Quote Originally Posted by Squirt
The man hours, and resources, they'll be using under their current proposals are draconian compared to what is possible. They complain that technology has made things so much easier for pornographers... but it's also made it easier for the DOJ to enforce the law! Why they aren't working on a digital solution to 2257 instead of ransacking peoples houses at any hour, is amazing to me. Unless they WANT to be able to upset people, and peoples lives, and the power to say I can mess with you anytime I like. That's not justice though... that's harassment.
Because they want to use the records visit to give them the opportunity to perhaps "see" other crimes happening, thus allowing them to sieze other than just computer records containing 2257 docs. If it were all digital, they could not arrest the records keeper if they found an error...he would be out of the country already.... If it were all digital, they could not possibly "accidently" see other crimes happening, If it were digital it would not give the government the ability to snoop around in your place of business, see you eye to eye....etc. Many law enforcement officers make judgements on whether you are hiding something else just by your body language, eye contact, the way you answer questions...etc..and then use this as probable cause for further search....

Because if it were digiatl the DOJ could not enter and search your place of business or computers without a warrant....but this law is essentially a search warrant that can be expanded based upon the experience of the officer inspecting and his perception of what probable cause is.

And the fact remains that CP producers are NOT going to be keeping records anyway, and CP producers are for the most part outside US boundries, and there is NOTHING in the new version of this law that says an ID is a true copy of an ID and is not altered before copied and presented to the producer of the content.