2257 and Linking

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Linkster

...this isnt about whether the picture on the banner or thumb is explicit or not - it's the source of the picture i.e. the photoshoot that will be whats scrutinized...

Yes, I realize that. But it's also highly unlikely that a toplist that includes nothing but non-explicit thumbs, each hosted on different domains, will draw much attention from the DOJ. For many of these sites their Friends toplist is a primary source of traffic.

[Linkster]

Toby - I guess Im one of the "the sky is NOT falling" crowd - I happen to believe that a toplist is the last place DOJ is gonna look for an example case - I would be looking at the top content producers and fringe websites first - why spend a nickle chasing after little WMs when you can bag a huge producer or name brand video studio - they arent stupid and us little fokes just dont offer much in the way of publicity for their effort - I would be willing to bet that they go after L Flynt or Sweet or somebody that is a name to really portray this whole industry.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Linkster

Toby - I guess Im one of the "the sky is NOT falling" crowd - I happen to believe that a toplist is the last place DOJ is gonna look for an example case

Count me among the same crowd. If the FSC doesn't get this tossed out by the court I'll be making a few changes to my sites, but I'm not going go pulling tons of content. I've avoided putting any heavy duty hardcore, extreme, teen/young, or other questionable content on my sites from day one, to stay under the "obscenity" radar, so I should also stay under the 2257 radar with little change needed.

Originally Posted by Linkster

I would be looking at the top content producers and fringe websites first - why spend a nickle chasing after little WMs when you can bag a huge producer or name brand video studio - they arent stupid and us little fokes just dont offer much in the way of publicity for their effort - I would be willing to bet that they go after L Flynt or Sweet or somebody that is a name to really portray this whole industry.

Agreed, and I think they may even have their targets picked already. Typical tactics, make a big splash in the news, scare everyone into compliance, then go back into their hole. Too bad they couldn't spend the time and effort doing something that would actually help stop CP and use of underage models.