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Originally Posted by allanuk
The way I see it is this.
1. Its not going to be easy to go through all the paperwork and find each model. If the model has moved or worse still denies modelling (say she is a teacher).
2. Those who make DVD porn will have to pull the stock from the shelves if they shot a non USA model.
3. All this time hunting down webmasters for silly paperwork, could be spent actually hunting down those who do child porn.
4. Some webmasters may go underground. No I do not mean doing child porn, but simply not paying tax and moving the sites outside the USA and changing the details so when you do a whois, it gives a non USA address. OK, its still possible to trace it back to the USA webmaster, but much harder. And so less tax will be paid too.
5. Some models may not want to model anymore, as they will not want the thought of years later when they have given up modelling, to have a nice chap knock on there door, asking her husband if the porn star is in, to check her details.
6. Its going to be unfair in business if non USA webmasters can get away with stuff USA webmasters cannot.
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Have you EVER been involved in a DOJ investigation? While they are wading through the mountains of paperwork, they freeze your fucking assets, close your doors and you're shut down until otherwise. I know, I know, you're in the UK, it doesn't affect you....or maybe it does...what if the DOJ is going through an affiliate list....your site comes up as sending traffic to that site and there is a missing ID for a specific model...now they go to your local authorities and say "this guy may be involved in a child porn investigation we're doing here." Do you really think your local authorities aren't going to investigate you?
I've worked for a company that had a nasty DOJ investiagtion and let me tell you, it fucking sucks and the company was in the RIGHT, but everyone was broke by the time they proved they were right.
If someone is STUPID enough to lie to these guys, they will get fucked harder then they could ever imagine...they don't like extra work or paperwork, but love to fuck around on YOUR time act like they are working.
Granted, this is a worst case scenario, but I can't think of anyone who wants to even go through this no matter how right they are or think they are. So, it's best for US-based companies to not stick out or bring in any unwanted attention of the authorities. Just surfing some of the bigger TGP sites, it's easy to see companies that aren't even in compliance with CURRENT regulations.