how are these sites getting away with it?

[Fister]

I suppose they expect to escape prosecution. Perhaps they are in a backwater jurisdiction. Cam4.com has a private domain registration.

[LiveTwinksCam]

I had the exact same question. Unbelievable!!

[chadknowslaw]

There is no legal standard for age verification~

[Lee]

There is no legal standard for age verification~

There is in Germany

Regards,

Lee

[chadknowslaw]

There is in Germany

Regards,

Lee

Yes you are correct! And no more websites there~

Too draconian and too easy to avoid the requirements.

[collegeboyslive]

There is no legal standard for age verification~

cam4 has no age verification period. just wants a user name and an e-mail thats it to broadcast, to watch you dont need anything.

glad i was not the only one looking and scratching my head at this

[DEVELISH]

There is in Germany

Regards,

Lee

HELL YES THERE IS - I got a letter to show up at the police... again - for a site where I do not show ANY dicks - flacid or hard. They must have issues with the texts I write.... oh well.. lawyer time again...


DEV...

[msm]

I wondered about this also. There have been a few cam models there that as soon as I saw them I clicked away quickly because I expected the FBI to knock down my door and accuse me of watching CP.

Having said that, don't models on cam4 become eligible to win cash awards if they are the most popular? At that point they must have to provide some kind of age verification.

[MiamiB]

I wondered about this also. There have been a few cam models there that as soon as I saw them I clicked away quickly because I expected the FBI to knock down my door and accuse me of watching CP.

Having said that, don't models on cam4 become eligible to win cash awards if they are the most popular? At that point they must have to provide some kind of age verification.

Here is what they say under their HELP section which is the only mention of age I have found. Clearly all profiles state that the guy is at least 18 years of age but just as clearly they do not actually verify it prior to allowing the person to "broadcast" his cam on the site:

"Broadcaster Ban
Broadcasters are banned for the following reasons

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Illegal activity � underage performers, etc.
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Advertising other cam websites (it is ok to advertise your personal URLs)
*
Broadcasting videos
*
Static images for long period of time

A broadcaster ban can last 1 day, 1 month or be permanent depending on the infraction. Multiple occurrences of the same infraction after being warned will result in a longer ban."

So if you can be banned for being an underage performer BUT they do not verify age that is clearly meaningless!

[Fister]

There is no legal standard for age verification~

Chad, I think the big concern with cam4.com is that the amateur webcam performers do not provide any age verification. 18 USC 2257 and related regulations apply to these performers.