2257 Changes working through Congress

[Linkster]

Alex - basic explanation of this is that the House approved it which means the Senate will approve it next and then the President will sign it - probably in the the very near future - these things dont take long once they have been passed by the house (usually about a week)

Overall what it does is make what the DOJ was attempting useless as this goes even further - and throws out Sundance completely.

I would expect it to be law before congress recesses for spring break and then the mandatory 90 days after it is published in the Fed Register.

I believe that the film industry will probably file the first objections as it would make any film they produce with simulated sex have to meet the same doc requirements as required for adult films (which would effect just about every PG and R rated film coming out of Hollywood right now)

It also instills that same secondary producer requirements that the DOJ was trying to put out - only with congress and the Prez signing it, it will be come law and then be challenged - a little different unless someone could get an injunction from enforcement the same day the Pres signs it

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Originally Posted by Linkster

I believe that the film industry will probably file the first objections as it would make any film they produce with simulated sex have to meet the same doc requirements as required for adult films (which would effect just about every PG and R rated film coming out of Hollywood right now)

An article I read when this first started suggested that if Hollywood had to file 2257 stuff, they would be disqualified from receiving all those nice multi-million dollar federal and state grants for filming in the USA.