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June 05, 2005

2257: Changing the Face of Porn Industry

Over the next few weeks you will be seeing a lot of changes in the adult industry. May 24, 2005 will go down in porn history as "Black Tuesday".

The adult entertainment industry got a big scare last summer when former Attorney General John Ashcroft wrote proposed changes to the 2257 laws requiring all producers of adult material maintain records that models are over the age of 18. The industry got a little freaked out for a few months, but just as the hysteria subsided, the new Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, signed the proposed changes into law and, in fact, made the rules even worse.

The adult industry has until June 23, 2005 to comply with the new laws. However, the way it is written, it may already be too late for 99% of the adult webmasters out there, including moi! At this point, we don't know if the Department of Justice will consider June 23 as the date the compliance begins, or whether that is the date they start making arrests for violations that have already occurred!

If I have any sexually explicit material on any of my websites, I need to have physical documentation proving that everyone in the photo or video is over 18. It doesn't matter if it is a banner from a sponsor, free content supplied by a sponsor or a a framegrab of Paris Hilton's sex video - I need a copy of the model's ID on file, AND I have to be available at my place of business at least 20 hours per week to allow federal agents to inspect those records without notice! Every single image that is in violation can result in 10 years inprisonment! This is serious shit.

It doesn't matter that the guys I select to put on my sites are mostly in their 30's and 40's. In the government's quest to "protect children" with these new laws, they are making the assumption that EVERY model on EVERY porn site is not of legal age and it is the webmaster's responsibility to prove otherwise.

Thanks a fucking lot for voting these bastards into office!

Obviously, I have a lot to do in the next couple weeks to keep myself out of jail. I may not be able to put out my witty commentaries about the gay porn business as often I would like over the next few weeks here at Lavender Lounge Blog, but please bear with me. Some galleries in the Lavender Lounge VIP Room may go away completely, or may get watered down to softcore images, but there are plenty of interesting and hot images that ARE safe for me to run, and I can still point you to the "good stuff" with plain old text links, so don't be afraid to click!

For more information about these new rule changes affecting the porn industry, please visit the Free Speech Coalition.

And please support my sponsors while we try to get through this:

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Posted by lavenderloungeblog at 02:12 PM

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