IMPORTANT! New Regs Go Into Effect!

[JustMe]

Greetings:

Details are sketchy, as reported by CNN:

New 2257 Regs:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/17/chi...egs/index.html

[gaystoryman]

Oh joy, here we go again... :cry:

[basschick]

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2005/May/05_ag_272.htm
this isn't again - this is the official changed version.

does anyone have the url of the actual new regs?

[Chilihost]

calling Chad....we need your expert help on this one!!!

cheers,
Luke

[Squirt]

I hope they are reasonable. People overseas are lucky to not have to deal with this continuous threat we have to face in the states.

[basement]

Don't even have to be overseas he says from Montreal. Good luck to all my american cousins.

[collegeboyslive]

we all knew this was coming, I hope savvey webmasters here are already keeping good records.

[basschick]

keeping records won't do it if the proposed regs go into effect.

they made the secondary producers into custodians of records - who had to be available to the police at any and (most important) ALL "business hours" in your "primary place of business". that means that you can't leave at all to pick up the kids, do a photoshoot at the beach, or go to the hospital.

we all knew this was coming, I hope savvey webmasters here are already keeping good records.

[Lee]

Strictly speaking, because this is a new law, there is going to be a period of 'grace' so far as these new regs go.

For example, content producer before 1990 are not required to be 2257 compliant in the past tense of the law so, it would seem that, given these new regs are, well, new, that any content produced prior to the date they were signed in to law doesnt need to be compliant for these new regs as long as you can prove their production date which, if you purchased it from a reputable provider and have a good accounting system / 2257 system in place, should be no problem whatsoever.

All it means is that your OLD content is going to become stale very fast over the coming months

Regards,

Lee

[basschick]

lee, there is a part of the proposed 2257 that requires secondary producers (read webmasters) to act as custodians of records during ALL business hours. how many people here can stay in their "primary place of business" during ALL business hours every day for the next 5 years? 'cause you're not allowed to just stop being the custodian even if the site is taken down.

seems to me that would be a problem or two.

i'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of "retro" porn sites popping up - i know worldwidecontent has a lot of str8 retro. perhaps don mike can tell us if they have lots of gay retro (read pre-1990).

[Lee]

lee, there is a part of the proposed 2257 that requires secondary producers (read webmasters) to act as custodians of records during ALL business hours. how many people here can stay in their "primary place of business" during ALL business hours every day for the next 5 years? 'cause you're not allowed to just stop being the custodian even if the site is taken down.

seems to me that would be a problem or two.

i'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of "retro" porn sites popping up - i know worldwidecontent has a lot of str8 retro. perhaps don mike can tell us if they have lots of gay retro (read pre-1990).

Patti,

As of yet that is still to be confirmed or denied so far as 'business hours' go. Although, a real simple work around for that, is to make sure your 'business hours' (if the govt doesnt tell us what they are) are from 6am-9am and you keep the records at home LOL

However, again, that is only for newly produced content so those of us who have a content library stemming back over the past 8-10 years realistically, have enough content to use on our sites.

Im pretty sure you are correct about seeing a lot of retro sites starting to pop up, i know of 2 that are in the works currently, not including our own

Regards,

Lee

[basschick]

lee, i not only read the proposed regs carefully, but i also talked to three adult attorneys. the business hours are not YOUR business hours - they are general business hours. you would have to be available from 8 am to 6 pm, approximately. they also didn't leave any days off, so as read, it would be mon - sun 8am to 6pm, and they could even extend that to 7 am if they wanted.

and there is only a 30 day grace period from tuesday. too bad we still can't see the regs - it would be nice to see what made it in there.

[DonMike]

i'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of "retro" porn sites popping up - i know worldwidecontent has a lot of str8 retro. perhaps don mike can tell us if they have lots of gay retro (read pre-1990).

Hi Patti, you know the idea of a retro site is not a bad idea. We are re-working our site right now and comiling all the data from our titles as we speak. So you will be able to search out titles by date. Until then, if any of you guys contact me I'll be happy to get you some great retro titles. I know I've seen some, both gay and straight.

[kcwebwerks]

This may be a totally stupid question, but considering how much ibuprophine I'm on right now, I'm suprised I can connect two words together.

I wonder how this new law will effect those who do not "shoot" content. As a video editor, I don't "produce" content, but I'm invoved in the production process. So should I request age verification documentation from the producers that I deal with so that I can have it on file? Or should I just request that the producers sign a document stating that their models are of age? Or should I even worry about it at all?

Dazed and confused!!!!!

[Lee]

and there is only a 30 day grace period from tuesday. too bad we still can't see the regs - it would be nice to see what made it in there.

Thats my point though Patti,

At this moment in time, even attorneys are 'guessing' as to what these new regs contain, they hevent been made available to anyone so nobody is really any the wiser than when this 2257 mess started almost a year ago.

Regards,

Lee