Our Situation... Site for Sale

First, for those who haven't heard our home was the subject of a search warrant a little over a week ago. The search warrant was for a zoning violation of the city's ?Sexually Oriented Business? provisions. These provisions were enacted to control the operation of ?retail? establishments that deal in sexually oriented materials, but are being written broadly enough so as to impact adult websites. We were unaware as to these restrictions (which was our own fault) and that is why we were living there. Upon further research, I am seeing this language more and more as I look at other small town zoning ordinances. So, for those who feel that we were just careless or dumb, you might want to look at your own local restrictions. This whole process was initiated by a former member who discovered Jen's real name and address and then began posting it on various places around the web. He had purchased various items and private chats, and after these posting began appearing was repeatedly offered a refund and repeatedly refused. He evidently contacted both the press and the local officials to try and cause as much trouble as possible.

I was contacted by a reporter two days before the ?raid? telling me that they had the information from this person and were going to run a story about fraud. After providing him with copies of emails from this member clearly showing that there had been no fraud and emphasizing to them that the publication of our names and address added nothing to the story and placed my family in jeopardy, we were served with the warrant, and amazingly a photographer from that newspaper was strategically hiding across the parking lot with a telephoto lens to capture the moment as it occurred. Five armed officers in bulletproof vests in unmarked cars had encircled my home and moved in to secure the scene. Contrary to all the bullshit which has been reported, I asked and was allowed to have Jen leave and remove the children from this situation. After they removed and seized computers digital cameras, camcorders, personal records, checkbooks, etc. they left. No charges were filed, no arrests made, no citations issued. I was stunned that the city felt that 5 officers spending 5 hours to raid us for a zoning violation was a reasonable use of their time.

Anyway, that indicated to us that their intent was to push this much further than was reasonable. We felt that the safety of our children was more important than anything else. So at this point we decided that we were leaving their jurisdiction immediately. We got the children out of the state and returned to gather up critical belongings. Obviously, we were paranoid over the whole process, but subsequent news reports and the ridiculous statements made, have justified our decision. Besides, knowing that these ordinances existed we could not in good conscience continue to run the site while there.

That is the basic recap of what occurred. Now to our current situation. As I said we have been researching zoning ordinances in other towns and in many cases are finding similar ordinances. That in conjunction with our identities being ?out there? has lead us to consider selling the site and all the content. That would remove us from operating a ?Sexually Oriented Business? restrictions. The site currently has 65 videos and 115 pic sets and all associated code that I have written. Due to the fact that all raw video and pics were seized, the content on the site is the only version available at this time. During initial press coverage, traffic jumped dramatically and probably will again as further progress occurs in their investigation. We would also consider producing additional content on an ongoing basis, if someone was interested and terms were right.

If you're interested, take a look at the site and contact me.

Thanks,
Mike