::Wired News:: Article about 18 USC 2257 - Good Read
 

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,...w=wn_tophead_3

by Regina Lynn


A few parts:
"Anyone who is not seriously concerned is delusional," says Jeffrey Douglas, board chairman of the Free Speech Coalition,

Climate of secrecy. In the past four years, the Justice Department has stepped up its efforts to deter both producers and consumers of pornography. As Douglas points out, it has more than tripled the number of attorneys assigned to prosecuting obscenity cases. And it's targeting both hard-core and mainstream content, according to this article. ( http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal...home-headlines)

The scariest part is that so much of this is happening in secret. The Justice Department refuses to make its obscenity guidelines available to the industry or the public, and "during the entirety of the hearings on (18 USC 2257) and the development of the regulations that implement the statute (which requires producers to maintain meticulous records of performers' ages), there was never any discussion with any industry representatives," Douglas says. Yet any violation of the statute is a federal felony.




It's two pages - read them very interesting.

That is an interesting read. Sounds like things are going to change for a lot of people.

Thanks for the 411 on the article...

This is definitely an era of the repression of information in the United States. I feel very sorry for the huge amounts of young people that are being denied informatoin that could save their lives, or even prevent the life sentance of teenage pregnancy.