Thoughts on hr4472 ?

[Greg B]

So before we go into any more ridiculous interpretations of this Bill, let's do something brilliant like...

READ IT FIRST.

Below you'll see a link and some points I posted.

Seems like any more deceptive practices used on adult sites is gonna be met with harshly. If you notice not once do the words cartoon, anime, nor hentai appear.


http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...bill=h109-4472

9 (a) IN GENERAL.--Section 2257 of title 18, United
10 States Code, is amended--
11 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ``video-
12 tape,'' the following: ``digital image, digitally- or
13 computer-manipulated image of an actual human
14 being, picture,'';
15 (2) in subsection (e)(1), by adding at the end the
16 following: ``In this paragraph, the term `copy' in-
17 cludes every page of a website on which matter de-
18 scribed in subsection (a) appears.'';
19 (3) in subsection (f), by--
20 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and''
21 after the semicolon;
22 ( in paragraph (4), by striking the period
23 and inserting ``; and''; and
24 (C) by adding at the end the following:
--
HR 4472 EAS 157
1 under this section shall be consecutive to any sentence im-
2 posed for the offense under that provision.''.
3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.--The table of sections at
4 the beginning of chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code,
5 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``2260A. Increased penalties for registered sex offenders.''.
6 SEC. 703. DECEPTION BY EMBEDDED WORDS OR IMAGES.
7 (a) IN GENERAL.--Chapter 110 of title 18, United
8 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2252B
9 the following:
10 `` 2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the
11 Internet

12 ``(a) IN GENERAL.--Whoever knowingly embeds words
13 or digital images into the source code of a website with the
14 intent to deceive a person into viewing material consti-
15 tuting obscenity shall be fined under this title and impris-
16 oned for not more than 10 years.
17 ``(b) MINORS.--Whoever knowingly embeds words or
18 digital images into the source code of a website with the
19 intent to deceive a minor into viewing material harmful
20 to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title and
21 imprisoned for not more than 20 years.
22 ``(c) CONSTRUCTION.--For the purposes of this section,
23 a word or digital image that clearly indicates the sexual
24 content of the site, such as `sex' or `porn', is not misleading.
25 ``(d) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section--
HR 4472 EAS 158
1 ``(1) the terms `material that is harmful to mi-
2 nors' and `sex' have the meaning given such terms in
3 section 2252B; and
4 ``(2) the term `source code' means the combina-
5 tion of text and other characters comprising the con-
6 tent, both viewable and nonviewable, of a web page,
7 including any website publishing language, program-
8 ming language, protocol or functional content, as well
9 as any successor languages or protocols.''.
10 (b) TABLE SECTIONS.--The table of sections for
OF
11 chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
12 inserting after the item relating to section 2252B the fol-
13 lowing:
``2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the Internet.''.