My 2257 Plans

Call me unprofessional, but I am not taking any action right now regarding 2257. Is it risky to "ignore" the regs? Yes. It would be even more risky for me to comply so I'm going to wait and see how it plays out over the rest of the year.

Our affiliates are welcome to do whatever they need or want to do regarding use of our promo content and further promotion of our sites under these circumstances. Under very special circumstances with people I know and trust, I will provide a copy of my drivers license. At this point I am not making a huge effort to build "safe" promo packs, but I might in the future (and if you email me with an outline of what you're looking for I can try to set you up with something to meet your needs). A lot of our content is non-nude or softcore anyway so it shouldn't be that big of a deal.

I am working on building more free hosted galleries, though, so that should help at least a little. Unless those also need to be 2257 compliant in which case you (or whoever you are submitting to) is really going overboard.

I hope this encourages people to find more genuine and creative ways to promote quality sites rather than just shoving free hardcore content down people's throats. I'm certainly not saying 2257 is a godsend, because it's NOT -- it's a sick crazy fucked up piece of shit -- but there are definitely a couple of bright-sided consequences.