Is 2257 Mandatory For Non US Residents?

[Head Boy]

Obscenity laws are quite interesting I gather (CP comes into a different category and has far stricter rules). I'm in England and obscenity only applies to UK publishing. Publishing on the net is sending stuff from a pc to a server wherever the server is located. This means that if I send data from one server directly to another and both servers are located outside the UK, then the law does not apply to me. I gather that the US lawmakers decided that it was too onerous for hosting cos to be responsible for 2257 on their machines, so the responsibility lies with the owner of the site if he is based in the US, this applies wherever he is hosted. Don't forget that you need 2257 for some images in sponsor's banners as well.

This info comes from research done by me and should not be considered as legal advice however.