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Originally Posted by mardigras
Money laundering is a felony that carries up to 20 years. Regardless of how many "no links to them" loopholes webmasters may find, there is some contact point where they get paid.
Don't forget, last year servers belonging to Indymedia were seized in the UK, upon request from the US FBI. Is your freedom worth that kind of Russian roulette?
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That's what good attorney's and properly structured shell corporations are for. Think about it, I form a corporation right now and shoot legal content. I then sell the content to a corporation in Europe, the Caymans, Antigua... You name it.
That company decides to operate web sites on a membership basis, have affilaite programs, the whole kitten kaboodle.
They contract your firm, of which you are the CEO of ... To run their business, make sure payroll is taken care of properly, and all webmasters are taken care of. You are then working for a foreign corporation who is operating outside of the U.S. law.
This means you have a seperate company btw who is taking care of just photo shoots being paid by the shell corporation not by your U.S. Based company that is 'handling the day to day operations' of the paysites in question.
As long as you are not an officer of that corporation then you have done absolutely nothing illegal. Now owning an offshore corporation, not being an officer is where the tricky paperwork and expensive ass attorney's come into play with a TON of paperwork... But it's very possible to do entirely legal. Just don't go around telling people you 'Own' Websites X,Y, and Z.
Serious pain in the ass ? Yes ... But when you have millions and millions of dollars it becomes worth it. If you honestly think there aren't thousands of people with corporations setup similarly right now to avoid certain US laws the govt knows about - you are naive
