8/24/04 2257 deadline - anyone arrested?

[basschick]

thanks. the attorneys i talked with are major players in our industry, and were recommended to me by other webmasters and content providers. perhaps i misunderstood - i will ask further details and post them here.

[Chilihost]

basschick, thanks for the extra info, any info on this is very welcome! anyone know if any changes are going to go thru yet?


cheers,
Luke

[chadknowslaw]

August 24th was the end of the comment period for PROPOSED changes in the regulations. As of 8/26/04, I have not seen that any steps have been taken to make the proposed changes into actual regulations. Basically, at this time, Ashcroft & Co. have said, "How about we change the regulations to say all this new stuff??" : no changes have been made YET. In order for the proposals to become real, they must first be published in the Federal Register. 30 days after they are published, THEN they become enforceable regulations [simply put, they become law 30 days after they are published, which publication has not happened].
Nothing has happened yet. We will have at least 30 days notice before any new regulations become enforceable--kind of like that siren that goes off a few minutes before the tornado comes.

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