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Originally Posted by badmrfrosty
Of how many jobs would be lost if the online porn industry suddenly vanished, especially in this economy, i know for the bush/war economists it doesnt matter as long as they're sitting on oil money, but for people who make their living honestly as smut peddlers it makes a big deal. It is kind of like that MPAA commercial they used to play in the theater before movies.
2257 doesnt just hurt the producers.
It hurts the affiliates.
it hurts the sponsors
it hurts the models
it hurts the hosts
it hurts the system administrators
it hurts the designers
it hurts the people who put on the trade shows
it hurts the content people
it hurts the SEO people
it hurts the GFY sig whores
It hurts the TGP people
and finally it hurts the customers.
if the DOJ starts enforcing these laws and treating online porn purveyors like coke dealers then it will have a real effect on our economy.
I mean, i realize there isnt really any way to just "Go on CNN" and be like.. here is "[the online[offline] porn industry's side of this story" but really if there was some way to calculate how many jobs will really be effected by this it would probably be astronomical.
Perhaps my estimates are inflated, but thats kind of how i see it.
BMF
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Sure it will hurt many businesses - they still have real world rents and staff to pay. But.. if this 2257 and the other pressures start (this is only the beginning!), it will be the US that may probably suffer most, cos others basically don't give a damn about record keeping for dirty pics.
It may end up a scenario where US-based adult businesses will move to countries with more favorable laws. An operational base can be moved in a week in many instances.
The action of the current US Admin is not unusal.. this shit goes on in swings and roundabouts in several countries at some time or other. It usually is instigated when they is nothing else to grasp of any relevance for the "management" to gain some support - porn is an easy target - and Bush sure needs support.