Why
Many Adult Stores May Have To Stop Selling And Displaying
Some of Their Better Sex Videos, Books, Adult Films
& Pictures June 2005
The Government Is Controlling What You Watch-
The revised Title 18 U.S.C. § 2257 Law
Sex
In The News
Man
Tapes Family In Bathroom
Japanese Girls Want Rounder Butts
Police Rescue S&M Sex Slave In Trunk
Shaming Men Who Solicit Prostitutes
Adult Sites Get New Domain Names
Taxes Used To Convert To Christianity
Federal Law Bans Equal Rights
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Voodoo
A businessman
was getting ready to go on a extended business trip. He knew his
wife was a flirtatious sort with an extremely healthy sex drive,
so he thought he'd better buy her a little something to keep her
occupied while he was gone.
He went to
a store that sold sex toys and started looking around for something
special to please his wife, and started talking to the old man
behind the counter. He explained his situation.
The old man
said, "Well, We have vibrating dildos, special attachments, and
so on, but I don't know of anything that will keep her occupied
for weeks, except," and he stopped.
"Except what?"
the man asked.
"Nothing,
nothing."
"C'mon, tell
me! I need something!"
"Well, sir,
I don't usually mention this, but there is The Voodoo Penis."
"So what's
up with this Voodoo Penis?" he asked.
The old man
reached under the counter, and pulled out a very old wooden box,
carved with strange symbols and erotic images. He opened it, and
there lay an ordinary-looking dildo.
The businessman
laughed, and said, "Big deal! It looks like every other dildo
in this shop!" The old man replied, "But you haven't seen what
it'll do yet." He pointed to a door and said, "Voodoo Penis, the
door."
The Voodoo
Penis miraculously rose out of its box, darted over to the door,
and started pounding the keyhole. The whole door shook wildly
with the vibrations, so much so that a crack began to form down
the middle. Before the door split, the old man said "Voodoo Penis,
return to box!"
The Voodoo
Penis stopped, levitated back to the box and lay there quiet once
more. "I'll take it!" said the businessman. The guy took it home
to his wife, told her it was a special dildo and that to use it,
all she had to do was say "Voodoo Penis, my crotch."
After he'd
been gone a few days, the wife was unbearably horny and remembered
the Voodoo Penis. She undressed, opened the box and said "Voodoo
Penis, my crotch!" The Voodoo Penis shot to her crotch and started
pumping. It was absolutely incredible, like nothing she'd ever
experienced before. After three mind shattering orgasms, she became
exhausted and decided she'd had enough.
She tried
to pull it out, but it was stuck in her, still thrusting. She
tried and tried to get it out, but nothing worked. Her husband
had forgotten to tell her how to shut it off. Worried, she decided
to go to the hospital to see if they could help. She put her clothes
on, got in the car and started to drive, quivering with every
thrust of the dildo.
On the way,
another incredibly intense orgasm made her swerve all over the
road. A police officer saw this and immediately pulled her over.
He asked for her license, and then asked how much she'd had to
drink. Gasping and twitching, she explained, "I haven't had anything
to drink, officer. You see, I've got this Voodoo Penis thing stuck
in my crotch and it won't stop screwing me!" The officer looked
at her for a second, shook his head and in an arrogant voice replied,
"Yeah, right... Voodoo Penis, my ass."
The rest is
history...
The War
On Adult Stores The
Government Is Controlling What You Watch & Purchase-
The revised
Title 18 U.S.C. § 2257 Law
The
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been threatening
to make it almost impossible to sell better sex
and adult videos or pictures for some time now,
but they finally have implemented a law which takes
effect June 23rd, 2005 to attempt to do just that.
This article will explain to you the consumer, what
that means to you.
Lisa S. Lawless, Ph.D. CEO
NASAE & Holistic Wisdom, Inc. Founder
There
is a law that was created in 1988 to protect minors from
appearing in adult films, etc... a good law if you ask
me as I am very much against minors being involved in
anything of the like. The law was in a document called
Title 18 U.S.C. § 2257, which is a Federal Record-keeping
and Labeling law that required anyone who photographed
or filmed a person in the US to have them complete a form
that acknowledged that they were 18 years of age or older.
They had to provide a picture I.D. issued by the state.
and provide any aliases they may have. They needed to
provide their legal name, home address and have a witness
sign the document. This was a good law that helped to
reduce the chance that a minor was being filmed or photographed
sexually.
The
New Law
What
the Department of Justice has now done to change this
law using the "excuse" of protecting minors
(when in reality it is clear they are trying to impair
the adult industry) is an outrage and WILL affect
you if you have any liking of sexuality and sexual
products, videos, pictures, etc.
