2257 text link question

[debbieN]

I understand that I probably need the 2257 info on the thumbnail images that go to galleries.

but, do the text links that go to galleries need to have 2257 info on them?

[llporter]

Just writing to subscribe to the thread because this is something that I also want to know.

[Forkbeard]

Folks, with all the good will in the world, you're going about this wrong.

I have an opinon about your question. Other people here probably have an opinion about your question. Hell, Juicy D. Links probably has an opinion about your question. The trouble is, the only opinion that's WORTH A DAMN is one that you get in writing from your lawyer, whom you have paid for the advice. The rest? Including my own opinion? It's all bullshit.

Asking for legal advice on GFY -- especially for legal advice about criminal laws -- is just not what I'd call a long-term optimum survival strategy.

[debbieN]

forkbeard

thanks,

I promote your sites, my current conversion rate with your site on TGPs is 1:319 a hell of a lot better than all my others.

[Forkbeard]

Debbie, you mean the Cybernet Bucks sites? I'm just an affiliate of theirs. They do convert good, don't they?

[After Shock Media]

The trouble is, the only opinion that's WORTH A DAMN is one that you get in writing from your lawyer, whom you have paid for the advice. The rest? Including my own opinion? It's all bullshit.

Asking for legal advice on GFY -- especially for legal advice about criminal laws -- is just not what I'd call a long-term optimum survival strategy.

Though I am all for legal advice and attornies.
Why would it matter if it was in writting, it is not like it will help any if it is wrong and in writting.

Opinions recieved from this board or any are just that opinions. I have found several on here in direct relation to 2257 that I then brought up to my attorney and we were able to have a good talk about them. Some of the panned out and some did not. Without them though I would never of brought them up and neither would he have.

[Forkbeard]

Though I am all for legal advice and attornies.
Why would it matter if it was in writting, it is not like it will help any if it is wrong and in writting.

Uh, not so. Lawyers frequently have professional liability insurance. If they give you bad advice, and you suffer damages as a consequence, you can sometimes recover your damages from their insurance companies. It's not easy, and it's not certain -- but it's sure to be impossible if you didn't get the advice in writing.

[llporter]

I wasn't looking for legal advise. I simply did not know if their was a concensus of opinion.

[debbieN]

I have pretty much made up my mind.

I will continue to be overly cautious.

I have begun the process of making sure all my thumbs (main page and archive) are all softcore. I also make sure that all the galleries linked to thumbs have the 2257 information.

I do not think that text links will pose any future liability to me since there are no picutres on my domain. Still I will continue to make sure that all text link submitters have all the proper 2257 info.

better save than sorry.

when some one in the adult industry start having problems with the FEDs I am sure we will all learn a hell of a lot more.

[baddog]

Uh, not so. Lawyers frequently have professional liability insurance. If they give you bad advice, and you suffer damages as a consequence, you can sometimes recover your damages from their insurance companies. It's not easy, and it's not certain -- but it's sure to be impossible if you didn't get the advice in writing.

I am sorry, but are you implying that malpractive insurance covers the incorrect rendering of a legal opinion? You are kidding me, right?

Debbie, to answer your question, you do not need 2257 docs on text.

[After Shock Media]

I am sorry, but are you implying that malpractive insurance covers the incorrect rendering of a legal opinion? You are kidding me, right?

Debbie, to answer your question, you do not need 2257 docs on text.

I figured that is why it is called a legal opinion.

[Forkbeard]

I am sorry, but are you implying that malpractive insurance covers the incorrect rendering of a legal opinion? You are kidding me, right?

Not kidding at all, but not "implying" anything either. If an attorney gives you an incorrect opinion as the result of negligence, his malpractice insurance will often pay. If the attorney is diligent and careful but simply wrong, malpractice insurance will not likely cover. The written opinion tends to document what the attorney did, and is thus the best evidence of negligence or lack of it.

It's common corporate business practice to rely on written legal advice for the sole purpose of having some insurance companies to chase if the advice is wrong. It's a device for spreading legal risk around. Some corporations in risky lines of work go so far as to get multiple opinions from multiple law firms, just so they will have more insurance companies to chase if the advice turns out bad.

Better yet, reliance on a written legal opinion is often given great weight by prosecutors and courts. It's hard to convince a jury you had criminal intent if you asked your lawyers and did what they said, even when the lawyers were wrong.

[llporter]

Hi Debbie,

I just looked at your galleries and while I am no lawyer I think it safe to say that most of your banner ads are not 2257 complaint. Moster Cocks - Big Cocks - machine fucking - rectal rooter ---- they all show pentration.