New 2257 Compliance Guide

[Toby]

There was a whole bunch more legal issues going on with regard to Francis. Tax evasion being the biggest one. It just wasn't all tied together in one nice tidy bundle.

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by Toby

There was a whole bunch more legal issues going on with regard to Francis. Tax evasion being the biggest one. It just wasn't all tied together in one nice tidy bundle.

Toby, I think you are right on the money here. Failure to maintain records was just a nice passing charge instead of "production of child pornography", which producing a movie with a 17 year old might have been considered. It let the government extract it's pound of flesh without having to brand Joe Francis directly. Plea bargain, I think - I am sure pornlaw will correct me if I am wrong here.

[tony404]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Toby, I think you are right on the money here. Failure to maintain records was just a nice passing charge instead of "production of child pornography", which producing a movie with a 17 year old might have been considered. It let the government extract it's pound of flesh without having to brand Joe Francis directly. Plea bargain, I think - I am sure pornlaw will correct me if I am wrong here.

You are right, no one has been arrested for a 2257 violation only and the persons were of age.