a signed Model release as well as a copy of the identification documents (ie. passport) AT THE TIME of the shoot.
Each time you shoot a model, you need this info, EVEN IF ITS THE SAME MODEL that you shoot the next week.
You are establishing the photo shoot as the productive work and the required documentation that goes with it to prove proof of age.
So if you had a model that you shoot once a month for a year, then you would end up having 12 diffent pieces of documentation for that photo shoot.
inbetween the time you shot the girl, her hair color could be different, she could have added a new stage name, got married, etc. This information is what gets captured.
So if the photo shoot was 2 years ago and the date of the model release is more recent, there is something very wrong with that.
In what has been presented here, a model could be underage (ie. 17) at time of production and no documents were collected, and then a year later, the model release was signed and the ID shows she is 18 now.. the issue is at the time the images were taken, the girl was underage.. and that's the issue that U.S. law is very specific about, because a child was exploited sexually via the photographs.
Traci Lords is the similar situation that triggered 2257 because she was underaged at the time of production, but when this was found out, she was over 18....
This is all very U.S.-centric.. and many international content producers may not be concerned because in some European countries, 16-17 is legal.
The issue then is for webmaster who are going to use this content (and which probably the models look very young to begin with), will have to be sure that they models are over 18... because young looking models will be the first thing that gets law enforcement attention to start asking the simple question of , where did you get these images from? For which you will need to be able to point them to your source who needs to be available to provide proof of age, otherwise, you, the webmaster with those young looking images, could face jail time.
Content Producers will most likely not give you photo ID (they are not required to and it's a serious security and privacy issue to do so). Some may give you blackened out ID showing birthdate.. but that's not going to hold up in court. If the content producer can't prove the age with credible looking documentation, then the crosshairs could come back to you.
Get your content from credible sources, ones that are looking to be around for the long term, such that in case you get a knock on the door, you can point law enforcement to the content producer, who should be able to easily provide correct documentation to get you off the hook.
This issue of 2257 and obscenity is a time-bomb... be sure to know who you are dealing with when it comes to getting content.
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