Which sponsors will be offering full ID info for webmasters?

Heh, I'm just gonna establish "service provider" status for all my sites.

A sad day for talent indeed. When the lifeless bodies of our models start turning up, I hope that webmasters will be more sympathetic than the US gov

I'm not being an ass or trying to call you out, but are you saying that you are fully compliant? I was under the impression that a huge source of your content is shot outside of the United States. Does that mean you have a passport for every model?

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While we won't be able to keep US webmasters fully compliant we will be able to offer them options to reduce their risk to a great degree.

Watch for a new program to hit if these 2257 regulations break.

Anybody that wants to get on the mailing list for advance info & updates can hit me up at natemm AT shaw.ca

Will keep everyone posted in good time.

Just to add, those 'options' mentioned in the above post won't include going all softcore or switching to text links. You will be able to run your business in the same way you did before the new regulations.

You won't have to keep any records at your place of business either, or post that info on the web.

This is a great option for affiliates that work from home and would like to keep their privacy intact.

Sorry about the multiple posts, damn 3-minute post editing rule...

Where can this be found in your affiliate area?

edit: Ahh... "records online to give to affiliates as soon as it is required."

me = blind

Be honest, if you were a US webmaster facing (if I remember the proposals correctly) 5 years imprisonment for a first offense, would you be satisfied with something which only offered to "reduce the risk"?

I don't think so. I don't think you would want to rely on online records either (such as someone else proposed in this thread), at least not before seeing a positive outcome from at least one case involving such records. It may well be that some of the "creative" solutions coming from sponsors and content producers could prove acceptable, but who wants the risk they will face if they are unlucky enough to be a test case? Even a successful defendant will face serious financial costs in taking on the federal government.

I don't believe that the content producer - purely for example - who says he is going to black out the parts of documents that he doesn't consider relevant, is really facing up to the situation (assuming the new laws do largely reflect the initial proposals). I'm sure as heck not going to risk being hauled off just so that he can go on doing business almost as normal. Sure it doesn't specifically say that you cannot black out someone's name and address - again for example - but do we seriously expect investigators to be satisfied with documents showing only a stage name and birthdate? Ditto online records: if the regs say they want to be able to visit my workplace and check my records, is it really likely I can pass them on to someone a thousand miles away?

I understand your concerns.

The practical matter here is that even if some sponsors are willing to provide all required documentation there are some affiliates that don't want to be responsible for the record-keeping requirements and do not want the DOJ given full permission to enter their homes to check on records on any given day out of the year.

We are trying to offer something to these webmasters while leaving them at as close to no risk as we possibly can.

We will not be doing ANY reporting to the US government agencies and will not be providing model documentation for inspection to any US government agencies either.