Originally Posted by c-lo

I've been trying to keep up with this as much as possible, and although I believe I understand it correctly, I'd appreciate if someone knowledgable would confirm my breakdown of it.

My 2257 Understandings:

• For all sexually explicit material, whether real or simulated, and/or material depicting nudity (ie nipples, vag, dick) that is hosted on my website, I must retain a copy of a valid ID for all depicted persons.
  
• If I own a thumbnail site featuring thumbs that depict no nudity/sex whatsoever, I do not need to keep a record for the featured model. This is up to the gallery submitter, or whomever owns the linked-to page that depicts the nudity/sexually explicit material.
  
• Sites that are entirely text are exempt from 2257 record-keeping.

That's the basics as I understand it, at least as far as it concerns most TGP/MGP owners...

I still have a question that I haven't seen addressed:

If an image that is sexually explicit resides on my server/domain but I do not share it with visitors (ie no one sees it but me), must I have 2257 documentation for it?

The reason I ask is because I delete explicit thumbs submitted to my TGP, but since I only use about 10 of them per day (and receive 80-90) I usually just crop a few to be 2257 compliant and display those, while the others sit on my server and are never incorporated into any of my pages.

Again, if anyone could make sure I've got this down, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
c-lo