The
DOJ is now demanding that not only will a producer
have the Title 18 U.S.C. § 2257 information for each
model that has been photographed or filmed but that
anyone who sells or displays the photographs or video
has to have that document on file which includes the
distributors, retailers and anyone who shows pictures
of that model on their web site.
What
Types Of Pictures Or Video Is This Talking About?
This
pertains to any visual depiction of an actual human
being engaged in actual sexually explicit conduct
in a book, picture, video, streaming video, thumbnail...
you name it.
What
do they mean when the say "sexually explicit?"
This means (sexual intercourse, including genital-genital,
oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether
between persons of the same or opposite sex; bestiality;
masturbation; sadistic or masochistic abuse; or lascivious
exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person).
The
DOJ calls these businesses and individuals who sell
or promote such material "Secondary Producers"
even though they did not produce anything and are
only displaying and/or selling what the "Primary
Producer" made!
Under
the revised Title 18 U.S.C. § 2257 law, the so-called
“secondary producers,” such as many webmasters, will
be required to have Title 18 U.S.C. § 2257 records
for all sexually explicit depiction dating back to
1995. For many, this will create a huge problem, because
secondary producers will have to locate records from
primary producers who may have moved, shut down, or
otherwise disappeared.
This
means that the adult community has exactly one month
to secure these files and make sure everything in
them complies with the new regulations, because the
arrests could hit anytime after June 24, and the general
consensus is that it'll hit webmasters first and hardest.
What
Are The Penalties For Not Complying?
In
the immediate future, you're going to be seeing inspections
and arrests, not because of 'illegal' content, but
because webmasters and stores don't have the records
because they always thought that it was and should
be the producer's job to make sure that the models
are over 18 years of age. Violation of 18 U.S.C. 2257
is good for up to 10 years in federal prison... per
violation!
Example
Below
is a very small scale of what this will look like.
Imagine that it is for one video with six models in
it. All six of the model's personal information, home
address, real name, and picture of their ID has to
be on file with every single store or individual who
sells that video. Now, imagine that each website who
carries and displays (perhaps even streams the videos)
of hundreds of videos has the burden to have all of
those files for each model in every video they carry!
This
isn't just for retailers either... this is for anyone
displaying such pictures on their web site, etc.!
So what happens if you don't comply? Well, you can
go to jail! Yep, that is right... even if a producer
has proof that the models were over 18 years of age
and no minors were involved... if you do not have
the paperwork and you display the photographs or video
or sell them... you are now breaking the law.
What
harm has been committed here is beyond me. Why we
now have to go to the trouble of proving that all
the videos that we carry are of models of 18 years
of age or older by having those model's Title 18 U.S.C.
§ 2257 forms on file is truly a conservative agenda
to make the adult industry fight to stay alive.
The
Real Motivation Is Not Protecting Kids
This
is clearly not about protecting minors. If the Department
of Justice really wanted to protect minors they would
simply have producers of pictures and video, etc.
provide documentation directly to them in a federal
database proving the models in film or photographs
are adults. Simple enough right?
It would work well this way, because everything would
have to be registered with them and if it wasn't then
they could easily check. However, the REAL MOTIVATION
is to shut down adult retailers and you can bet they
have a list of companies they are going to start with...
and you can also bet that getting access to any kind
of sexual content will be increasingly difficult as
the the DOJ continues to take away the freedoms of
Americans.
This
is an attack, we are back to the dark ages of witch
hunts and instead of burning innocent people at the
stake they are putting them in jail and ripping apart
their businesses and families.
Why
is sexuality so terrifying in this day and age? Why
is masturbation and nudity seen as something that
is listed right beside beastiliaty and child molestation?
Have people absolutely lost their minds? They are
so different than one another. It is like comparing
someone who has a normal sleep pattern to someone
who has narcolepsy. One is normal, one is an illness!
Over fifty percent of the web sites out there will
most likely be devastated because they're carrying
content, either thumbnails or streaming or fixed photos
that they have no records for and they will be at
risk to get 10 years in the slammer for it.
Breach
Of Confidentiality
This
does not even mention the incredible breach of confidentiality
that is going on here. The models have to provide
their home address, real names and photos of their
ID cards to all of these retailers, which in turn
basically makes it public information!?! That is absurd.
Do you know how many psychos want to track down models
in the adult industry and now we are having to pass
around their real names and home address!?!
Making
It Very Hard To Sell Videos Or Show Pictures
This
new law is requiring stores like ours to have to track
down producers and ask them for the paperwork on all
of their models in order to display and sell their
video. Until we have that paperwork on file, we cannot
show the images online or sell them without breaking
the law. It is evident that the US is becoming less
and less of a free democracy making it more and more
difficult for adults to enjoy and be educated on the
basic human right of sexuality.
