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I see the new 2257 regs as just a way to justify increased governmental control over the adult industry as a whole. I don't think the main point is to snag site owners or affiliates for improper documentation. By placing the 'assumed guilty' stamp on all adult content they now have power to knock on every smut peddler's door in the country without any crime ever having been committed. They can basically 'out' every home-based webmaster to their community just for kicks.
All the TGP and free site owners and affiliates who aren't password protecting their content from minors seem to be the targets of all this. One out of place ID and everything you own is seized, not to mention a child pornography charge and nice front-page write-up in the local newspapers. Life will suck for sure.
Even if you beat the CP charges they'll slap you with an obscenity rap for allowing minors to view adult content without verification. I doubt the Justice Dept. is going to stop with just the new 2257 regs. If they can work all this back to Visa and Mastercard and some sort of RICO theory then all hell will break loose. These guys maybe assholes but they're definately not stupid.
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