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Originally Posted by Mr.Fiction
I assume this refers to sponsors who are offering remote 2257 data to their affiliates? Couldn't you have local software that just imports the relevant data from the remote database to your local machine for the images/models you're using?
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the point i was addressing was on the content producer (primary record keepers) side.
for webmasters (secondary record keepers), having a link for affiliates to point to for the 2257 info, probably falls into the same scope of my question, that following the regulations of the amended 2257 would mean having to have the model ID/2257 docs locally to the business.
for the original 2257 regulations, linking to a remote server for the model ID would seem to be practical and in compliance and makes sense to me, since acording to the original 2257 regulations, the webmaster's job was to be able to point to the source of where they acquired the images, and then DOJ would go there to investigate.
one of the interpretations of why they shifted additional burden onto webmasters is that they feel content producers are historically hiding behind shell corporations and hiding from IRS, so therefore finding them and the records may be harder (this point was actually addressed in the DOJ comments).
so if some sponsor programs are providing links into their system for the records, it still is in this dark gray area of whether that is ok. i believe the general consensus is that it's not, but there are some attorneys who believe that to be true.
it's going to take some inspections starting (presumably) next week, in order to test out all these theories.
Fight the who can it be knocking at my door?!