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Ultimately, it comes down to ..... you and your lawyer are in front of a federal judge/jury. Can you convince them that your images are exempt from 2257?
If you think you can convince them, then fuck 2257 and be a hero for the adult community. If you have doubts about your ability to convince a judge/jury, then play it safe by keeping 2257 docs.
One warning that I will point out. If you put a 2257 compliance statement on your site, then its like you are admitting that some or all of your images fall under 2257. If there is a problem with your docs during a 2257 inspection, then the judge/jury might not agree with you later, if you say you really did not even need those docs.
I almost forgot the most important thing .... some billing companies wont accept you without seeing some 2257 docs. Even if site is exempt from 2257, the billing company will probably require you to show a 2257 compliance statement and maybe show them some docs too.
If you use paypal, dont ask them to review your nonude site. The chances of a "nonude" site being accepted by paypal are slim or none. They might limit your account just for asking. Although, they seem less harsh towards webmasters in the past year or two (compared with 5 years ago). I would not be entirely surprised if paypal changes their stance eventually. Since they are in bed with rapidshare, they might be running out of ethical and legal room to stand on. I am waiting for them to be sued for denying porn membership sites while processing porn downloads for rapidshare.
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