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OK I'm not going to mince my words here and will be blunt, because there's a lot of morons in this thread.
2257 WAS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO THE PORN BUSINESS Not for those that shot/fucked Traci lords, but for the rest of us.
It means we can demand two legal IDs from a model or a supplier, we just say "It's the law"
It allows us to check if the models were over 18 at the time of the shoot, it allows us to see if the name used on the model release is the name on the IDs, it allows us to check the signature on the ID against the signature on the model release.
This means we know we're legal.
2257 was from day one a fuck up as a law, it was writen by fools in response to Traci Lords doing porn under age. She had one forged ID. So the ass clowns who wrote the law said one ID was good enough.
Why you need the documents close to hand.
As one of the very few people on this board who has had a visit by the police let me tell you the truth and what actually happens.
They turn up around 5.00 in the morning, if you sleep odd hours they will try to turn up before you wake up normally, they want you off guard. They will have a reason to turn up, it may be bullshit but they do not have time to waste, maybe a neighbor/competitor reported you for under age porn or you found yourself on a site they are investigating for under age porn. They will have a search warrant, this in effect means they own your arse.
You need to get your attorney out ASAP, he knows the law, is not scared of them and will put the police on a back foot.
They will then start asking you questions about things around why they are there. They will get to the reason later. When they do you need to go to a filing cabinet and pull out proof the records exist and you are legal. Proof the model was over age at the time of the shoot, proof that it was a professional shoot, proof the model was paid and left happily.
You chose to earn a living in porn so allow me to let you into a little secret, we are the target.
Giving copies the documents to someone else as a back up in case of fire, theft or something else is fine. giving them to this guy as a front line document keeping service is one of the most stupid ideas I ever heard.
I even giving it to a lawyer is dumb. Because if the police come while your lawyer ' in the Bahamas, on the money you pay him for this service, you could be keeping some strange company down in the local jail until he returns. Sorry Richard but that's the facts.
OK so some of you are arguing points of law. Unless you have $10,000 to spare SHUT THE FUCK UP. Because points of law are argued in court and this is what it will cost to get you there for the first day.
I'm talking worse case scenario and reality, not 2257. This law allows me to cover my arse and keep it away from some big nasty fucker who might think it's cute.
Pornguy & latinasojourn have it right, this law allows them to come in and fuck with you while they look for something real to nail you to the wall with.
It very likely will get turned down on appeal after some guy has spent $100K on appeal. Do you really want to put yourself at that risk when the alternative is a filing cabinet drawer and a back up at home?
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