This
Is Not Just For Retailers
The
law does not state that you have to be selling the
products to have to comply with the law. So that means
that even if you just have such pictures on a web
site or are giving it away items with such images
away for free... you have to have the 2257 model releases.
The
DOJ can even come after individual personal web sites
and make sure that you have the proper paperwork and
release forms for you and your girlfriend's nude pictures
on the web! If not... you could get 10 years in the
slammer under this new law!
The
Free Speech Coalition Are Fighting This!
Now
that the regulations have been published, FSC (Free
Speech Coalition) will go into federal district court
to seek an injunction on behalf of its members. FSC
plans two lawsuits, led by premiere First Amendment
attorneys, one to be filed on the West Coast by H.
Louis Sirkin, and the other by Paul Cambria on the
East Coast.
The
DOJ has amended some requirements from its original
proposal, but in many areas the final version is unbending,
making
compliance extremely difficult, if not impossible.
Will
They Win?
Right
now, it looks to be a long arduous task. The FSC may
make a dent in some minor changes, but overall this
ridiculous law looks like it may stay around to stomp
on the sexual freedoms of all Americans. Only time
will tell.
What
Will Become Of Our Company & Products
With
such a conservative, anti-sex government right now
it is hard to predict the future. While we may have
to discontinue selling some of our videos an products
until we can find the producers to get the necessary
paperwork on each of the models, we will do our best
to keep our current selection available.
However,
what you may see happen is that we like many companies
may be unable to secure some of the proper release
forms on some of the older videos as the producers
may be impossible to find.
What
Can You Do?
Join
the Free Speech Coalition and find out more
about what is going on and what you can do through
their web site! In the meantime, stay tuned to our
site for updates and know that we intend to stand
up for your sexual health and education rights.
Join
NASAE.org
to band together and stay informed!
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Sick
Man Tapes Family Members In Bathroom
A state corrections
officer faces charges related to him secretly video taping members
of his family as they used the bathroom. Troy Cates, 37, was arrested
and was released on his own recognizance. Authorities said the
family members were taped as they were undressed by a camera hidden
in a bathroom lamp. The prosecutor's office has not released the
relationship of the two alleged victims to Cates. Cates has been
suspended with pay from the state Department of Corrections, where
he is a senior corrections officer.
Japanese
Girls Want Rounder Butt Cheeks
Japanese
women’s bottoms, or lack thereof, have long been the "butt"
of jokes, and now most Japanese girls want bigger, rounder butts.
Many of the 20-30 year old women Aera Weekly interviewed for it's
story said their ideal butt shape is “like a foreigner’s.” By
that, they mean the typical Western model’s rounded buttocks and
not quite the JLo booty.
Nobuo Masataka,
head of the Kyoto University Primate Research, argues that the
bottom may have more to do about a women’s sex appeal than she
thinks. Masataka, who specializes in comparing the behavior of
humans and other primates, says that when a female Japanese monkey
is in heat, her buttocks get bigger, rounder and turn bright red.
This is a sign to male monkeys that she’s ready for action.
“This is what
causes men to find the buttocks sexually appealing and the growing
preference for rounder buttocks and may be women’s reaction to
men’s tastes,” Masataka suggests.
Police
Rescue S&M Sex Slave Stuck In Trunk
German police, alerted to a potential kidnapping, "freed" a man
from a car trunk only to discover the would-be victim was actually
a willing sex slave. Police stopped the car after a concerned
caller told them he had seen a woman locking someone in the the
trunk. However, on opening it, they were greeted by the sight
of the 39-year-old man wearing nothing but a leather thong and
a collar. "It turned out they were a couple from the S&M scene.
The 'mistress' was driving, with the slave in the boot," said
a police spokesman in the southern town of Bayreuth. Deciding
the rear of the car was not safe for the man, officers told him
to sit inside the car and sent the pair on their way.
Shaming
Men Who Solicit Prostitutes
People who
solicit prostitutes in Oakland, California, could find their faces
plastered on billboards under a new shaming program that one civil
rights group calls bad public policy. The city of 400,000 across
the bay from San Francisco started putting up billboards on Wednesday
showing men arrested for soliciting sex.
Other signs
invite prostitutes to quit by calling a help line. "This idea
came out of just thinking about new ideas, doing something to
deal with this increasing problem, especially with the exploitation
of underage women," said Oakland City Council President Ignacio
De La Fuente, who champions the approach.
