ASCAP wants to label you

[gonzo]

Los Angeles, CA (June 26, 2006) – The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has activated an “Online Town Hall” located at www.asacp.org/townhall to open up the topic of self-labeling by adult sites for broad discussion, and to get feedback from all adult companies on this increasingly urgent topic.

At least two recently introduced Senate Bills (S3499 - the Internet Safety Act, and S3432 - the Project Safe Childhood Act) would require adult websites to label all pages featuring adult content or face stiff prison terms. The bills may face political and legal hurdles, and mandatory self-labeling by adult sites may or may not become federal law. However, according to ASACP’s Executive Director Joan Irvine, “No matter what happens, broad voluntary acceptance of self-labeling could help protect children online – and demonstrate the adult industry’s practical commitment to preventing children from viewing adult content.”

The ASACP Online Town Hall site features information about site labeling, plus a discussion forum where professionals throughout the adult industry can begin discussing the topic.

“ASACP represents the combined efforts of many adult companies when it comes to protecting children from adult material,” noted Irvine. “ASACP has stepped up on this issue, and will facilitate an industry-wide discussion. We’ve also been approached by both adult and mainstream companies about possibly helping to establish a new 18+ label, so we definitely want to hear back from the industry that has supported us for so long before proceeding in that direction.”

In addition to the Online Town Hall site, ASACP will help organize and participate in discussions related to self-labeling at upcoming adult industry conferences, including a panel at the XBiz Summer Forum and a session at Internext Summer.

Founded in 1996, the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating child pornography from the Internet. ASACP battles child pornography through its CP reporting hotline, and by organizing the efforts of the online adult industry to combat the heinous crime of child sexual abuse.

[TheEnforcer]

The ICRA http://www.icra.org/ has been an available and viable tool that could have been used as "indutry standard" for quite some time and could still work and become the standard and allow parents the ability to have more control over what their kids see.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

The ICRA http://www.icra.org/ has been an available and viable tool that could have been used as "indutry standard" for quite some time and could still work and become the standard and allow parents the ability to have more control over what their kids see.

But then what would Joan use to stir up shit so she can ask the industry for more money? Chicken little tatics have proven to be quite profitable for lawyers, Ascap and FSC.

A year later and the mighty 2257 scare ... where is it now?
Heres the Oprano thread on it....
http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/showthread.php?t=47418

Dave Cummings started this shit 6 months ago . . . they printed it in Xbiz World.

Some of the ideas held merit but were very unlikely.

Im pretty sure I posted a thread about it on Oprano.

[Hammer]

I don't really have a problem with labelling and have added ICRA tags to many of my pages, but the part that gets me is that no non US site has a reason to comply and most probably won't, so why can't US politicians and Joan Irving get it through their heads that labelling won't accomplish anything? Most of the really questionable content on the net is produced and provided by Eastern Europeans. Does she really believe that any of them give a shit about the ASACP?

[tony404]

Originally Posted by Hammer

I don't really have a problem with labelling and have added ICRA tags to many of my pages, but the part that gets me is that no non US site has a reason to comply and most probably won't, so why can't US politicians and Joan Irving get it through their heads that labelling won't accomplish anything? Most of the really questionable content on the net is produced and provided by Eastern Europeans. Does she really believe that any of them give a shit about the ASACP?

A fucking men

[Hell Puppy]

I've been labeling my sites for so long as labeling has been in existence, first with RSAC, now ICRA. I believe all browsers read them.

I've tested with and without and see no negative impact to having them on there.

I dont see a good reason NOT to do it and a hell of a lot of good ones to add them. It simply lets those who wish NOT to see adult material on their browsers to block it. No reason to force porn on anyone who doesn't want it, and doing so is one of the things that gives peopel ammunition to try to restrict ALL porn.

Now as for ASCAP, I've often raised an eyebrows at their actions which frequently at least from the outside seem to be self serving.

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by Hammer

I don't really have a problem with labelling and have added ICRA tags to many of my pages, but the part that gets me is that no non US site has a reason to comply and most probably won't, so why can't US politicians and Joan Irving get it through their heads that labelling won't accomplish anything? Most of the really questionable content on the net is produced and provided by Eastern Europeans. Does she really believe that any of them give a shit about the ASACP?

Because politicians don't give a fuck what foreign people think. They have ZERO incentive to even have the remotest care about that at all. All they care about is mom and pop USA voter who is looking for a reason to ban porn cause it's evil or more ways to protect their kids even if it isn't as effective as a politician might like to portray it to be.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

Because politicians don't give a fuck what foreign people think. They have ZERO incentive to even have the remotest care about that at all. All they care about is mom and pop USA voter who is looking for a reason to ban porn cause it's evil or more ways to protect their kids even if it isn't as effective as a politician might like to portray it to be.

That's exactly why all US citizens should all have to pass a test before they're allowed to vote. The average voter in this country isn't smart enough to know that the rhetoric spouted from a politicians mouth during a campaign is pure bullshit, strictly intended to get him elected. Anyone with even a small amount of common sense and a basic understanding of how the Internet works should realize that the Internet is not controlled by the US government.

p.s. I think all potential parents should have to pass a test as well. The majority of people in this country are not fit to be parents.