ARS's 2257 Policy Implementation
 

This note is the first of several updates to all of our webmasters regarding the new Justice Department regulations for 18 U.S.C. 2257 which will go into effect on June 23, 2005. As you know ARS has never managed the content or sites within its portfolio. Our current paysite operator, Storm Media, is doing everything it can to become 100% compliant. However, compliance with the new regulations will require some very important changes to be made within the ARS program. Many of those changes are set forth below. We will follow this with additional correspondences to our affiliates, together with further changes, if any, we feel necessary to insure that we are fully in compliance with the law under the new regulations. Please read the detailed information Here

Thanks for the info.

good news

Who wants to bet that the new BYOT on steroids is about to stop taking it's meds and lifting weights?

Muhahahaha ok that was funny. It will prolly remain but just go softcore only.

glad you are on top of the changes

So true... :1orglaugh

There are no changes to the planned BYOT system. BYOT sites are hosted by Storm media on a very impressive domain. BYOTname.smut.com The BYOT program offers its designers a massive selection of content to design with, thus any content on a BYOT site will already have proper 2257 documentation, designers & promoters dont have to do a thing with 2257 and BYOT!

There are still tons of steroids for BYOT to take and there is no limitation on content. It will NOT be softcore only. It just takes more time for the organization of the 2257 docs before we can launch it.

This is the info:

This note is the first of several updates to all of our webmasters regarding the new Justice Department regulations for 18 U.S.C. 2257 which will go into effect on June 23, 2005. As you know ARS has never managed the content or sites within its portfolio. Our current paysite operator, Storm Media, is doing everything it can to become 100% compliant. However, compliance with the new regulations will require some very important changes to be made within the ARS program. Many of those changes are set forth below. We will follow this with additional correspondences to our affiliates, together with further changes, if any, we feel necessary to insure that we are fully in compliance with the law under the new regulations.

*Free content: At this time ARS will discontinue
offering free content for promotion of any of it's
sites. If you are using free content for any of the
reality sites, you should remove it now. Though Storm
Media is in possession of the id's for this content we
are not going to be providing them to webmasters and
would ask that you remove any ?explicit content?
advertising these sites. Explicit content includes actual
sexual conduct including all varieties of sexual intercourse,
vaginal, oral, anal, gay, straight, bestiality, masturbation
and sadistic or masochistic abuse. Also, any depictions
of the genitals would fall within this definition.


*Promo material: Storm Media will be going through the
promo database and removing all explicit banners, these
will be replaced in the coming weeks with non-explicit
banners that will not require documentation for you to
utilize to send traffic to the websites.

*Free Hosted Galleries: Storm Media is in the process
of updating the free hosted galleries so they contain
only 2557 compliant content. In addition once other
changes have been made they will begin an aggressive
system that will allow you to create your own
galleries picking out content from their content
database and then placed into the FHG system thus
requiring you to maintain no documentation on the new
galleries you create so long as you link to them in a
text based manner.

*NexGen FreeHost: Due to the significant liability issues
placed on Freehosting firms under the new provisions
of 2257, ARS will be discontinuing this service. All
material placed on the free host should be removed by
June 15th. At that point in time we will delete all
the content on the freehost and directories will be
replaced with a text link 404 page that includes links
to all the ARS sites with your webmaster id in them.

*Site Removal: As has been previously stated Horny
Traveler will be removed from the site portfolio, all
existing traffic will be directed to Reality Pass with
your webmaster id.

We appreciate your patience and understanding in these
matters. Even though our content has all been purchased
since January of this year, unfortunately due to these
new regulations, up to 20% of it will still not be in full
compliance with the law and we must and will remove it.


Note only to BYOT Beta Webmasters:

BYOT Beta Webmasters:

There are two signficant changes to the BYOT system that will occur in the next few weeks. First and foremost, any designs that you currently have online that we have had to remove content from will be placed offline. This will occur on June, 13th., At that time, you will be able to begin swapping out pictures with compliant pics. If a tour is not compliant by June 20th, Storm Media will temporarily take it offline. In addition, to date,
no movie tours or combo pic/movie tours are compliant with the new regulations because, the movie studios have provided zero documentation though we have repeatedly requested they do so. Storm Media is diligently working with new, 2257 compliant studios get replacement inventory online as soon as possible.

The second important change is to promo material. All promo material in the system that is explcit will have to be removed and redesigned. Storm Media is reviewing and approving around 500 sets of content a day that is currently showing up in the design area. When you are redesigning your tours and sites, make sure your banners are softcore with no visible genital shots or other explicit material.

That is so unfair to non-US webmasters.

So when did ARS ever give out bestiality content?

Hosted galleries will be softcore?

Storm Media is in the process of updating the free hosted galleries so they contain only 2557 compliant content.

This does not mean they will turn to softcore galleries.