2257 regs published in full

[Ann Omness]

I agree with Mishi, these regulations have nothing whatsoever to do with child porn. The child porn folks couldn't care less about 2257. They're already facing long prison terms if they get caught. This is all about trying to shut down the domestic adult internet industry. They haven't been able to pass any laws to shut it down due to the Constitution, so they're just changing the rules in an existing law in such a way that it will be almost impossible for most webmasters to comply. What was lawful before will now be unlawful and they can go after all the legitimate webmasters who are unable to get all the documention ready by June 23rd. Most of us are waiting for the primary producers to get their end of things ready before we can even begin to index and cross-index all our images. And how long does it take to document and cross-index half a million images purchased from 50 different content providers and spread across a thousand websites? 30 days? A year? Does the government care that it's impossible to do it in the time frame they've ordered? Sure, they made it intentionally impossible so they can prosecute us for paperwork instead of things that involve Constitutional issues.