Effects Of 2257 For Non US Webmasters?

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Originally posted by Pornopat

Interesting aspect here is that the US government is in fact telling European webmasters to break European laws.
I doubt they would want to start a diplomatic riot....

Well, they're not doing that. What they are saying is that US-based webmasters MUST have that info, whether the content or sponsor is European-based or not. If a European sponsor or content provider cannot or will not provide Sec. 2257 recordkeeping information to the US webmaster, the US webmaster cannot use that content on his/her sites. The legal burden in this case is totally on the US affiliate or webmaster, since obviously a foreign entity cannot be prosecuted under US law.

So as far as non-US content providers are concerned, it's a business decision - can you afford to no longer sell to US webmasters?

And yes, it stinks.