The photos
on the billboards were partially blurred so the men are not easily
identifiable. But in the future photos might be displayed unaltered,
an aide to De La Fuente said. Critics say the technique -- which
De La Fuente said has been used in Texas -- recalls medieval public
humiliations.
"It doesn't
seem to us to be appropriate for Oakland to be using shaming as
an additional and extrajudicial punishment to single out this
group of offenders," said Alan Schlosser, legal director of the
American Civil Liberties Union for Northern California.
"We don't
think this is good public policy." Some newspapers have long printed
the names of those soliciting sex for money, and courts have backed
punishments that include shaming. Last year a US federal appeals
court allowed a punishment in which a mail thief had to wear a
signboard telling of his crime.
Porn
Sites Get New Internet Domain Names
Sex sites
will soon be able to sign up for Web addresses in the .xxx Internet
domain, but a virtual red light district won't guarantee that
people can avoid pornography online, Internet experts said. The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said it would
move ahead with plans to set up a separate Xxx Internet domain
for sexually explicit material. Sex sites won't be required to
sign up for Xxx addresses. But the new domain will enable porn
sites to label themselves clearly and help filtering software
keep underage users away, according to ICM Registry Inc., the
company that will oversee the domain.
"This is a
voluntary initiative," said Robert Corn-Revere, a Washington lawyer
who helped ICM develop its proposal. "We're not trying to put
it forward as the ultimate solution for everything." Child-safety
advocate Donna Rice Hughes said Xxx won't help people avoid online
porn because sex sites will still be able to hold on to their
old .com domain names. "It's a nice little red-light district
for the pornographers, but I don't think it's going to do anything
to protect kids," said Hughes, president of the group Enough is
Enough. "It's not going to make filters work any better."
A spokeswoman
for Playboy Enterprises Inc. said the adult entertainment company
had no plans to move any of its Web sites to the new domain. Pornography
accounts for more than 10 percent of online traffic and there
are more than 1 million porn Web sites currently online, according
to ICM. Efforts to ban or segregate online pornography have failed
for years.
The US Congress
in 1996 prohibited the "knowing transmission" of obscene or indecent
messages to anyone under 18 years old, but the Supreme Court struck
that law down a year later on the grounds that it was too broad.
A narrower 1998 attempt has never enforced due to a court challenge.
ICANN, an international nonprofit body, has in the past resisted
congressional attempts to set up a domain for sex sites on the
grounds that it doesn't want to regulate online content.
Tax
Money Used To Convert To Christianity
Over the past
three years, the federal government has awarded more than one
million dollars to the "Silver Ring Thing," an abstinence-only
organization that describes its mission as "offering a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ as the best way to live a sexually
pure life."
In response
to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Jenner & Block LLP against
the federal government for funding religious activities in an
abstinence-only program, the Silver Ring Thing substantially altered
and removed religious content from its website.
During the
"Silver Ring Thing's" flagship three-hour program members testify
about how accepting Jesus Christ improved their lives, quote Bible
passages, and urge audience members to ask the Lord Jesus Christ
to come into their lives. In addition, the official silver ring
of the program is inscribed with a reference to the biblical verse
"1 Thess. 4:3-4," which reads "God wants you to be holy, so you
should keep clear of all sexual sin. Then each of you will control
your body and live in holiness and honor."
The "Silver
Ring Thing" is an extensive, nationwide effort that uses government
funds for aggressive religious recruitment. Since April 2003,
it has held three events in the Boston area and is scheduled to
hold a fourth in October of this year. But, it has also held events
in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
and is scheduled to visit Georgia, Ohio, and North Carolina, among
other states, in the coming year.
"A sanitized
version of the website does not change the fact that the "Silver
Ring Thing" in its core programming is nothing more than a vehicle
for converting young people to Christianity," said Sarah Wunsch,
a staff attorney at the ACLU of Massachusetts. "Taxpayer dollars
should play no part in such a program."
Federal
Law Bans Equal Rights
A federal
court struck down Nebraska's anti-gay union constitutional amendment
that bans any and all forms of legal recognition for same-sex
relationships, including domestic partnerships and other basic
protections. The state is expected to appeal the case to the US
Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. The Court noted in its ruling
that the plaintiffs in the case had not requested any recognition
of their relationships through marriage or any other legal status,
but merely sought an equal opportunity to persuade legislators
of the need for protections. Judge Joseph F. Bataillon went on
to say, "The court finds Section 29 is a denial of access to one
of our most fundamental sources of protection, the government.
Such broad exclusion from an almost limitless number of transactions
and endeavors that constitute ordinary civil life in a free society'
is 'itself a denial of equal protections in the literal sense.'"
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