http://www.planetout.com/news/election/article.html?2005/06/23/1
"The U.S. Department of Justice and the adult entertainment industry reached an agreement Thursday that gives many Internet sites more time to comply with strict federal guidelines over record-keeping on adult images.
According to the Free Speech Coalition (FSC), which represents many adult sites, the broad record-keeping law, known as 18 U.S.C. 2257, will not be fully enforced until Sept. 7."
"The Justice Department, however, reserves the right to inspect and prosecute any site that is not a plaintiff in the case or a member of the FSC."
http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=1&id=6351
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Annalee Newitz called the new rules "so inclusive that it's really absurd" and said they could even include online news organizations posting images of Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse. Maybe that's the idea?"
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67869-2,00.html
""vintage" porn -- produced before July 3, 1995 -- may become more popular because the new enforcement regulations don't require age records for older content."
/sw/ and /sm/ to be illegal Midnight June 23rd
http://dis.iichan.net/idc/kareha.pl/1119495773/
Rotten.com: our gapingmaw.com and other sites shut in anticipation of 2257
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/22/rottencom_our_gaping.html
The End of Internet P8rn?
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/42955
Note: complying with USC 2257 is illegal in UK/EU because of their Data Protection Acts.
"due to the UK Data Protection Act, we are unable to make public any information of the models private details."
www.adultcashuk.com/usc2257/ [UK]
"due to the Swedish Personal Data Protection Act, I am unable to make public any information of the models private details. Under Swedish laws no information may be given out to a third party,without that persons consent."
www.alpha-cow.com/alp2257.htm [Sweden]
adultwebmasterhangout.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB10&Number=85485
"Obenberger said that he once approached a high ranking official from the Justice Department to discuss 2257.
After pointing out that work-from-home cam girls would be put in physical danger if they were forced to reveal their home address, Obenberger said the reply he received from the official was, "What makes you think we care?" "
WAKAchan's 3D Porn Boards in danger?
http://dis.iichan.net/idc/kareha.pl/1119495773/
Related drama:
Lain steps in on iichan and bans pedo material (Saaya Irie), controversy regarding authority ensues
http://nub.iichan.net/b/res/8211.html
I am just trying to make this place a little more interesting!
who cares about US porn.
i can download euro porn for example
http://news.softpedia.com/news/U-S-To-Deny-Online-Porn-the-Right-of-Free-Speech-3726.shtml
"according to the Federal Register notice, the following cannot be classified as secondary producers: film or video processors, Web hosts and ISPs, or those who engage in "mere distribution"."
> those who engage in "mere distribution"
Whose definition of "distribution" are they using?
>>15
I think it might just be referring to a more flexible term of what could be described as a "Common Carrier", the tidbit that lets ISP's not be prosecuted for the actions of users.
Somehow I highly doubt any *chan site could ever claim that and be successful. >.>;;;
This guy got it right. Moaning is the same in every goddamn language, so it doesn't matter if they're speaking some very obscure gaelic dialect, moaning is moaning, and we look at porn not for the cheesy plot.
It's better when we don't understand what they're talking about. Even a slug would have its intelligence insulted by what passes as dialog and plot in porn movies.