2257 solution? i could be talking out of my ass
 

well it seems to me the easiest solution (for affiliates anyways) would be for each sponsor to have one url where all the 2257 info is contained. affiliates just link it up on every gallery and there you go. of course programs would still have to do all the work of getting everything in order on a single page. another idea would be some kind of global database where ppl just link up to so that you are covered no matter what sponsor you are pushing. i don't know, i could be totally wrong as i don't know that much about the whole thing but who knows, just a thought on a saturday night.

read up on it...the person selling the material has to have all documents in their possesion, PHYSICALLY

did you forget to brush your teeth, becasue it smells like you're talking out your ass :1orglaugh

physically eh? just program owners or affiliates too? if its both then its obvious this law was created knowing that will be impossible to comply with and enforce so the DOJ can just pick and choose who to fuck with at any given time. we all gonna die. :Oh crap

well i brushed but now my ass is really stinging. :upsidedow

If YOU have explicit content on YOUR website then YOU have to have the docs. And in case you didnt know it's YOUR name and address that has to be as the "Custodian Of Records" on YOUR 2257 page.

this biz is funny. thank god I shoot my own content

use european hosting.. solwes the problem.. se sig :-)

PO Box won't cut it either from what I read. That's fine. I'm publishing my apartment complex's address and LE can go to the front office and figure out which of the 322 units I'm in.

Nope. Unlesss you do business out of your PO BOX at least 20 hours a week.

I'm sure they will

Your attorney should be the Custodian... I'm starting to think most people don't have legal counsel before they get in this biz

I'm sure they won't.....time to go download some more music files and order some more pain meds online.

That is exactly the bottom line! Nada US biz dealings and nor either living or a citizen of the US. Humans were never intended to have that baggage dragging em down.

I'm an affiliate wm and am not spending money on an attorney - as stated before.. attorneys have fucked me harder than any inmate could in prison. I'll go all text. I really don't give a fuck about some bullshit completely unforceable law.

They can't be. Read the regs 3rd parties are NOT allowed. And No I never got legal counsol ebfore getting into this biz. Why would most do? Most of us start out aprt time withno clue if this is even going to turn into anything. So naturally waste hundreds of $ on an lawyer when you may not even make that much to begin with.

If someone was going to start their own PAY site or AFFILATE program or if they are going to incorperate themselves then yes I would recomend getting lawyer before starting. Just a Joe Blow maybe posting a couple of a galleries a week? Please.

Exactly not so simple

the bottom line is indeed that the US will lose some good business and that there will be a ton of new european web hosts out there soon :)

So if they decide to investigate you they are going to go all the way to your apartment complex and then upon seeing 322 apartments say "fuck it let's go home"?

Europenas that sell content to Americans who wish not to vioalte thier own "privacy laws will lose business too. How many of their customer base are Americans? NO American who is not an idiot will NOT buy content that is not 2257 compliant.

:1orglaugh Can't blame ya thongfile!! There is a "syndrome" about running along to an attorney to find an answer. The truth is they know little more than you do without extensive research - plus, because some asshole gets churned thru law school, does not grant him a superior judgement.

I could count on one hand the lawyers I'd trust - the rest, by far, are naive kids trying to earn a living.

Never said that.. they can just obtain that info from any leasing manager I'm sure.

I spend over $10K on a felony drug case and gotted fucked big time. Lawyers are so full of shit.

OK.... so I have to have a hardcopy of the doc in my hand?.... as an affiliate, or 'secondary producer' that is....

That fucks up my idea then.... back to the drawing board

Agree Gator!

One think ya gotta remember about content providers - many don't rely on the net for a living - they are better off working in other fields which most decent one's do anyway. Cheap net shoots are not their financial success stories when ad agencies pay em $10K upwards a day.

The other factor is... no reasonable photographer is gonna issue his model data to all and sundry - just ain't gonna happen even if there are data protection laws. Photographers have relationships with models (don't mean personal!) and they are not gonna screw that because of some foreign law.

This part of 2257 is not simply going to affect foreign shoots - can you see a model coming along to a shoot in Ohio to be told her home address needs to be distributed? They will run a mile! :-)

Hmm, my point is people that shoot there own stuff have copies of records in several places, besides 3rd party

Yes, but it CAN be digital copy as long as it contains scans of the original docs. Those digital copies do however have to be located at the address you listed on your 2257 page.

All I know is the law says there has to be copies at your place of business. The one listed on your 2257 page. If the DOJ comes to your place for an inspection they expect you to have everything on hand.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I keep thinking about this DB idea...... what if I had a local ecrypted copy of the Db on my HD but I didnt have a PW for it.

The FBI comes to my property and says "I wanna see the docs"....I say "OK, call this number for a PW, and they, after verification will give you the PW".

Its on my comp and in my bus premises...... Is there anything that says I need access to the info?

The DB would be be the ez part I think.

text=fuck 2257, better conversions and more SE traffic. I could care less. Now get back to your galleries :1orglaugh

exactly what I am doing with all my se shit...most of the text based and non-explicit pages get better conversions anyway

Sheesh! So happens we are suing one now - a "proclaimed expert" who, tho I'm sure he does know of his field of expertise, - is just fucking incompetent.

There is no question of not winning - he knows it, we know it - it's just for the judge to mutter the words. The only "verbal" is from him trying to retain his status and credibility - he can keep that, - just compensate instead.

This was the second time ever in suing a lawyer - the first they actually admitted they screwed and invited us to sue (covered in legal insusurance) and we still use them to this day - mainly cos they were honest.

Good luck in prison.

Rub a little Ben Gay on it, that should help.

This free tip provided courtesy of the DOJ (Department of Jack-offs).

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Come on then.... back it up

Im playing with ideas, I probably am wrong..... but say why I am wrong FFS!

Bascially you either comply with the law or not. It's not really valid to claim records in databases unless you can provide them on request.

Lol - been there and it wasn't related to the internet, a computer, hacking Nasa, etc... :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Damnation my head hurts after reading yet another 2257 post.
We dont operate out of the states - but do host their. Luckily we shoot all our own content and so have our documents in order. Any shoots from the early days that the documents were either badly written or shitty passport photos we dumped the content. Good to have a clean out every now n then.

This only left the problem for our affiliates - so we giving em a number of choices - promote from gear hosted on our servers - or we cut specific content complete with copies of the legal paper work. Dont take 5 minutes to grab n fax the fuckers. Sooner or later we could move to an Euro host , but most we have looked at dont seem to offer what the US still can.
So i say bring it fucking on - im soooooooooo fucking glad though our offices are based in Europe - and that we now have solid EU billing options ...

Let the drama unfold should be an interesting ride the next few weeks n months :helpme

Do you have "spirit of the law" and "letter of the law" rules in the US?

Im not flaming BTW.... I realy am trying to work this shit out :upsidedow

You are either obeying the law or you are not.

Read the regs. And I'm speaking from the American point of view. You aren't American so I have no idea what recourse, if any, the DOJ has for non-US non-complyers