more 2257 drama with content providers

part of what i'm doing in seattle this week is getting all the pornkings content in order & making sure that all the required documents are on file for each photoset, model, etc. its a very tedious task, but must be done obviously.

however, it seems that most photographers and content providers quite simply do not want to give out these documents. or if they do provide the id & release, all the information is blocked out, making the documents worthless.

are these people trying to destroy their customers? if i go to jail because you wont provide me documents i need, rest assured i will not go down alone.

at the end of the week i will be removing all content for which we dont have these documents, and requesting a full refund from those providers who refuse to cooperate with us regarding these new laws.

ok, rant over. :angel:

Thank God, a thread where we don't talk about the internext! I was losing hope lol thanks Dale :)

You know, this is amazing how some content providers do business. And i even smell something fishy with some of them.

My problem is that when someone sends me his sets of pictures for their designs... when i'm done... i delete everything. So now i'm gonna have to go thru all my portfolio and figure things out... that's gonna be so much fun. And i'm sure my portfolio will get smaller LOL But oh well, i guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.

Honestly, the only content people that I ever bought content from that where 100% above board are Don and this other company. (I can't remember his name off the top of my head.)

Both of them supplied me with the paperwork without me even having to ask for it. That was like 1.5 years ago. Other then those 2, there where no other dealers that gave it to me without having to email them 2-5 times and finally getting it.

I'm glad we shoot everything ourself now. I don't have to worry with hunting down all that mess anymore.

whats really interesting, is that the same lawyers who are advising me to have copies of unedited ids & releases, are advising content providers not to give that info out....

so does that mean we are just all fucked?

god this is stupid

Ask them if it is true with internet content like in video (dvd) content.

Things shot before 1997 do not have to have the model info on file. The date might not be the right year, but it is arround that time. Things shot before that may not need any ids.

Granted I don't know many people that would have content that old, or use it.

andymike - in the new regs, it's 1990.

dawgy - perhaps the reason that content producers seem to be getting different advice from the same lawyers is it's safer for webmasters to have the i.d. but safer for content producers not to provide it. or perhaps they're not comfortable with what the lawyers told them and are claiming they were told otherwise.