just read this, what do you guys think?
http://ounique.com/site/HostedGalleries.htm
http://ounique.com/site/HostedGalleries.htm
As the new 2257 legislation is scheduled to go into effect, we have been asked by many clients whether or not webmasters' use of hosted galleries would be legal.
While we are not attorneys and do not give legal advice, it is our own understanding that while nothing in the new legislation specifically prevents the use of Hosted Galleries, the record keeping requirements may make them a thing of the past.
The proposed legislation appears to have three requirements that may make the use of hosted galleries logistically infeasible.
It seems the spirit of the legislation requires ALL webmasters to keep model releases and IDs on ALL models used in the images displayed on their sites. It does not make any exception for those using hosted galleries.
Each webmaster must be able to match the documents to each image in the hosted galleries.
The proposal for the new legislation also states, "Web pages appear to have an average life of only 100 days, and Web addresses disappear and change to such an extent that a permanent record of the depiction and its temporary locations (URL) are required." Thus every time the location of the content on a hosted gallery changes, the webmaster will need to update their 2257 records to accurately record the date and location of each image on every page of the hosted gallery.
While we are not attorneys and do not give legal advice, it is our own understanding that while nothing in the new legislation specifically prevents the use of Hosted Galleries, the record keeping requirements may make them a thing of the past.
The proposed legislation appears to have three requirements that may make the use of hosted galleries logistically infeasible.
It seems the spirit of the legislation requires ALL webmasters to keep model releases and IDs on ALL models used in the images displayed on their sites. It does not make any exception for those using hosted galleries.
Each webmaster must be able to match the documents to each image in the hosted galleries.
The proposal for the new legislation also states, "Web pages appear to have an average life of only 100 days, and Web addresses disappear and change to such an extent that a permanent record of the depiction and its temporary locations (URL) are required." Thus every time the location of the content on a hosted gallery changes, the webmaster will need to update their 2257 records to accurately record the date and location of each image on every page of the hosted gallery.
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