OH and here's a link on the DOJ site that's an index for the correspondence I quoted above Titled Review of C()*P and Obscenity Crimes. Notice all the 2257 info in regards to this topic.

Our attorney general and Congress also sees 2257 and Obscenity as being linked:
A bill to restore the recordkeeping requirement of the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

(a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

`Sec. 2257. Recordkeeping requirements

`(a) Whoever produces any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter which--

`(1) contains one or more visual depictions made after the effective date of this Act of actual sexually explicit conduct; and

`(2) is produced in whole or in part with materials which have been mailed or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce, or is shipped or transported or is intended for shipment or transportation in interstate or foreign commerce;

shall create and maintain individually identifiable records pertaining to every performer portrayed in such a visual depiction.

Alberto Gonzales and the DOJ also see Obscenity and 2257 as linked:

ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES SIGNS RULE IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS OF THE CHILD PROTECTION AND OBSCENITY ENFORCEMENT ACT

"WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales signed a final rule implementing provisions of the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, the Justice Department announced today. The rule requires producers of sexually explicit material to maintain records proving that performers in those depictions are not minors. It will be published in the Federal Register.

Minors are incapable of consenting to perform in sexually explicit depictions and are often forced to engage in sexually explicit conduct. For these reasons, visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct that involve persons under the age of 18 constitute illegal child pornography. The record-keeping requirements, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 2257, are crucial to preventing children from being exploited by the production of pornography. Violations of the requirements are criminal offenses punishable by imprisonment for up to five years for a first offense and up to 10 years for subsequent offenses. "

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