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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
If you're a lawyer, then studying a law is fine. If you're not a lawyer, go hire one.
2257 is my safe guard. It allows me to insist on a model proving they're of age, also who they say they is, Model Release signature matches the signature in the ID. Taking a picture of a model holding the ID next to their face for every scene is my safe guard they knows it's a professional shoot.
The model release proves the date the content was shot on, something 2257 didn't cover properly. 
Also gives me 100% rights to distribute the material produced that day as I wish. With no recall or further payment to the model. It shows they has been paid, I back it up with a receipt signed by them for the money. The model releases gives me the models name, address, nick names and aliases. Because I worked with models whose first language wasn't English, we also had a MR in Czech.
MR and IDs, show the model I'm a pro. They tell them this is work and I have all the i's dotted and t's crossed. They can try suing me, I have them beat.
Of course you're discussing this point with someone who was 2257 compliant before it was a law and has had decades to get it right. And had the police going through his record keeping and being told it was done well. |
You whole response is un-needed and pointless. I did not ask you if you thought I should talk to a lawyer. You clearly do not know the detailed workings of this law or the exemption that I'm talking about. So why respond?
You're argument that you are compliant and professional means nothing and is not relevant to this discussion. But you original snide remark was un-needed, not helpful and incorrect I AM NOT WRONG! This exemption is exactly as I have pointed out in the law.
So why you are rambling about your practices I have no idea unless maybe you just don't bother to actually read posts fully before you respond.
My entire point of this post is to get input from people that have knowledge of this exemption and clearly you do not. The reason I need this in is the person I'm considering buying from is not what I would call in full compliance. In fact I have seen this from several people that were not in full compliance. But there is an exception to cover this because most people that shot before the law had no way of knowing how to comply.
BTW. A model release is not what is needed for 2257 compliance. According to the law you need a separate document asking for the 2257 information and that information should NOT be filed with or part of any other document. Doubt this read the legal code I posted in my last post. And if you're only using a MR and I.D. you are not 100% in compliance according to the letter of the law. You also need the 2257 info on a separate sheet from the model release according to the law.