Free 2257 Legal Advice

[chadknowslaw]

Here is one tip, no,

actually a direct, no-cost-to-you
simple change that EVERYBODY needs to make on their website homepages.

The new 2257 regs, which are not yet in effect, will require a 2257 link on every home page.

The example used in the rules is that http://www.usdoj.gov is the homepage and anything under it, such as http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal is covered if there is a 2257 link on the homepage. HOWEVER, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc is NOT considered covered by having a link on http://www.usdoj.gov and would have to have its own 2257 link.

NEXT, the 2257 link language is specified by the new rules. This is an easy thing for everyone to change! Instead of just having your link say "2257" or 18 US 2257" it must read
18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement

that can open a new window.



SO:

1. Make sure you have a 2257 link on every home page
2. Make sure the 2257 link uses the language called for that I set out above.


There--some Free Friday Legal Advice!

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[Gary-Alan]

CHAD!

Thank you for sharing this!

It's always good to get a Friday Freebie LOL And you know how I am about getting things for free LMAOPIP

[basschick]

chad - thanks, but doesn't 2257 say any entry page?

[chadknowslaw]

chad - thanks, but doesn't 2257 say any entry page?

It says, exactly:


"One commenter commented that the requirement that the statement
appear on the home page of a Web site is vague because many web sites
operate with subdomains, making the actual homepage or principal URL
difficult to identify. The Department declines to adopt this comment.
Subdomains, as the name implies, are URLs that share the top-level
domain name's basic URL and have additional identifying address
information to provide additional content on a separate Web page. Each
subdomain thus has its own homepage

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and each homepage must feature the statement. For example, http://www.usdoj.gov
is the full domain name of the Web site of the Department

of Justice. http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal is the Web page of the

Criminal Division, which is hosted by the Department's Web site. Under
this rule, http://www.usdoj.gov would be required to have a statement and that statement would cover anything contained on http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal.
However, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov is a

subdomain of the full domain http://www.usdoj.gov and would be required

to have its own statement on that page, which would then cover any
material on a Web page linked to it, such as http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/
, the Web page of the Office for Victims of Crime."