Theres a new Michigan state register (at https://www.protectmichild.com/) in
the works to create a database of e-mail addresses that cannot (under penalty of
the law) be spammed with content that could be deemed objectionable to children,
most notably porn. The database will extend to include pager and cell phone
numbers sometime in the future. Right now, its sort of like the national DO NOT
CALL registry, but for electronic mail.What happens is that parents and
guardians write or phone in the addresses that their children and wards have
access to. The project is in the registry phase right now, i.e e-mail addresses
are still being compiled (as of July 1). The actual DO NOT EMAIL statute takes
effect on August 1.E-mail advertisers must, from here on in, crosscheck this
state list before sending out their e-mail newsletter or advertising to ensure
that theyre not sending mail to an address that kids under 18 have access to.
The penalties for infringement are reasonably stiff, not too much so. Theyre
certainly stiffer than the ones for the DO NOT CALL register (I checked because
Im on that one).Someone needs to send this to Capitol Hill so that our national
legislators can see what a child-protection law looks like; for the next time
they try to come up with a statute as half-hearted - supposedly
well-intentioned, but flawed in design - as Title 18 U.S.C. 2257.I believe that
a noble, decent, and well-intended law/statute - at its basic core - should do
three things:1. Lay down boundaries for proper conduct;2. Seek to punish those
who cross those boundaries; and in so doing3. Do everything within its
reasonable power to prevent transgressions in the future.Everybody and their
brother in the adult industry knows that the new 2257 statute regulations that
just kicked in are a joke. The spirit of 2257, as it is expounded upon in the
entire 110th chapter of that section of the US code, is to prevent the abuse of
children, sexually and otherwise. Now its one thing to require that porn content
producers ascertain and maintain proof of identity and age for prospective adult
performers. It would be irresponsible on the part of government and the adult
industry not to keep up on such record-keeping.As a matter of fact, long before
the biggest underage actress hoopla came along, in the guise of Traci Lords,
porn studios were checking IDs. (For those who dont know, Lords was an underage
porn actress that snuck into the business and appeared in many videos. When the
studios that produced her videos got wind of her actual age at the time of her
performances, they pulled her content from store shelves.)But this notion that a
consistently enforced 2257 (like that which is imposed at the present) would
have prevented the Lords incident is mistakable. 2257 would not have made her
authentic-looking proof of age look any more fake. A lot of people may not
believe this but the adult industry does a pretty good job of policing itself.
The only way a minor could enter the industry is if he or she made a conscious
decision to apply to be a pornstar, and took certain premeditated steps to make
the dream a reality (in terms of obtaining said Ids). Where is the punishment
for minors who knowingly attempt to enter the industry while underage?Im sure
some manner of punishment, in terms of juvenile detention, would deter future
mid-teens from trying to pass off some fake IDs. Isnt that what correctional
facilities are for? The primary purpose of a prison or a detention facility
should be (if a detainee can be salvaged or rehabbed) to prevent mal-behavior in
the future, primary to punishment of said offenders.The jailing of unwitting and
honest porn execs (and I do know there are a lot of shady people in the
business) for a crime perpetrated by an unethical minor seems highly unfair. It
would be like punishing the makers of a completely legitimate pharmaceutical or
hospital drug like opium because there are illicit dealers who dispense their
products on the street. Are not only the offenders (the drug dealers) in this
case punished?Granted, under the Michigan law, giving admitted or intended
pedophiles (who pose as electronic spammers) access to childrens phone numbers
and e-mail addresses is almost like putting a leash on a wolf and walking him
right up to the sheeps pen. But you would be mistaken if you thought a pedophile
determined to strike again would otherwise have no other means to re-commit his
heinous crimes.The Michigan statute just serves to lay down boundaries and
define precise, justifiable repercussions for crossing such boundaries. In the
end, the law does what its supposed to do: protect the children and see to it
(within reasonable expectation) that pedophile crimes dont happen again - by
putting away and/or deterring would be molesters. On the other hand, 2257 as it
stands does little to protect or serve anyone.Finally, a child-welfare law (The
Michigan Childrens Protection Registry) that actually serves its purpose. If
President Bush, Attorney General Gonzales, and the Department of Justice were
not so hell-bent on ridding the US - or maybe the universe for that matter - of
pornography in all shapes and forms, they would see that 2257 just doesnt do
what they believe it will do. Or maybe they already knew that, and their mind
set is bye-bye, see-ya to porn anyway?And that heavy hand on the adult industry
is about to get heavier now that the semi-liberal, semi-conservative Justice
OConnor just retired. But thats a story for another day About the author:
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