American Law 2257
The US government is approving The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act H.R. 4472 signed into effect by President G. Bush. The act’s intention is to protect children against sexual exploitation. Yet, one detail buried in the law now makes Secondary producers Primary producers thus held responsible for records of their subjects on their website. Prior to this, only Primary producers were required to maintain identification of their models.
Public dating sites will thus require users posting nude pictures to have model releases containing users’ name and birthdate, an impossibility. Sites such as BigMuscle.com are now in precarious positions on fulfilling web surfers’ needs and obeying the new law. Their options are to remove all nude photos and/or obtain requirement documentation for each photo as outlined by this new law.
There is currently a court case pending by the Free Speech Coalition fighting against 2257. Members of the Free Speech Coalition are exempt from inspection until a decision by the court has been handed down.
The government has already started inspections of companies checking compliance for the first time in about 12 years for the current 2257 regulations. One of the first visits by the FBI was the offices of straight porn Diabolic Video to check the company’s records in accordance with the recordkeeping regulations of 18 U.S.C. 2257, according to Diabolic owner Greg Allan. Diabolic passed with flying colours.
