2257 Ruling--FINALLY

[Bill]

It sounds as tho the secondary producers are pretty much relieved of the record keeping burden on the new 2257 changes, tho, does it not?

That this is essentially very good news for the advertisers and publishers who only license content and have no involvement with production.

[plateman]

bill thats what I was gonna ask - so has anyone have anything clear for us webmasters to grasp, it would be nice to know if we are still under the scope..

[chadknowslaw]

Great news--

"Secondary Producers"

ARE OFF THE HOOK!!!


for the time being......

Trouble is looming, though, because I have heard rumblings that some do-gooders are working in Congress to change the statute to include secondary producers. This ruling will only encourage them. The biggest FSC argument was that only Congress could re-define producers to include webmasters, not the Attorney General. So, we could win the court case but then have Congress change the statute and be fucked all over again.

HOWEVER<

The Straight Forward Legal-Trained Answer to your Question is:

YES! Secondary Producers are relieved of the record keeping burden!



Hell, I forgot to charge ya'll. I may lose my law license if I keep giving straight answers for no money.

[Mr. Blue]

Honestly, eventhough this lets secondary producers off the hook for now, I'm not really changing my way of doing business regarding content, the use, and the purchase of it, etc. I made the changes and I'm probably going to stick to most of the changes so I'm never caught without the proper records. There's always bible thumpers looking to screw over the adult industry and there's no way I'm going through the sky is falling shit again.

Originally Posted by Mr. Blue

Honestly, eventhough this lets secondary producers off the hook for now, I'm not really changing my way of doing business regarding content, the use, and the purchase of it, etc. I made the changes and I'm probably going to stick to most of the changes so I'm never caught without the proper records. There's always bible thumpers looking to screw over the adult industry and there's no way I'm going through the sky is falling shit again.

Sensible post.

The good news is that Secondary producers are not burdoned with the exacting requirements of the cross referencing and record keeping.

But to say this allows them to publish porn without ANY proof the porn is legal is beyond crazy.