Which Spons are Ready for 2257 Change?

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by GunnCat

Some of you almost sound happy these new laws are going into effect. Some of us who have been trying to make a living at this work very hard only to see our progress get flushed down the drain by government proposals.
Social Darwinism shouldn't be aided by government entities simply demagoguing to a constiuant base. There is no "bright" side to this. Less competition is only good if you stand to make a profit from it. It's likely many of the unique sites put forth by the small webmaster/content provider will end up going out of business.

Gunncat, let me say this: The adult online industry has been a business without rules, regulations, or oversight. The entry barrier (what it costs to get into the game) has varied between little and free (free host, free content, etc). No sales taxes, no government rules, not much of anything. As a result of this "low entry point" everyone and their ignorant cousin Hal have porn sites.

The business has been completely overwhelmed with bored soccer moms, college students looking for beer money, and an every increasing slice of people that "just like to be near pornstars". Every day, I compete with people who are not trying to make a living but are trying to make enough money for a night out on the town or so they can get a couple of extra cases of beer for the frat party.

I don't complain about these people, instead I offer them help to get traffic, listings on my link sites and such, and spend time here on this board to help people grow their business.

The US government has finally weighed in a put some rules into effect that will require US webmasters to do a certain amount of "non-income earning" work in order to maintain their business. US citizens will be required to maintain a bunch of extra records that they never had to before.

More importantly, these people will have to admit to who they are, and they will have to expose their real names and addresses to the public, and they won't be able to hide in the bushes anymore.

Each individual will have to make a choice as to how they will handle the situation as it is presented. It is a personal choice. Nobody is running you out of business, they are removing the rock many have been hiding under. If you can't handle the light, then it is time to move on.

Like I said, I don't wish bad on anyone, but I won't miss the competition either.

Alex