New rules on 2257

[lassiter]

Again, standard disclaimer - I'm not a lawyer, but I'm trying to quote him from possibly faulty notes and memory - I have not received a written letter outlining all this yet.

I was told it only applies to pictorial or video content produced after 8/24. So an existing free site with existing content would be covered under the older set of regs, but if you changed or added any sexually-explicit content that had been shot after 8/24, the site would then be liable under the new regs. The content on the site (which does include banners, if they are sexually-explicit) is the part covered by Sec. 2257, so say, a TGP with only text links to outside sponsor-hosted galleries and no explicit images otherwise would not fall under 2257 at all, since no explicit content is actually under your control. But for any gallery or video accesible from a domain you control, you have to have recordkeeping on file for that content and those models. Again - that's content produced after 8/24, and the content provider (primary producer) is responsible for providing you that information.

In short, it's basically a mess.

One more clarification - It looks like any newly created site after 8/24 falls under the new regs regarding the 2257 contact information that must be put on the main page of the site. What I wrote about content above applies to the model recordkeeping part of the rules. Two different things as far as the 8/24 date goes.

Plus, I should say I'm still not sure from my discussion whether the new content/model recordkeeping rules actually apply to content shot after 8/24, or to content bought or licensed after 8/24. I'm not sure my lawyer can tell, either.