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Originally Posted by tony404
Not having records digital or not in your place of business is nuts. The doj comes in : Your connection is down, the hosting facility is hit by a earthquake
Your best bet is to have them at your place of business on multiple computers if going the digital route. They are doing word play it has to be in your office period. Once again this isnt a fifty dollar fine ,its jail time.
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Don't get me wrong here. I certainly wouldn't want to be the one sitting in the courtroom in this situation.
However, do you truly believe that they would gain a conviction if you couldn't access documentation because there was an earthquake and your power was out? How would it make them look trying to convict someone in those circumstances? They're trying to "Protect our children", and the forces of nature could now play a part?
I'm not a lawyer by any stretch (thank god), but I still don't believe that once you walk into court showing the records that show, without a doubt, that the women in question are over 18, that they're going to win a conviction.
These regulations have so many holes in them it's beyond comprehension.
You can ONLY have one piece of ID associated with a model to prove that she is 18? Who's trying to protect our children? The DOJ, or the photographer that doesn't TRUST only one piece of ID and wants more proof?
I'm not sure what your privacy laws are like in the U.S. but eventually these regulations are going to have to be amended. They'll be around in one form or another, but some judge is going to see how ridiculous they are.
They're willing to risk the life of a model to protect our children? Fine. We all know it's only gonna take ONE idiot stalker out there to make these regs look bad. We've all focused on the safety of the model. What about the model's underage siblings who reside at the address on record for a particular model? Are they not the same children the DOJ says they're trying to protect? Are they gonna stand up and take responsibility if the 14 year old sister of a performer is raped and murdered? Or is it okay to now risk HER life because she's part of a performers FAMILY, no matter how oblivious they were to her occupation?
If the DOJ is serious about wanting to protect our children, as opposed to simply bringing down our industry, I ask this question one more time.
How many underage models have KNOWINGLY been shot by reputed members of our industry (Not CP slingers), since Traci Lords? I'm not aware of any. It seems the adult industry was pretty conscientious about keeping people under 18 out of our industry under the old 2257 regs...the ones that didn't force a violation of privacy on adult performers.
Sorry for the rant. This whole thing just makes me so damn angry.
Good job Topbucks.