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Feds' Porn Ultimatum
NY Post ^
| August 19, 2007
| By JANON FISHER
Posted on 08/19/2007 6:21:50 PM PDT by ellery
Ron Jeremy, Jenna Jameson - get ready to stand and be counted.
The Department of Justice wants to come up with an official list of every porn star in America - and slap stiff penalties on producers who don't cooperate.
The new rules, proposed under the Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act, would require blue-movie makers to keep photos, stage names, professional names, maiden names, aliases, nicknames and ages on file for the inspection of the department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.
"The identity of every performer is critical to determining and ensuring that no performer is a minor," according to the new proposal.
The adult film industry plans to challenge the new rule as a violation of the First Amendment, said Paul Cambria, a lawyer for Hustler and other adult film companies.
He sees it as a way to harass legitimate stag-film producers.
"If they can't get you for obscenity, they'll get you for violating record-keeping," he said. Such a violation would carry a five-year penalty.
The proposed rule would require porn producers to give the title of the video or magazine, or the Web address where the actor appears.
The Department of Justice has shown some sensitivity for the performers' privacy, however. All information not essential to proving their age and identity, like phone numbers and addresses, can be withheld.
Distributors of foreign pornography aren't off the hook - they must still produce a copy of the foreign actor's identification card. The department estimates that there are 500,000 Web sites, 200 DVD producers and 5,000 businesses nationwide that would be subject to the new rule.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; doj; firstamendment; govwatch; porn; pornography; pr0n; privacy
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:21:50 PM PDT
by
ellery
To: traviskicks; Gabz
2
posted on
08/19/2007 6:22:17 PM PDT
by
ellery
(I don't remember a constitutional amendment that gives you the right not to be identified-R.Giuliani)
To: Ron Jeremy
3
posted on
08/19/2007 6:23:36 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
To: ellery
stiff penalties Bet they'd like that.
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:23:48 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions - G. K. Chesterton)
To: ellery
No wonder Jenna is a Hillary fan.
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:24:38 PM PDT
by
Sybeck1
(I like Rodney Carrington's recipe for World Peace.)
To: ellery
Ron Jeremy was on Fox News resently with a minister that he is traveling around with where the minister and him discuss the good/bad effects of porn.
To: ellery
I’m so glad the DOJ doesn’t have anything better to be concerned with...
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:25:21 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
To: ellery
So jobs are getting offshored, the borders are porous, Iraq’s a mess, the stock market’s tanking, and the Feds think the number one threat to America is Jenna Jameson’s boobs. :-\
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:26:33 PM PDT
by
Mr J
(All IMHO.)
To: dragonblustar
To: ellery
Why are they slapping penalties on people instead of spanking them on.....just asking...
To: fkabuckeyesrule
Doesn’t matter if you are uglier than farting in church, If you are packing a 10 inch man-thing. What a way to make a living. Am I jealous? Maybe just a little.
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:27:07 PM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Educated beyond my intelligence.)
To: Mr J
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:27:53 PM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Educated beyond my intelligence.)
To: ellery; Abram; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; amchugh; ...
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:29:02 PM PDT
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
To: ellery
They’re only endangering those women to more stalking and harassment.
To: ellery
break everyone apart and put into little groups and then put the groups against each other. This is wrong.
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:29:55 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: ellery
"If they can't get you for obscenity, they'll get you for violating record-keeping," he said. Such a violation would carry a five-year penalty.
Right out of the BATF playbook.
I didn't realize that underage kids in porn was so prevalent. (hint - it ain't.) Anyone who is going to do that won't register, anyway. This will just create a massive regulatory bureaucracy for enforcement. It is not my kind of conservative.
We're supposed to believe they can't figure out where all the illegals are, but they can figure out where all the porno actors/actresses are? Give me a break.
To: FearlessFreep
Jesse Jane looks pretty good.
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:31:28 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Cheney for President 2008)
To: ellery
Sure wish the feds would dedicate this much effort to finding and deporting illegals.
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:31:37 PM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
(Hey! Must be a devil between us)
To: ellery
Project “Little Black Book”.
To: Mr J
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posted on
08/19/2007 6:32:11 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
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