The law that was struck down was about age verification and ID requirements for PERFORMERS in the porn. It had nothing to do with the age of the people VIEWING the porn.
With the 'secondary producer' clause of USC 2257 (strongly reinforced via HR 4472 to get around some court challenges), companies like pronotube are in a deep pile of crap (as long as they stay in the US). These laws require than anyone that distributes material 'containing lascivicious depictions of the genitals, including simulations or actual depictions of sexual activity' MUST have photo proof of the actors age at the time the video was made, as well as all aliases those actors have ever used, and any other videos or pictures they may of been in. They MUST keep these records on their business premises, indexed and ready to be searched.
The FBI then is required to go around and verify compliance on these - they are not required to give any notice, and can show up at any time.
The penalty for ANY violation? 5 years each in a federal pen!
It also requires a notice on each and every page that contains this as to the location of the records - something they are already missing.
pornotube is one FBI visit away (how long will THAT take?) from some serious pound-me-in-the-ass prison time.
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The law that was struck down was about age verification and ID requirements for PERFORMERS in the porn. It had nothing to do with the age of the people VIEWING the porn.
With the 'secondary producer' clause of USC 2257 (strongly reinforced via HR 4472 to get around some court challenges), companies like pronotube are in a deep pile of crap (as long as they stay in the US). These laws require than anyone that distributes material 'containing lascivicious depictions of the genitals, including simulations or actual depictions of sexual activity' MUST have photo proof of the actors age at the time the video was made, as well as all aliases those actors have ever used, and any other videos or pictures they may of been in. They MUST keep these records on their business premises, indexed and ready to be searched.
The FBI then is required to go around and verify compliance on these - they are not required to give any notice, and can show up at any time.
The penalty for ANY violation? 5 years each in a federal pen!
It also requires a notice on each and every page that contains this as to the location of the records - something they are already missing.
pornotube is one FBI visit away (how long will THAT take?) from some serious pound-me-in-the-ass prison time.