> I have to say I feel concerned about the free distribution of adult > and violent videos by individuals, versus the law-abiding, lawyer- > retaining mainstream producers who have to keep on file documents > regarding the actor's age, animal welfare, explosives permits, etc. > > So my question is; How do we know that the person(s) in the > submitted videos are adult-consenting actors, or if they're possibly > actual victims of a crime or abuse?
you dont. its the internet, a free exchange of everything. bad things will show up. there is darkness. several years ago, there was a site called bumfights.com...where you could buy a DVD of homeless alcoholics and crackheads doing crazy shit in order to feed their addiction. pulling out their own teeth, getting tattoos on their forehead, taking a shit in the middle of a busy street. it was filmed by some SoCal skaters. They sold thousands of DVD;s. and then they got sued by activist lawyers on behalf of the homeless guys. but the site is still up. bumfights.com. i guess they won the court case. should there be laws against having this on the web? no. so much more good comes from this unfettered, unformatted playground as well. there are already plenty of laws in the world that keep people safe. we can use those. we dont need different laws for the internet to curb people's behavior. Jay -- Adventures in Videoblogging <URL: http://www.momentshowing.net> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/Momentshowing> <http://getFireAnt.com> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
