ok, bu I'm from Europe... and if I purchase stuff from MaxPixel or Ounique.... why do I have to keep their records? I mean... what the heck... are they gonna come knocking at my door?
Does anyone know if this applies to all of us that are not US citizens and we don't have firm registered in US?
how would it? it's a u.s. law.
well... my point exactly.... i don't understand what did they try to do with these new implementations... I mean.. obviously some of US webmasters will go frightened, but most of the overseas will stay....
if they wanted to remove porn, I doubt they'll succeed...
they wanted to weed out u.s. porno - a lot of smaller webmasters are unable to comply. also they probably to make u.s. webmasters more vulnerable.
on the other hand, it could just be a badly thought-out law - i wouldn't totally rule that out. but either way, it's dangerous for models, and extremely burdensome for smaller businesses.
I know that Lee said that the US market is extremely important to the industry as a whole. If the DOJ gets their way, anyone, foreign or domestic, who sells to a US citizen will have to comply with the 2257 regulations. Can they really enforce it ? That remains to be seen. Who knows where and when this "crusade" is going to end (or end up)
What basschick said, I can't see how they could enforce it on European webbies.Quote:
Originally Posted by dalimili
The thing I'm trying to figure out is, how should we make it clear that we operate our site(s) from Europe if we don't put any address or any other info on our sites? I think something like this might do the job:
"This site is maintained and operated from [City Name], [Country name], Europe.
The records required pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2257 and 28 C.F.R. 75 are kept by the Custodian of Records [Email address]."
Of course, they might check out the whois info, but it's no guarantee that the domain owner is the person who makes sites on it. In addition to that, all my domains are protected by the whois privacy option, so they would probably think I'm from US.
The only reference to foreign producers in the text itself is thisQuote:
Does anyone know if this applies to all of us that are not US citizens and we don't have firm registered in US?
Quote:
One commenter also commented that the proposed rule may force
foreign primary producers to violate foreign laws regarding protection
of information. If primary producers in foreign countries decide to
comply with their home privacy laws and not provide materials to U.S.
entities, the regulation will chill the availability of materials and
speech to U.S. citizens. The Department declines to adopt this comment.
The rule is no different from other forms of labeling requirements
imposed on foreign producers of, e.g., alcohol, tobacco, or food items
that are imported into the United States. In order to sell in the U.S.
market, foreign producers must comply with U.S. laws. This rule applies
equally to any sexually explicit material introduced into the stream of
commerce in the United States no matter where it was produced. Foreign
producers have the option of not complying with the rule, but then
their access to the U.S. market is justly and lawfully prohibited.
They can make primary producers obey the US law because the primary producers would sell actual goods to US citizens (pics, videos etc., which is similar to e.g. mainstream movies).
Nevertheless, note how they first speak only about primary producers, then about "Foreign producers", without distinction.
Despite this play on words, I don't think it can apply to foreign secondary producers, i.e. plain webmasters. If I make a porn site and put it on the Internet, anyone in the world can see it, it doesn't mean I'm sprecifically targeting the US market, and I can't see how a US law can apply in that case.