July 12, 2007 Update
The date for the records finally has been anchored to the date of production (or date the actual photography was accomplished). ...[T]he new regulations mandate the entire compliance statement must appear on every page within a website. He also worried aloud it may chase out of the industry small, independent website operators who run their businesses from their homes and maintain their records in their home offices. None of those people are going to want everyone on the Web to be able to find them with no more effort than scrolling to the bottom of a Web page. FBI Visits Diabolic Video to Check 2257 Records Paul Fishbein writes 7/24/06 on AVN.com:
Using Foreign Talent 1/16/06 In June of 2005, because of the Justice Department's new interpretation of the 2257 anti-child-porn regulations, the major porn producers stopped using foreign talent who didn't have a greencard (legal permission to reside and work in the US). Many prominent First Amendment attorneys said this was not necessary but the major producers erred on the side of safety. Over the next few months, LA Direct Models got legal American IDs for their foreign models (I assume LAD got them CA Driver's Licenses), allowing them to work for most producers. Most producers will not use foreign talent without American ID. The most careful producers, such as Penthouse, will not use foreign talent who don't have greencards. But dozens of girls who won't be used by Penthouse will be used by Hustler and other producers. I was scanning the chatboard of one content producer. A fan wrote in: "I'm so glad you finally shot Barbara Summers. She reminds me of Stacy Valentine. I didn't want to put a request in for her because she's European and I thought it was impossible for you to legally shoot her. How did you manage to do it? Is she American now?" The producer replied: "She got her American IDs through the help of her agency." I assume this means a CA Driver's License. To get one as a tourist, all you have to do is show the DMV your driver's license from your home country, and fill out a form that vouches you are getting a Social Security number. This temporary license is good for three months and is a sufficient form of American ID for many content producers. Whether it is legally obtained is the question. If you falsify stuff on your application to get the CA Driver's License, then it is obviously fraudulent and producers who use girls with fake ID are legally responsible. To the best of my knowledge, only LA Direct Models will arrange this type of American ID for their foreign talent. In the long run this may not be a big deal because this part of the 2257 regulations may not stand up to legal scrutiny. Another reason foreign talent is signing with LA Direct is that LA Direct allows producers to pay the agency for the talent's work and then the agency pays the model, and I believe this gives significant tax advantages to the model (she doesn't have to suffer the 25% withholding tax, etc). I'm not sure how foreign talent can be legally paid in America if they do not have a Social Security number. I wonder if the feds will go after content producers who were accepting foreign IDs one month, and then CA Driver's Licenses the next month from the same talent. Surely many of these foreign talent have fake Social Security numbers as well. So maybe the IRS will take an interest. Maybe the content producers will be on the hook. Maybe they'll have to explain to a jury, "Yes, I knew she previously only had Czech ID but the next month she had American ID and I thought it was all legitimate." I wonder if the jury will buy that? Some foreign porn stars who've never driven and never held a driver's license have obtained CA Driver's Licenses over the past six months. LA Direct Models is the only talent agency that works extensively with foreign models who don't have greencards. World Modeling and other conservative agencies tell foreign talent not to come over to the States because they can't get them work. One porn girl is getting an investor visa to work here legally but you need a lot of money in the bank to prove that you are coming here to start a business. Understanding 2257 Regulations 2257: The Battle Is Joined
2257 Means Many Adult Paysites Will Be Smaller, Less Free Porn Too John Copeland (BestAdultContent.com) writes on JBM:
Where Have All The Pictures Gone?
Anti-porn crusaders must be rejoicing at the dramatic
reduction of freely available pornographic pictures on the internet
caused by the new wrinkles in 2257 regulations. If this keeps it up,
it might mean that people who want to see porn may need to use a credit
card to show that they are an adult, and then pay for the privilege.
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