The New 2257 Rulings - What now?

[Bill]

Originally Posted by lassiter

Yes, I'm left once more with the strong impression that the FSC is much more interested in protecting the XXX video industry players in the Valley than in protecting the concerns of thousands of scattered webmasters who are affiliates/secondary producers.

And if FSC isn't gonna fight to strike these new Adam Walsh Act provisions down, then the only way they can be removed is if a secondary producer is tried and convicted under 2257, and manages to raise the $$$ to appeal and challenge the law in federal court - a process that usually takes several years.

While I also am wondering about the competence of the FSC's legal beagles, I'm not sure I'm following how this is about favoritism to the brick and mortar crowd.

Again, I'd like to know why this adam walsh act thing seems to be coming so completely out of left field?

Who knew about this before last weeks ruling?

And why hasn't it been an issue among us before this?

Has anyone here or in any of the other webmaster communities been trying to warn us about adam walsh, but we haven't listened?

[lassiter]

Originally Posted by Bill

Again, I'd like to know why this adam walsh act thing seems to be coming so completely out of left field?

Who knew about this before last weeks ruling?

I did, but then I follow this stuff. AVN did several articles about it over the past few months.

I think there was a vague perception (hope?) that the proposed rules - that would make Hollywood have to do laborious 2257 recordkeeping over their simulated sex scenes - was so ridiculous that the thing would never pass, and if it did, the MPAA would foot the bill to get it overturned.

The only part that is news to me is that the MPAA actually managed to get an exemption carved out for the big Hollywood studios, leaving the XXX community to bear the sole brunt of the 2257 re-write.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by lassiter

I did, but then I follow this stuff.

Ditto.

The first post about it on this board was in March of '06
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...ad.php?t=29681