Your Choice - Label It Or Lose It!?
 

Just in case you didn't see the press release (http://www.asacp.org/press/pr062606.html)

FYI - ASACP is hosting an online Town Hall to discuss this topic -
http://www.asacp.org/townhallboard.

Your input is important especially considering...Another Proposed Bill - Labeling and Disclaimer Pages

Knowing that it would protect both children and the industry, over two years ago ASACP added to its Best Practices (http://www.asacp.org/best_practices.php):

On Index (warning) page: include all disclaimers, age verification, etc., and exclude images to prevent children from unknowingly viewing adult material.

Well, just like with spam (and now we have the CanSpam bill) many companies have not included this type of warning page. What we were concerned is starting to happen: if the industry didn't do it, it would be mandated.

Info on the bill (this time a communication bill) that would require this:
http://news.com.com/Senators+adopt+...ml?tag=nefd.top

During a day of debate on a wide-ranging communications bill, the Senate Commerce Committee approved an amendment backed by the Bush administration that proponents claim would help clean up the Internet and protect children online.

It says that commercial Web sites must not place "sexually explicit material" on their home pages upon pain of felony prosecution--and, in addition, they must rate "each page or screen of the website that does contain sexually explicit material" with a system to be devised by the Federal Trade Commission.

"This will protect children from accidentally typing in the wrong address and immediately viewing indecent material," said Sen. Conrad Burns, a Montana Republican who is the co-founder of the Congressional Internet Caucus.


Industry article ? please read

http://avnonline.com/index.php?Prima...tent_ID=270665

http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=15739


Based on the political climate and the various proposed bills, ASACP believes that the industry needs to adopt a standard label ? your thoughts: http://www.asacp.org/townhallboard.

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