Has anyone ever been visited by the government

[Latinluvin]

Has anyone in here ever been inspected by a government agency to ensure compliance with 2257 rules and regs.

[Lana]

I live in Canada so I haven't but if you're in the States I doubt you will too unless your making a lot of money producing extreme porn or cp.
Let's face it if you've got the feds crashing in on you looking for 2257 at least you know you're doing well in this biz. There's just too many players around to police all of us.
Just my 2 cents.

[Latinluvin]

Let's face it if you've got the feds crashing in on you looking for 2257 at least you know you're doing well in this biz.

... And if you are doing that well then you can hire the best lawyers money can buy.

[Lana]

Exactly, so no worries!
Hammer'll ream me out for this.

[Cozy Monica]

More important than anything is to run a tight ship, follow all the rules, and then you KNOW that you will be just fine should the gov't ever come knocking. Why waste any time worrying?

[porn punk]

I have been but it was for counterfeiting and I ended up doing about 18 months federal time so I'm not sure that counts

Joe Francis is the only one I've ever heard of this 2257 law affecting and we all know that's about the 20 million in taxes the feds claim he owes

[Hammer]

I haven't kept up with it lately but at least 10 producers were inspected and I'm sure there've been more in total. So no, Joe Francis has not been the only one. As I recall, of the 10 I heard were inspected all but 2 were found to be in full compliance and the other 2 were given time to come into compliance (as indicated by the law) and I never heard that either of them ever had a problem after that.

[porn punk]

Sorry, Hammer. I should have been more precise.

Joe Francis was the only one the government ever decided to drag into court and through the mud and humiliate publicly (basically accusing him of being a child molester on poor poor innocent girls who never ever would have flashed their titties at a place like Mardi Gras without the influence of such a dirty perverted scum bag like Joe Francis being there).

I'm sure it had nothing to do with the 20 million in taxes they claim he owes even though he lives in Mexico.

Remember 2257 in theory is supposed to protect, children (CHILDREN), not teenage sluts.

I really do have to start choosing my words more carefully or I could be in trouble again next.

Theme to the story: DO NOT PISS OFF THE FEDS. IT'S NOT SMART BUSINESS.

[gazza]

Originally posted by porn punk
Sorry, Hammer. I should have been more precise.

Joe Francis was the only one the government ever decided to drag into court and through the mud and humiliate publicly (basically accusing him of being a child molester on poor poor innocent girls who never ever would have flashed their titties at a place like Mardi Gras without the influence of such a dirty perverted scum bag like Joe Francis being there).

I'm sure it had nothing to do with the 20 million in taxes they claim he owes even though he lives in Mexico.

Remember 2257 in theory is supposed to protect, children (CHILDREN), not teenage sluts.

I really do have to start choosing my words more carefully or I could be in trouble again next.

Theme to the story: DO NOT PISS OFF THE FEDS. IT'S NOT SMART BUSINESS.

I think 2257 was supposed to be the first nail in the coffin of the adult porn industry.

[Cozy Monica]

What's funny is there will never be a coffin for the adult industry... it will always exist. It always has, and always will.

[Hammer]

Oh, I think there will always be a coffin ready for us, I just doubt it will ever get nailed shut.