Originally Posted by furrygirl

Thank you!

Believe it or not, models can be quite intelligent folk who do network with each other on things like this. I look forward to the day that models start suing sites for giving away their personal information alongside free content. If the "be-a good-person" responsibility of safeguarding a model's personal information isn't enough of a motivator for some, then maybe the risk of civil suits and losing money will be.

For a gallery submitter, the 2257 scare means paperwork hassles. For a model, it could mean her safety or even her life. I'm not being melodramatic: models are stalked and harassed, online and in person, and it only gets more dangerous when you have sites so shit-scared of jail time that they will risk a model's life to avoid losing affiliates. That, unfortunately, is the very definition of the "evil money-grubbing pornographer" stereotype that so many of us try to break free of. And the way I see it, this is the exact kind of panicky-ass behavior that the 2257 laws were meant to inspire in us.